CA Kamlesh was appointed as the engagement partner on behalf of Dutta & Associates for conducting the statutory audit for 3rd consecutive year…
CA Final · Advanced Auditing, Assurance and Professional Ethics · MTP · May 2025
CA Kamlesh was appointed as the engagement partner on behalf of Dutta & Associates for conducting the statutory audit for 3rd consecutive year of Pramat Limited, an unlisted public company, with a turnover of 35 crore during F.Y. 2022-23. From F.Y. 2023-24 onwards, Pramat Limited had voluntarily adopted to prepare its financial statements as per Division II of Schedule III of the Companies Act, 2013, due to which Dutta & Associates had revised the terms of audit engagement for the current audit engagement. As per the revised terms, it was decided that the auditor's report on the financial statements will incorporate a paragraph in accordance with SA 706, drawing users' attention to the additional disclosures. Moreover, it was decided that management will also present appropriate disclosures in the financial statements with respect to this change. While auditing the entity, CA Kamlesh came across a business policy of Pramat Limited that required to invest some portion of its money earned in its business in securities of different blue-chip companies and due to this reason, almost 55% of Pramat Limited's total assets consisted of such investments. These securities transactions were handled by its broker company, River Securities Private Limited (RSPL). RSPL was also performing necessary investment account reconciliations and was also preparing the MTM gain and loss calculation for the entity. Pramat Limited used to rely upon the calculations performed by RSPL and based on that they pass the MTM entry for their current investments every month. Pramat Limited relying on the controls presents in RSPL for the preparation of this entry. They also listed controls present in RSPL in their Risk Control Matrix as key controls. The engagement quality reviewer, CA Tushar, recommended CA Kamlesh to obtain a Type 2 report from the management of RSPL to which CA Kamlesh said that it was not required to do so as management was already comfortable with the controls present in RSPL. Further while conducting the audit, CA Kamlesh observed that investments in certain securities were sold at a price less than at which they were acquired and he didn't report on such matter as per Section 143(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, without even considering to inquire into the propriety aspect of the same. While finalising the audit report, CA Kamlesh prepared a letter containing key important points to be communicated to Those Charged with the Governance and Audit Committee of the entity. This letter was prepared in addition to the audit report. The audit team was of the view that for the above-mentioned letter the audit team is required to generate UDIN. Based on the above facts, answer the following:
Suggested Answer and Working Notes:
Correct Answer: Option (B)
The Audit team should report the change in the “Emphasis of Matter Paragraph" because, in the auditor's judgment, it is of such importance that it is fundamental to users' understanding of the financial statements.
Topics: Professional Ethics & Liabilities of Auditors, Standard on Auditing (SA), Reporting
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