Reference no: EM132316529

Question

1 Required: You are planning the audit of Tirthe Ltd for the year ended 30 June 2020, discuss the issues to be considered in your audit planning from the information contained in the income statements. Hint: you should calculate ratios and conduct trend analysis in order to identify the unusual trends and relationship and discuss the issues to be considered in your audit planning.

2. List the steps performed by an auditor before accepting a new audit appointment.

3. Discuss the steps involved in the audit planning process.

4. What is the purpose of touring operating facilities and offices?

5. Explain the incentives, opportunities and attitudes the auditor should be aware of in considering the risk of misappropriation of asset fraud.

6. Define the term 'working papers' and indicate their main function in auditing

7. Cleanway Ltd is a public company that competes in the highly competitive market for manufactured household products. The company is dominated by Rob Bigbucks, the chairman and chief executive officer, who has guided the company since it was a private company and has extensive influence on all aspects of company operations.

Rob is known to have a short temper and, in the past, has threatened individuals in the accounting department with no pay rise if they failed to help him achieve company goals.

Furthermore, the company has extended its influence over customers and has dictated terms of sale to ensure that customers are able to obtain desired quantities of their most popular products. Bonuses based on sales are a significant component of the compensation package for individual product sales managers.

Sales managers who do not meet sales targets three successive quarters are often replaced. The company has performed well up until a recent recession, but now the company is having difficulty moving inventory in most product lines as retailers have difficulty selling in a down economy.

1. Identify the fraud risks factors that are present in the case.

2. Identify the accounts and assertions that are most likely to be misstated based on the fraud risk factors noted in the case.