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AAA – Nov 2014 – L3 – SC – Q5 – Environmental and Sustainability Audits

Steps in the audit process to identify environmental issues and major social concerns in a company's social policy report.

Green Issues

Oil and Gas Limited is a company involved in the upstream petroleum activities in the Delta Region. The restiveness of the youth in this area of operation was a result of environmental degradation of the region. Your firm has just been appointed as the auditors to the company. During the preliminary planning stage of the audit, you realised that the environmental issues could have an impact on the financial statements.

Required:

(a) Enumerate EIGHT steps you would include in the audit process in order to highlight environmental issues that may be apparent in the client’s business.

(8 Marks)

(b) Identify SEVEN major social issues that an auditor will be concerned with in a company’s social policy report. (7 Marks)

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AAA – Nov 2012 – L3 – AII – Q20 – Advanced Audit Planning and Strategy

Identifies an essential element of the audit process that reduces time and cost.

Audit …………….. is essential in every audit process as this reduces audit time and invariably the cost.

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AAA – May 2024 – L3 – SC – Q7 – Audit of IT Systems and Data Analytics

Guide on IT application in auditing and necessary IT tools for effective assurance.

Technology, essentially computerisation, has in recent times affected various aspects of life and business activities to varying degrees. For instance, this has led to online purchases and account processing from various locations beyond the domiciled bank branches. Though this electronic business and commerce has made things easier, challenges still persist in the process. As an auditor, it is necessary to evaluate the audit environment to gain proper knowledge of the client’s operating environment, whether manual or computerised. This is especially essential for your firm’s newly employed audit staff.

Required:

a. Prepare an advisory guide for these new audit staff, highlighting the application of information technology to the audit process. (6 Marks)

b. Discuss the relevant information technology tools that are necessary for the effective provision of assurance services. (9 Marks)

(Total 15 Marks)

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AAA – Nov 2018 – L3 – Q5 – Ethical Issues in Auditing

Examining professional skepticism, its necessity across audit stages, and its application in audits.

As a result of recent global financial crises, audit inspection reports in various jurisdictions have noted areas requiring professional judgment. Such areas include fair value, related party transactions, and going concern assessments, where regulators and oversight bodies believe that auditors should clearly demonstrate professional scepticism.

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a. Explain the term “Professional Scepticism.” (3 Marks)

b. Identify the stages in the audit process where professional scepticism is necessary. (3 Marks)

c. Discuss three ways in which the application of professional scepticism can be demonstrated by the auditor. (9 Marks)

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AT – Nov 2023 – L3 – SC – Q5 – Tax Administration and Dispute Resolution

Steps and objectives in handling a tax audit with FIRS and the required documentation.

Zola Nigeria Limited has been in business for several years, preparing its accounts to December 31 of every year. Prior to the last two years, the company had a very good relationship with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) as far as prompt filing of annual tax returns and payment of tax liabilities are concerned. The company was, however, fined for late filing of returns in the last financial year ended December 31, 2020.

In compliance with the provisions of the Companies Income Tax Act Cap C21 LFN 2004 (as amended), the company filed its annual returns for the 2022 assessment year (year ended December 31, 2021) within the statutory period. Payment of tax due was also made.

The review done by the tax officials at the FIRS on the tax returns filed by the company necessitated the request for additional relevant documents to authenticate some items of expenditure and capital allowances claimed. The FIRS subsequently wrote a letter to the company for the submission of the documents within two weeks of the receipt of the letter. The receipt of the letter was acknowledged by the company, but it, however, failed to forward the required documents to the tax authorities. A reminder was sent to the company four weeks after the first letter was written, yet it failed to respond to the request made.

The Managing Director of the company has just received a letter from the tax office that a team of tax inspectors will be visiting the company in a fortnight to conduct a tax audit.

The company has approached your firm of chartered accountants to assist with advice on how the company should handle the forthcoming tax audit.

