Victor & Co; a reputed Chartered Accountants firm is appointed as a Statutory auditor of Copper Man Creations Limited. The Company is into…
CA Final · Advanced Auditing, Assurance and Professional Ethics · MTP · May 2026
Victor & Co; a reputed Chartered Accountants firm is appointed as a Statutory auditor of Copper Man Creations Limited. The Company is into manufacturing of robotic products. The Company has advanced in all its endeavours by supplying million Copper suits. The Company has started the production of version 10 under its flagship and tags it as “Why to worry about a vehicle, when you have steel man”. The main idea of the Company evolved after the promoter watched the Marvel series Iron Man. The product has been promoted by Robert Downy Jr as its product Brand Ambassador. The Company expects itself to manufacture these prototypes and expects the old prototypes to be obsolete due to the demand for version 10. Each version of the product has a separate department and promotes their sales under the single flagship of ‘Copper Man’ and thus, the managerial decision making is left to each version manager. You have assigned the 'Fixed Assets area' to Mr. Mamma Mia and he came out to you with the following points. You need to answer the questions raised by him and go through the notes prepared to reach a reasonable conclusion over Property, Plant and Equipment FSLI (Financial Statement caption): The Company is holding the property in its name in Andaman & Nicobar while the land is registered in another person's name. The property is in dispute for the past 20 years. This is the major plant for the Company and it is the critical success factor for the client. The Company's 80% of the revenue is derived from this factory. When enquired with management, it would have to incur huge costs to relocate and the present advantageous conditions of the plant are very critical for the product manufactured. The Company has not conducted the physical verification of fixed assets since last 10 years but it has conducted the verification at other locations every year. When enquired with management, the Company explained it is highly impossible as the plant is 24*7 running and it couldn't be halted as the restart of operations will cost huge amounts and a month's time to get the Company back to current position.The audit team has come across a transaction where the Company is enjoying the property rent free. The audit team is of the opinion that the provisions of Benami transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 might apply in such scenario. This should be evaluated as part of CARO reporting. No other procedures in this regard need to be performed. Based on the above facts, answer the following Questions
Suggested Answer and Working Notes:
Correct Answer: Option (C)
The auditor needs to obtain the additional evidence about the transaction. He needs to assess the situation as to its impact over the financial statements along-with consideration of SA 250. Thus, he should consider the seriousness of matter and should assess the impact of the same over the report even though it is not required to be reported as part of CARO.
Topics: Standard on Auditing (SA), Reporting, Quality Control
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