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ACCA P7 Advanced Audit & Assurance [INT]

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Sample Note Content: Main study note content [Total Pages: 235] ...................................................... 4 Product Summary .......................................................................................... 7 Live online note sample plan ........................................................................... 8 Live online course timetable: ........................................................................... 9 Chapter 1 Practise management .................................................................... 12 Practice questions relating to practise management in chapter1: ....................... 15 Stage 4 of audit flowchart flowc hart [Substantive [Subst antive procedures] pro cedures] ................................ ......................................... ......... 24

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Main study note content [Total Pages: 235]

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Live online course timetable: Live session/revision for F4-P7

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*Please Note: This Timetable may be subjected to future changes. Kindly check regularly for any possible updates.

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Chapter 1 Practise management

In this chapter we will be going through:

1. Advertisement issues 2. How to draft a tendering document 3. Professional appointment issues 4. Quality control issues 5. Regulatory issues

The best way to learn this chapter is to copy note from tuition video.

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These 2 pages are left blank intentionally in order for you to copy the note from tutor:

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Practice questions relating to practise management in chapter1: Chapter 1 Advertising: (DEC2010 Q4) Neeson&Co

An advertisement could be placed in national newspapers to attract new clients. The draft advertisement has been given to you for review:

Neeson & Co is the largest and most professional accountancy and audit provider in the country. We offer a range of services in addition t o audit, which are guaranteed to improve your business effi ciency and save you tax.

If you are unhappy with your auditors, we can offer a second opinion on the report that has been given.

Introductory offer: for all new clients we offer a 25% discount when both audit and tax services are provided. Our rates are approved by ACCA.

Required: Evaluate each of the suggestions made above, commenting on the ethical and professional issues raised. （8marks）

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Answer to Neeson&Co: [Tutor’s own answer]

Back up Any comments made by the advertisement should be backed up with evidence. For example it says Neeson&Co is the largest and most professional accountancy provider in the country so sales revenue and number offices should be made to back up this evidence.

Definitely clear The advertisement should be definitely clear.The business efficiency can not be guaranteed by the firm and this seems that it’s not honest by Neeson.

The second opinion offered by Neeson&Co may imply that the audit work done by Neeson&Co is low and as a result client would not be happy with the first opinion given and hence second opinion would be issued again. And this comment in the advertisement is not professional.

Ensure to comply with laws and regulation The advertisement should comply with laws and regulation. The guarantee to save tax means maybe Neeson would use some tricks to help client save time which may not comply with laws and regulation because not in every circumstance that the tax can be saved.

Fundamental ethics Neeson&Co can’t quote rates are approved by ACCA because ACCA does not approve any rates and this would be seen as unprofessional.

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It seems that if taxes can’t be saved and also business efficiency hasn't been improved so that client may take potential legal action against Neeson&Co resulting in further future cash outflow from Neeson&Co.

Low balling The 25% of introductory fees is low balling and it’s not prohibited but Neeson&Co should need to make sure by charging such a low amount of fees the quality of the work should be maintained, ie, following ISAs to do the audit work.

Chapter 1 (June 2004)Hawk Assocaite

Displaying business cards alongside those of local tradesman and service providers in supermarkets and libraries. The cards would read:

 “Hawk ACCA Associates For PROFRSSIONAL Accountancy, Audit, Business Consultancy and Taxation services Competitive rates. Money back guarantees.” 

(4marks)

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Answer to June2004 Hawk Associate:

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Advertisement in the super markets and libraries is not professional and they should advertise their firm using eg, financial magazines.

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Professional is in capital and this implies only their firm is professional while others are not and firms shouldn’t criticize others.

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Competitive rate is vague and compare to whom? So this information is misleading.

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Money back guarantees may mean they can help company save tax and if not they would give money back to them and this w ill:

Firstly involving some illegal techniques to help company save tax and hence it’ s a breach of laws and regulations.

Secondly it implies that the quality of services provided to the company may not be good and hence give their money back.

