Priority Limited is a large company engaged in manufacturing of terry towels making steady profits on a year-to-year basis. PMR & Associates,…

CA Intermediate · Auditing and Ethics · MTP · September 2024
Priority Limited is a large company engaged in manufacturing of terry towels making steady profits on a year-to-year basis. PMR & Associates, statutory auditors of the company since last two years, are in process of establishing audit strategy for conducting statutory audit under Companies Act, 2013 for year 2023-24. The company has 5 branches which are audited by independent auditors appointed under Companies Act, 2013. It also has a wholly owned subsidiary company which is audited by another audit firm under name of JKL & Associates. The engagement team has noticed that company has maintained several bank accounts and there is substantial movement in fixed deposits during the year leading to risk of misstatement in cash and cash equivalents. The engagement team has planned procedures regarding the same. (i) At planning stage, engagement partner is also trying to set materiality for financial statements as a whole. The following information extracted from financial statements is given as under: Particulars (Amount in ₹ crores) Revenue 100 Total Assets 40 Profit before Tax 8 Total Liabilities (excluding Equity) 30 (ii) While designing a sample for verifying revenues of company as part of tests of details, engagement partner has determined “tolerable misstatement” for 5.00 Lakh in order to address the risk that aggregate of individual immaterial misstatements may cause the financial statements to be materially misstated and provide a margin for possible undetected misstatements. One of the newly joined engagement team members has little conceptual understanding of "tolerable misstatement” determined by engagement partner. He also has no idea of the effect of change in tolerable misstatement on sample size. (iii) During course of audit, while performing tests of details, engagement team has come across certain misstatements in selected sample pertaining to verification of revenues. The team has projected misstatements to population of revenues. The team wants to comply with the Standards on Auditing strictly. Based on the above facts, answer the following:
(A) (A) Consideration of 5 branches which are audited by independent auditors
(B) (B) Consideration of wholly owned subsidiary company audited by another audit firm
(C) (C) Expected time of holding AGM in accordance with provisions of Companies Act, 2013
(D) (D) Nature, timing and extent of planned procedures for cash and cash equivalents

Suggested Answer and Working Notes:

Correct Answer: Option (D)

(D) Nature, timing and extent of planned procedures for cash and cash equivalents

Topics: Audit Strategy, Audit Planning and Audit Programme

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