Pluto Limited is engaged in manufacturing and distribution of ergonomic furniture. Such kind of customisable range home office furniture has gained…

CA Intermediate · Auditing and Ethics · MTP · May 2024
Pluto Limited is engaged in manufacturing and distribution of ergonomic furniture. Such kind of customisable range home office furniture has gained lot of importance in past few years. The company was able to perform well over the years and the same is reflected in their financials. During year 2023-24, audit firm of S.J. and Associates was reappointed as their auditor. The engagement team consisted of CA Sneha (partner) and five articled assistants. One of the assistants was new to this engagement. Considering huge volume of transactions, the partner asked him to go through files of last year and auditor's report to gain an understanding of issues which arose in last year i.e. 2022-23. While going through summary page of file of last year, he noticed that below points were under discussion with the partner before audit finalisation: Point 1: For employee benefit expenses, following points were verified by the team: The employee benefit expenses shown in the books were actually incurred during the relevant period.The expenses in respect of all personnel were accounted for.The expense recognised during year 2022-23 related to this year only. Point 2: It was noted that dividend to equity shareholders for the year 2022-23, was declared on 15.04.2023. As the dividend related to the year 2022-23, the same was recognised as liability in the same year. Point 3: Debtors constitute one of the major components of company's financials. As part of audit procedures, verification was made whether company had made allowance for those debtors which were doubtful. In this regard, list of debtors under litigation was also obtained and scrutinized. Point 4: Asset additions during the year amounted to 50 lakhs. The payment in respect of these assets were made through bank account of the company. However, on scrutiny, it was found that some of invoices were not in the name of the company but in name of one of directors. Point 5: The company was maintaining few bank accounts including one foreign currency account. There was included in previous year file a paper converting foreign currency amount held in a bank account to Indian Rupees at closing exchange rate. Based on above, answer the following questions:
(A) (A) (i), (ii) and (iv)
(B) (B) (ii), (iv) and (iii)
(C) (C) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(D) (D) (i),(ii) and (iii)

Suggested Answer and Working Notes:

Correct Answer: Option (B)

(B) (ii), (iv) and (iii)

Topics: Audit of Items of Financial Statements

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