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Chapter 1 tendering+Fees (June09 Q2)

The Dragon Group is a large group of companies operating in the furniture retail trade. The group has expanded rapidly in the last three years, by acquiring several subsidiaries each year. The management of the parent company, Dragon Co, a listed company, has decided to put the audit of the group and all subsidiaries out to tender, as the curr ent audit firm is not seeking re-election. The financial year end of the Dragon Group is 30 September 2009.

You are a senior manager in Unicorn & Co, a global firm of Cha rtered Certified Accountants, with offices in over 150 countries acr oss the world. Unicorn & Co has been i nvited to tender for the Dragon Group audit (including the audit of all subsidiaries). You manage a department within the firm which specialises in the audit of retail companies, and you have been assigned the task of drafting the tender document. You recently held a meeting with Edmund Jalousie, the group finance director, in which you discussed the current group structure, recent acquisitions, and the group’s plans for future expansion.

Meeting notes – Dragon Group Group structure The parent company owns 20 subsidiaries, al l of which are wholly owned. Half of the subsidiaries are located in the same country as the parent, and half overseas. Most of the foreign subsidiaries report under the same financial reporting framework as Dragon Co, but several prepare financial statements using local accounting rules.

Acquisitions during the year Two companies were purchased in March 2009, both located in this country: (i) Mermaid Co, a company which operates 20 furniture retail outlets. The audit opinion expressed by the incumbent auditors on the financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2008 was qualified by a disagreement over the non-disclosure of a contingent liability. The contingent liability relates to a court case which is still on-going.

(ii) Minotaur Co, a large company, whose operations are distribution and warehousing. This represents a diversification away from retail, and it i s hoped that the Dragon Group will benefit from significant economies of scale as a result of the acquisition.

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Other matters The acquisitive strategy of the group over the last few years has led to significant growth. Group revenue has increased by 25% in the last three years, and is predicted to increase by a further 35% in the next four years as the acquisiti on of more subsidiaries is planned. The Dragon Group has raised finance for the acquisiti ons in the past by becoming listed on the stock exchanges of three different countries. A new listing on a foreign stock exchange is planned for January 2010. For this reason, management would like the group audit completed by 31 December 2009.

Required: (a)Recommend and describe the principal matters to be included in your firm’s tender document to provide the audit service to the Dragon Group. (10 marks)

(b) Explain FOUR reasons why a firm of auditors may decide NOT to seek reelection as auditor. (6 marks)

(c) Using the specific information provided, evaluate the matters that should be considered before accepting the audit engagement, in the event of your firm being successful in the tender. (7 marks) Professional marks will be awarded in part (c) for the clarity and presentation of the evaluation. (4 marks)

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Answer to June2009 Q2a-c:

(a) Recourses Detailed background of our firm should be included for example the expertise and clients we serve.

Clients needs Because Dragon group is going to go listed onto the stock exchange and so we can provide non audit services such as corporate governance advice relating to the listing.

We have offices in over 150 countries across the world so we can deal with audit with your subsidiaries all around the world more effectively.

Way to do the audit We should include how we perform the audit service to ensure appropriate quality of work maintained such as following ISA to do the risk assessment. Also we ensure quality during the audit by having appropriate quality control procedures during the audit such as hot review on the audit work we have done.

Extra benefit We can provide recommendation to address internal control weakness to management in the management letter as an extra service for example.

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(b) Overdue fees Where a client hasn't paid their fees there has been outstanding for some time and such overdue fees would be seen as loan to client which may cause a self interest threat, ie, in order to keep the loan auditor may issue whatever opinion that client wants so that a safeguard for this is not to seek re-election.

Resources As the company expands the audit firm may not have enough resources to do the audit any more. Such as the company is listing on a stock exchange and the audit firm is a lack of relevant experts who know the regulation of the stock exchange and so the firm may not seek re-election.

Integrity When the management doesn't comply with specific accounting standards such as a deliberate failure to provide a provision in the financial statements and this action would be seen as a lack of integrity. So in order for the audit firm to remain good reputation they should not seek reelection.