Required:

Your Principal Partner has directed you, as a newly employed Audit Senior, to handle the engagement and expects you to prepare a report for his review before sending the same to the client. The report should address the following:

a. Objectives of tax audits (5 Marks)

b. Stages in a typical tax audit process (4 Marks)

c. Schedule of requirements for FIRS tax audit (6 Marks)

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AA – Nov 2014 – L2 – Q7 – Emerging Trends in Auditing

Describe vouching, systems-based, and risk-based audits and discuss where vouching and systems audits are still applicable.

The audit process has evolved from vouching and systems-based audits to risk-based auditing.

Required:

a. Give brief descriptions of each of the three types of audit stated above. (9 Marks)

b. State the instances where vouching and systems audits are still applicable. (6 Marks)

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AA – May 2023 – L2 – SA – Q1 – Audit Evidence

Explaining objectives and steps in obtaining written representation and handling contradictions in audit evidence.

Promise and Treasure are two good childhood friends. After their secondary education, Promise traveled abroad to further his education and obtained his degrees there. Treasure attended a university in Nigeria and graduated with a second-class lower degree. During his time abroad, Promise met some foreign associates and decided to start a company in Nigeria with Treasure.

The company, named Promise and Treasure Company Nigeria Limited, specializes in importing steel products with future plans to set up a local factory. The first-year accounts were prepared as of December 31, 2020. Your firm has been appointed as auditors for the company. Upon completing the audit, you requested a written representation from management. The Managing Director found this request unusual, as he believed all necessary information and documents had already been provided.

Required:

a. Explain to the Managing Director the objectives of the auditor in obtaining a written representation as per ISA 580. (4 Marks)

b. State the steps the auditor should take if a representation by management is contradicted by other audit evidence. (6 Marks)

c. State THREE matters that are required of management in the letter of representation in line with ISA 580, requiring specific representation from management. (3 Marks)

d. Highlight SEVEN aspects of the form and contents of a letter of representation. (14 Marks)

e. State the steps the auditor should take if management refuses to provide the requested written representation. (3 Marks)

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AA – Nov 2015 – L2 – Q6 – Audit Documentation

Discussing the retention of working papers, justification for retaining them, and types of information found in audit files.

Delta, Gamma, and Co. are the auditors to Hope Limited. The firm proposes to move their office to new premises and wishes to destroy old audit working papers beyond six years while others are to be converted into electronic copies by using scanners. Hope Limited, having decided to discontinue with Delta, Gamma & Co. as its auditors, has requested that the firm should hand over to their new auditors all the audit working papers of the previous years and the permanent audit file.

Required:
a. Advise Delta, Gamma & Co. on the above scenarios. (5 Marks)
b. Justify why it is important to maintain and keep audit working papers. (5 Marks)
c. State FIVE types of information you would expect to see in each of the following:
i. Permanent audit file
ii. Current working paper file (5 Marks)

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AA – Nov 2015 – L2 – Q2 – Audit Evidence

Explaining the concept of audit evidence, its importance, and describing its sources and attributes.

a. The objective of an audit is for the auditor to express an opinion on the truth and fairness of the financial statements. In the performance of his duty, the auditor seeks to obtain acceptable evidence necessary for him to draw conclusions in order to express a valid opinion on the financial statements.
Required:
i. Describe audit evidence and justify why the auditor would require such evidence. (4 Marks)

b. Identify FOUR sources of audit evidence and illustrate how these sources would affect the auditor’s reliance on the evidence. (10 Marks)

c. Describe THREE attributes of audit evidence. (6 Marks)

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AA – Dec 2022 – L2 – Q5c – Audit and Assurance Evidence

Explains three assertions relevant to the audit of tangible non-current assets.

You were recently appointed by Danso & Co Chartered Accountants. You were part of the team that audited a construction company with a huge asset base. Your Manager reviewed your file and raised questions that audit evidence obtained was not relevant since it did not address any assertions of property, plant, and equipment. ISA 500: Audit Evidence requires that audit evidence must be sufficient, relevant, and reliable.

