ACC621 Auditing Assignment-Sunshine Coast University Australia

Instruction to students:

• This is an individual assignment.
• The stated total word count is 1,600 words. However, assignments between 1,400 and 1,800 words in length will be considered acceptable.
• The assignment should only be submitted electronically via Safe Assignment.
• Referencing should be in accordance with USC’s guidelines for Harvard referencing.

Task: ACC621 Auditing Assignment

Background:

You are an intermediate member of your firm’s audit team and the audit partner has asked you to assist with the planning stage of the audit for a small client. You have access to the preliminary trial balance for the client and would like to use this to identify accounts that are likely to require significant audit attention. To access the trial balance for your client, open the document named ‘Trial balances for task 2’ and follow the directions to the appropriate
worksheet.

Your task:
Prepare a report for the audit senior, which addresses the 5 issues below.

1. The audit partner has suggested that the preliminary assessment of materiality for the financial report as a whole be set at $15,000. Comment on the appropriateness of this figure for your client. Provide evidence to support your view. Include a brief discussion of the effect that changing the preliminary assessment would have on the audit budget.

2. Prepare an analytical review (in the form of a trend analysis) using the income statement items from the trial balance. Note: Present your analysis in table format; comments on the results are not required for requirement 2.

3. Use the trend analysis to identify 4 income statement accounts that appear to be at- risk of material misstatement. Provide justification for why these accounts should be subjected to significant audit testing. In your explanations, identify an assertion
that is likely to be at-risk for each account (i.e. identify 1 assertion per account; 4 in total).

Your report must be presented in business report format and  include referencing consistent with USC’s guidelines for Harvard referencing

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