Conflict of interest Such as the existing company we are auditing is damaging the environment and didn't disclose the fact. Another company is waiting for out firm’s tendering but they are competitors and if we audit both companies which would cause a conflict of interest so we should resign the first company as by continuing to be an auditor for this would damage our firm’s reputation.

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(c)

Evaluation of matters to be considered: Recourses As dragon group has expanded rapidly in the last three years so we must ensure we have enough audit staff to audit those components.

Management integrity As a qualified opinion issued by previous auditor over a deliberate non-disclosure of contingent liability we should question management’s integrity and if they not integrate then we should not accept the engagement service because if after conducting the service and we find information we obtained is fake then it wi ll still have an impact on our audit opinion.

Previous auditor It would be necessary to contact previous auditor to gather information regarding the non disclosure of contingent liability with client’s permission of whether it should be disclosed in the individual financial statements of Mermaid Co, and at group level.

Experiences Given Minotaur Co is involved in distribution and warehousing but this is not a very complicated industry for Unicorn&Co because it has its offices over 150countries and it should have relevant experience into auditing this eg, bringing in staff from a different department more experienced in clients with distribution operations

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Stage 4 of audit flowchart [Substantive procedures]

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This is the main content within your p7 study. Your examiner expects you to have a solid understanding of accounting standards and the related audit procedures to them and hence make sure you are able to master all those accounting standards in your study note.

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IAS 11 Construction Contracts

Accounting Issues:

1,When you’re trying to build this tower it may take you more than 1 year to finish. After finishing off this tower and you may try to sell off to the client. So before finishing off this tower will you keep it as a inventory?(IAS2) The answer is no! Remember inventory is current asset which is less than 1 accounting year.

2,Next question is because the contractor is building this tower so he may have to pay for material, labor costs etc. So when is the cost being recognized? The contractor can get the sales revenue only when after selling off this tower to client. So before selling off this tower, the contractor gets no cash from the client. So does the contractor recognize no revenue at all? To answer this question: According to Prudence concept, the sales revenue should be recognized after this tower has been sold off to the client. According to Accruals concept, the expenses relating to the building of the tower should be matched with the revenue from the tower. So one is contradict with another. But here in this case, Accruals concept wins.

3,But how much does the revenue and expenses should be recognized? IAS 11 Construction Contract gives us the guidance.

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4, Guidance by IAS 11 construction contract (Diagram)

Fixed Price or Mark up?

Mark up Profit=price(cost+mark up)cost

yes No

Profit making contract?

Recognize loss in full

yes

Outcome is certain? No

yes Recognize based on stage of completion

5, Stage of completion

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Revenue=costs(no profit/loss)

Sales basis method (work certified method):

work certified to date Contract price

Cost method:

Costs incurred to date Total contract costs

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Audit question [june2011 Q2] IAS11:

Construction Contract(attachment1) In the last week, two significant issues have arisen at Bill Co. The first issue concerns a major contract involving the development of an old ri verside warehouse into a conference centre in Bridgetown. An architect working on the development has discovered that the property will need significant additional structural improvements, the extra cost of which is estimated to be $350,000. The contract was originally forecast to make a profit of $200,000. The development is currently about one third complete, and will take a further 15 months to finish, including this additional construction work. The customer has been told that the completion of the contract will be delayed by around two months. However, the contract price is fixed, and so the additional costs must be covered by Bill Co.

Forecast profit before tax is $2·5 million.

Hello Thanks for taking on the role of audit manager for the forthcoming audit of Bill Co. (i) I have just received some information on two significant issues that have ari sen over the last week, from Sam Compton, the company’s finance director. This information i s provided in attachment 1. I am asking you to prepare briefing notes, for my use, in which you explain the matters that should be considered in relation to the treatment of these tw o issues in the financial statements, and also explain the risks of material misstatement relating to them. I also want you to recommend the planned audit procedures that should be performed in order to address those risks. (8 marks)

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Answer to [june2011 Q2] IAS11 Matters to be considered Materiality: The loss on the contract of $150,000 represents 6% of the forecast profit before tax and is therefore material to the statement of profit or loss.