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Explain THREE (3) assertions relevant to the audit of tangible non-current assets

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AAA – Nov 2014 – L3 – SC – Q5 – Environmental and Sustainability Audits

Steps in the audit process to identify environmental issues and major social concerns in a company's social policy report.

Green Issues

Oil and Gas Limited is a company involved in the upstream petroleum activities in the Delta Region. The restiveness of the youth in this area of operation was a result of environmental degradation of the region. Your firm has just been appointed as the auditors to the company. During the preliminary planning stage of the audit, you realised that the environmental issues could have an impact on the financial statements.

Required:

(a) Enumerate EIGHT steps you would include in the audit process in order to highlight environmental issues that may be apparent in the client’s business.

(8 Marks)

(b) Identify SEVEN major social issues that an auditor will be concerned with in a company’s social policy report. (7 Marks)

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AAA – Nov 2012 – L3 – AII – Q20 – Advanced Audit Planning and Strategy

Identifies an essential element of the audit process that reduces time and cost.

Audit …………….. is essential in every audit process as this reduces audit time and invariably the cost.

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AAA – May 2024 – L3 – SC – Q7 – Audit of IT Systems and Data Analytics

Guide on IT application in auditing and necessary IT tools for effective assurance.

Technology, essentially computerisation, has in recent times affected various aspects of life and business activities to varying degrees. For instance, this has led to online purchases and account processing from various locations beyond the domiciled bank branches. Though this electronic business and commerce has made things easier, challenges still persist in the process. As an auditor, it is necessary to evaluate the audit environment to gain proper knowledge of the client’s operating environment, whether manual or computerised. This is especially essential for your firm’s newly employed audit staff.

Required:

a. Prepare an advisory guide for these new audit staff, highlighting the application of information technology to the audit process. (6 Marks)

b. Discuss the relevant information technology tools that are necessary for the effective provision of assurance services. (9 Marks)

(Total 15 Marks)

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AAA – Nov 2018 – L3 – Q5 – Ethical Issues in Auditing

Examining professional skepticism, its necessity across audit stages, and its application in audits.

As a result of recent global financial crises, audit inspection reports in various jurisdictions have noted areas requiring professional judgment. Such areas include fair value, related party transactions, and going concern assessments, where regulators and oversight bodies believe that auditors should clearly demonstrate professional scepticism.

Required:

a. Explain the term “Professional Scepticism.” (3 Marks)

b. Identify the stages in the audit process where professional scepticism is necessary. (3 Marks)

c. Discuss three ways in which the application of professional scepticism can be demonstrated by the auditor. (9 Marks)

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AT – Nov 2023 – L3 – SC – Q5 – Tax Administration and Dispute Resolution

Steps and objectives in handling a tax audit with FIRS and the required documentation.

Zola Nigeria Limited has been in business for several years, preparing its accounts to December 31 of every year. Prior to the last two years, the company had a very good relationship with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) as far as prompt filing of annual tax returns and payment of tax liabilities are concerned. The company was, however, fined for late filing of returns in the last financial year ended December 31, 2020.

In compliance with the provisions of the Companies Income Tax Act Cap C21 LFN 2004 (as amended), the company filed its annual returns for the 2022 assessment year (year ended December 31, 2021) within the statutory period. Payment of tax due was also made.

The review done by the tax officials at the FIRS on the tax returns filed by the company necessitated the request for additional relevant documents to authenticate some items of expenditure and capital allowances claimed. The FIRS subsequently wrote a letter to the company for the submission of the documents within two weeks of the receipt of the letter. The receipt of the letter was acknowledged by the company, but it, however, failed to forward the required documents to the tax authorities. A reminder was sent to the company four weeks after the first letter was written, yet it failed to respond to the request made.

The Managing Director of the company has just received a letter from the tax office that a team of tax inspectors will be visiting the company in a fortnight to conduct a tax audit.

The company has approached your firm of chartered accountants to assist with advice on how the company should handle the forthcoming tax audit.

