BUSN7054 Take Home Final Exam S1 2020
BUSN7054 Take Home Final Exam S1 2020
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Your firm is the auditor of Crux Limited who has been manufacturing household products
such as microwave ovens for the Australian market. Below are some extracted notes from
your working papers and some relevant information you may use to assess inherent risk and
plan your audit accordingly.
Due to increased competitive pressures, Crux Limited has recently moved the manufacture of
some of its products out of Melbourne into regional areas. While Crux Limited saves around
20% in costs, the manufacturing process takes longer and, on several occasions, late delivery
has resulted in lost sales.
Over the last 2 months, warranty claims on the M4 have increased from 1.5% to 4.5% of
sales. The problem appears to relate to the glass turntable for one of the best-selling ovens,
which shatters if the oven is constantly used. The average cost of repair has risen by 20% per
claim.
As part of your planning, you have performed the ratio analysis. Three of the ratios are shown
in the table below.
REQUIRED:
Using the above information for Crux Limited, complete the table in the following pages (4-
5) detailing FOUR (4) issues that would impact on your assessment of inherent risk. Explain
how each issue would increase inherent risk. Assuming other things unchanged, how would
the issue impact on your audit plan?
You are the audit manager for the audit of Big Blue Marina Pty Ltd (BBM) for the year
ending 30 June 2019. BBM owns and operates a marina business that offers berthing services
for privately owned luxury yachts. In addition to berthing services, BBM also offers its
customers cleaning, refuelling and catering services. You are currently planning the audit for
the financial year and have the following information, among others:
For the purchase cycle, an acquisition form needs to be lodged for any purpose of a major
asset and approved by the designated manager. When goods are delivered to its warehouse, a
goods received note (GRN) is prepared and signed by the warehouse foreman. The GRN is dated the
day the goods are received and includes details of the type and number of goods received. A signed
copy of the GRN is then sent together with the supplier’s invoice to its accounts payable department.
The accounts payable clerk matches each GRN to the original purchase order and then immediately
enters the GRN details into the purchasing system, which updates the inventory records and the
accounts payable records. The date the GRN is entered into the system by the accounts department is
the posting date for the transaction. For the sales cycle, any credit sales that exceed $300 must
be approved by the supervisor from an approved credit list after the salesclerk prepares the
REQUIRED:
(b) for each identified control, state one account and one audit assertion addressed by the
control. (8 marks)
(c) for each identified control, specify one test of control to test its effectiveness.
(4 marks)
(d) state one substantive audit procedure you would perform to gather audit evidence in
relation to the assertion for the account you identified in (ii). (4 marks)
Trendy Accessories Ltd is a producer of fashion sunglasses. The audit report for the year
ended 30 June 2019 was signed on 5 August 2019 and, along with the financial report, was
mailed to shareholders on 10 August 2019.
Consider the following independent events. Assume that each event is material.
c) One of Trendy Accessories’ large warehouses suffered a fire on 20 July 2019 and the
inventory was destroyed. The warehouse content was not insured.
REQUIRED:
For each of the above events or transactions, suggest one (1) procedure for auditors to
discover the event/transaction (1 mark each), indicate and justify the action required in the
financial report (2 marks each), and provide one (1) additional procedure you would perform
in relation to each of the events to ensure that the above information was correct (1 mark
each).
a)
b)
c)
Consider each of the following independent and material situations. Assume that each client is a reporting entity and that a general purpose
financial report has been prepared for the period ended 30 June 2019. Using the table provided, determine the type of audit opinion to be
issued in each situation (1 mark each) and justify the opinion issued with reference to the specific issue on which the opinion is issued
(specifying assertion/account where applicable) (2 marks each):
5 (a) (5 MARKS)
Aquila Ltd is taking legal action against Crew & Associates (Crew) over the audit of Poultry
Ltd, which went into liquidation owing almost $10 million to its creditors, including $5
million to Aquila. Aquila claimed that the profits recorded were significantly overstated and
inventory were also materially misstated in the financial report of Poultry. Crew has denied
that they were negligent and has argued that they relied heavily on information provided by
Poultry’s management.
REQUIRED:
(i) Do you believe that Crew owes Aquila a duty of care? Provide reasons for your judgment,
citing relevant case law where appropriate. (2 marks)
(ii) Discuss the validity of Crew’s defence, citing relevant case law where appropriate. (3
marks)
(i) Susan attended the stocktake on 30 June and observed that the client followed the stocktake
instructions. She selected numerous items for test counting from the client’s inventory sheets
and all were found to be correct. Cut-off details were checked and found to be correctly
treated. Susan concluded that inventory is fairly stated.
(ii) To test unrecorded liabilities, Susan tested a random sample of 20 payments made after 30
June 2019 and found 3 instances of cheques that related to services provided in June, which
had not been accrued. However, as the total of the 3 cheques was immaterial, she concluded
that there is no significant concern over unrecorded liabilities and the completeness of
accounts payable is satisfactory.
(iii) Susan selected 20 invoices to test the control that the sales clerk checks that the prices agree
with the authorised price list (tolerable deviation rate is 6%). She found 2 instances where the
sales clerk had not signed the “price checked” box on the invoice. As the prices on all the
invoices agreed with the authorised price list, Susan concluded that the control was operating
satisfactorily.
REQUIRED:
For each of the three (3) scenarios presented above, indicate whether you believe that sufficient
appropriate audit evidence has been obtained to support the conclusions reached and give
reasons for your decision (3 marks each).
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