Accounting treatment: 1. The $150,000 loss needs to be recognized immediately to the statement of profit and loss and other comprehensive income.

2. the delay completion of contract would result in penalties and this should be accounted for under IAS37 provision, contingent liabilities and contingent asset.

Risks of material misstatement:

There is a risk that loss of $150,000 has not been recognized in the statement of profit or loss and hence overstate the profit figure by $150,000.

There is also a risk that a failure to provide for a provision or disclose contingent liability in the note of the FS and this would result in understatement of liability and expense or under disclosure.

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Inspect the customer-signed contract to verify the fixed price and any penalty clauses relating to late completion.

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Recalculate the budget for the Bridgetown development to verify the accuracy of the schedule and confirm the expected loss of $150,000.

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Inspect report made by the architect regarding the structural improvements to verify the estimate of the additional costs.

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Discuss the additional costs with contractors to assess if the estimate appears reasonable.

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Review Bill Co’s cash flow forecast to ensure adequate funds to cover the additional costs.

Chapter2 Q7: 8,IAS12 Income Taxes

Accounting issues:

In the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income:

$ Sale revenue

1,000

Cost of sales

(300)

Gross profit

700

Expenses

(100)

Profit before tax

600

Tax expense (@30%)

(50)

Profit after tax

550

You can see although tax rate is 30% but we use 30%Xprofit before tax which does not equal to 50, why?

The reason being within the tax expense there are 3 components: (mnemonics: CPD)

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Because of permanent and temporary difference which leads to the difference in taxable profit calculation and accounting profit calculation.

Permanent differences are the amounts which represent income o r expense for accounting purposes but are not taxable/allowable for tax purposes. Example: client entertaining.

Temporary differences are amounts which represent income or expense for accounting purposes and tax purposes but in difference periods. Example: depreciation and capital allowances. Notice: The deferred tax transfer is not cash flow!!!

Before we look at deferred tax, why not start off by looking at current taxation? (this is what you have already learnt in F3, just a recap.)

Current tax: Companies have to pay tax on taxable profits. The tax charge is normally ESTIMATED at the end of the financial year and charged to the statement of comprehensive income, and paid in the following year.

The double entry for taxation would be: DR Taxation expense

(Statement of comprehensive income)

CR Taxation liability

(Statement of financial position)

The double entry for when the tax is paid a few months later: DR Taxation liability CR Bank

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(Statement of financial position) (Statement of financial position)

Since the amount paid is likely to differ from the estimated tax charge originally recognized, a balance will be left on the tax ation liability account being an under or over provision of the tax charge.

Deferred tax:

What is deferred tax?

Illustrate with an example: Imagine you have a building with a carrying value of $1000. During the year you have revalued this building to $1,100 then you make a profit from it of $100 which is not realized yet.

DR NCA 100 CR revaluation reserve 100

So for the tax man’s perspective, because you will somehow in the future realized this profit when sold so they may require you to provide for a future tax obligation(deferred tax) of $100Xtax rate although you are not paying money now but you will in the future.

Concept: So we know that deferred tax is a future obligation to be settled by company depending on the future tax law. So deferred tax does not necessarily fulfill the liability definition (present obligation).

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TD: Temporary difference between carrying value and tax base CV: Carrying value of asset/liability. TB: tax base in the tax man’s book.(in real practice we will try to refer to different tax regulations to calculate the tax base) DT: Deferred tax liability/asset CT%: Corporation tax rate

Deferred tax is a future liability recognized today. And deferred tax is based on temporary difference (timing difference between accounting and tax law). So the amount we owe to the tax authority will be finally paid back to them in the subsequent years.

Typically, in P7, Deferred Tax Asset is most commonly tested. The recoverability of Deferred Tax Asset will be l imited depending on the forecast profit company will make.