Required:

Your Principal Partner has directed you, as a newly employed Audit Senior, to handle the engagement and expects you to prepare a report for his review before sending the same to the client. The report should address the following:

a. Objectives of tax audits (5 Marks)

b. Stages in a typical tax audit process (4 Marks)

c. Schedule of requirements for FIRS tax audit (6 Marks)

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AA – Nov 2014 – L2 – Q7 – Emerging Trends in Auditing

Describe vouching, systems-based, and risk-based audits and discuss where vouching and systems audits are still applicable.

The audit process has evolved from vouching and systems-based audits to risk-based auditing.

Required:

a. Give brief descriptions of each of the three types of audit stated above. (9 Marks)

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AA – May 2023 – L2 – SA – Q1 – Audit Evidence

Explaining objectives and steps in obtaining written representation and handling contradictions in audit evidence.

Promise and Treasure are two good childhood friends. After their secondary education, Promise traveled abroad to further his education and obtained his degrees there. Treasure attended a university in Nigeria and graduated with a second-class lower degree. During his time abroad, Promise met some foreign associates and decided to start a company in Nigeria with Treasure.

The company, named Promise and Treasure Company Nigeria Limited, specializes in importing steel products with future plans to set up a local factory. The first-year accounts were prepared as of December 31, 2020. Your firm has been appointed as auditors for the company. Upon completing the audit, you requested a written representation from management. The Managing Director found this request unusual, as he believed all necessary information and documents had already been provided.

Required:

a. Explain to the Managing Director the objectives of the auditor in obtaining a written representation as per ISA 580. (4 Marks)

b. State the steps the auditor should take if a representation by management is contradicted by other audit evidence. (6 Marks)

c. State THREE matters that are required of management in the letter of representation in line with ISA 580, requiring specific representation from management. (3 Marks)

d. Highlight SEVEN aspects of the form and contents of a letter of representation. (14 Marks)

e. State the steps the auditor should take if management refuses to provide the requested written representation. (3 Marks)

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AA – Nov 2015 – L2 – Q6 – Audit Documentation

Discussing the retention of working papers, justification for retaining them, and types of information found in audit files.

Delta, Gamma, and Co. are the auditors to Hope Limited. The firm proposes to move their office to new premises and wishes to destroy old audit working papers beyond six years while others are to be converted into electronic copies by using scanners. Hope Limited, having decided to discontinue with Delta, Gamma & Co. as its auditors, has requested that the firm should hand over to their new auditors all the audit working papers of the previous years and the permanent audit file.

Required:
a. Advise Delta, Gamma & Co. on the above scenarios. (5 Marks)
b. Justify why it is important to maintain and keep audit working papers. (5 Marks)
c. State FIVE types of information you would expect to see in each of the following:
i. Permanent audit file
ii. Current working paper file (5 Marks)

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AA – Nov 2015 – L2 – Q2 – Audit Evidence

Explaining the concept of audit evidence, its importance, and describing its sources and attributes.

a. The objective of an audit is for the auditor to express an opinion on the truth and fairness of the financial statements. In the performance of his duty, the auditor seeks to obtain acceptable evidence necessary for him to draw conclusions in order to express a valid opinion on the financial statements.
Required:
i. Describe audit evidence and justify why the auditor would require such evidence. (4 Marks)

b. Identify FOUR sources of audit evidence and illustrate how these sources would affect the auditor’s reliance on the evidence. (10 Marks)

c. Describe THREE attributes of audit evidence. (6 Marks)

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AA – Dec 2022 – L2 – Q5c – Audit and Assurance Evidence

Explains three assertions relevant to the audit of tangible non-current assets.

You were recently appointed by Danso & Co Chartered Accountants. You were part of the team that audited a construction company with a huge asset base. Your Manager reviewed your file and raised questions that audit evidence obtained was not relevant since it did not address any assertions of property, plant, and equipment. ISA 500: Audit Evidence requires that audit evidence must be sufficient, relevant, and reliable.

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Explain THREE (3) assertions relevant to the audit of tangible non-current assets

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