Audit Works: [Q11:DEC2008 Q1] Income taxes IAS 12 So we usually focus on the profit forecast, management accounts for the company performance to estimate the company future profit making ability to establish if it can utilize the deferred tax asset (unutilized losses) to set against the future profit.

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Audit question: [Q11:DEC2008 Q1] IAS 12

(b) Describe the principal audit procedures to be carried out in respect of the following: (ii) The recoverability of the deferred tax asset. (4 marks)

Answer to [Q11:DEC2008 Q1] Income taxes IAS 12

(ii) Principal audit procedures – recoverability of deferred tax asset

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Agree figures in the current and deferred tax calculation to tax correspondence.

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Inspect profitability forecast to agree there is enough forecast taxable profit to offset against the loss.

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Perform analytical procedure by evaluating assumptions used in the forecast to ensure it’s in line with auditors’ business understanding.

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Perform analytical procedure by assessing time taken to generate profit to recover tax losses and if it takes many years to generate such profit and the recognition of deferred tax asset would be restricted.

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Inspect tax correspondence to verify there’s no restriction for company to carry forward and use losses against future taxable profits.

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Chapter2 Q7: 9,IAS16 Property, Plant and Equipment

Accounting Issues: Initial measurement: Capital expenditure Capital expenditure is the costs of acquiring non-current assets. According to IAS 16 the following costs may be capitalised in the statement of financial position on acquisition of a non-current asset: (Mnemonic: IIIID) Initial cost (purchase price) Import duty not refundable(if asset is bought from other country) Installation costs Intended use relating costs (lawyer, surveyor costs) Delivery costs

Finance cost (IAS 23 see F7 & P2)

Revenue expenditure Revenue expenditure is expenditure on maintaining the capacity of noncurrent assets. Costs that are regarded as revenue expenditure should be expensed in the statement of comprehensive income and may not be capitalised according to IAS 16 are: (Mnemonic: RIM) R epairs expenses Insurance expenses Maintenance expense

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After we’ve purchased the non current asset the accountant needs to record that non current asset into the non- current asset register. A non-current asset register is generally maintained in the finance department. Companies can purchase specifically designed packages or a register can simply be maintained on an Excel spreadsheet. And this is used to reconcile the NCA in the NCA register to the individual asset in place, ie, an example of control procedure by company.

Sample of Non-current asset register: Asset type

Machine

Date purchased

1 July 2013

Description

Cost

Drink machine

$7m

Year ended 31 DEC 2013

Depreciation

Carrying value

$700,000

$6.3m

Year ended 31 DEC 2014

Disposal proceeds

Disposal date

$3m

Jan-2014

Subsequent measurement

Cost model: cost-accumulated depreciation*=carrying value

Depreciation method should be reviewed each year to see whether or not it is reasonable. A change in depreciation method should be treated as a change in accounting estimate and prospective adjusting method according to IAS 8 should be applied. Ie, disclose the depreciation method in the note of the financial statements.

Revaluation Model: revalued amount

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IAS 16 the test was whether the expenditure was Capital or Revenue e.g. an improvement could be capitalised but maintenance or repair could not be capitalized.

The following circumstances should be capitalized: (mnemonics: LOSE)

L: Life extension O: major overhaul cost S: separate component, eg, new enguine for an aircraft E: energy saving, eg, improving production capacity

Basic idea: 1, economic benefits are excessed 2, component treated seperatly 3, major overhaul cost

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Revaluation Basic Idea: As time goes by initial costs of asset may be very different from their market value.

Eg, if a company purchased a property 35 years ago and therefore subsequently charged depreciation for 35 years, it would be safe to assume that the carrying value of the asset would be significantly different from today’s market value.

If revaluation policy per IAS 16 may be adopted (i.e. the business has a choice), and if so the following rules must be applied per the standard: (mnemonic: CRRR )

1, No Cherry picking(If a company chooses to revalue an asset they must revalue all assets in that category. ) 2, R egular (Revaluations must be regular but IAS 16 doesn't specify how often) 3, R evalued amount(Subsequent depreciation must be based on the revalued amounts. ) 4, R evaluation Reserve (Gains from revaluations are taken to revaluation reserve rather than retained earnings unless they are sold)

Calculation: $ Revalued amount

X

CV of asset on revaluation date

(X)

Revaluation gain/(loss)

X/(X)

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(Statement of financial position)

CR Revaluation reserve

(Statement of financial position)

Audit work: IAS16 PP&E does not test it much, but if the asset involves finance cost and then make sure it’s capitalized correctly.

Also, if it involves impairment issue ,then make sure an impairment test is properly conducted by management. Also the discount rate used by management to determine value in use of the asset should be verified for reasonableness.

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Chapter2 Q7: 10,IAS17 Leases

Accounting issues:

Introduction You want to have a photocopier and you have two choices: 1, you can buy it and then you become the owner of the photocopier; 2, you can lease it from the lessor and then you would become the lessee. Long term-finance lease Short term-operating lease

But the key to differentiate between them is not just the time length it takes but rather “substance over form”.

IAS 17 leases describes two types (forms) of leases: *Finance lease: lease that transfers the risks and rewards of the asset from the lessor to the lessee. *Operating lease: any leases other than finance lease.

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5 senarios So the substance over form concept behind it can be summarized as follows: IAS 17 prescribes there are 5 common scenarios that the lease is a finance lease. (one of them fulfilled then it’s a finance lease and if none of them fulfills then it’s an operating lease.)

1, ownership of asset has been transferred from lessor to lessee. 2, lessee has the option to purchase asset at a price which is sufficiently lower than its FV. 3, lease term is almost the same as the major part of economic life of asset. (IFRS doesn't specify the period but US GAAP has given us guidance of >75%.) 4, at the start of the lease, PV of minimum lease payment is close to FV of asset. (again, IFRS doesn't specify the percentage but US GAAP has given us a guidance of >90%.) 5, leased assets are specified nature and can only be used by lessee and they can be used by others if any significant modification to assets occurs.

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Risks and rewards

But the idea behind it is when the majority risks and rewards has been transferred from the lessor to lessee then it’s considered to be a finance lease. So the typical risks and rewards may include:

Risks: costs of repairing, maintaining and insuring the assets. Risk of obsolescence Risks of losses from idle capacity of the asset (if machine breaks down then lessee bears the loss)

Rewards: Use of assets for almost all of its useful life. Use of the assets is not disrupted.

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Accounting Treatment: Lessee

Lessor

Finance lease: Initial measurement

Subsequent measurement

DR PPE

DR lease receivable

CR lease liability

CR lease asset

PPE: DR I/S-depre expense CR accumulated depreciation

Lease liability: DR lease liability DR I/S-finance cost CR cash

DR cash (from lessee) CR lease receivable CR I/S-interest income

Operating lease: Expense the lease payment on a straight line basis

Expense the lease revenue received on a straight line basis

DR cash CR I/S DR I/S CR cash

Keep the assets in FS and depreciates it.

DR I/S-depreciation expense CR accumulated depreciation

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Sale and leaseback transaction:

Idea: any abnormal gain/loss would be deferred and released back as income over the life of the lease.

Accounting question:

Q: Finco Ltd Finco Ltd has 4 sale and leaseback transactions during the year which can be shown as follows:

Sale proceeds

Fair value

Book(carrying) value

$m

$m

$m

1, sale and finance lease back

50

50

32

2, sale at fair value operating lease back

80

80

55

3, sale at overvalue and operating lease back

85

65

70

4, sale at undervalue and operating lease back

65

85

60

Description

Required: Show how to deal with the above transactions.

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Audit work:

1The main piece of audit evidence is the lease agreement, as this will allow the auditor to: 1Agree the length of the lease 2Agree the lease payments 3Assess how much of the rights and obligations of ownership have been transferred.

2 For operating leases, any prepayment or accrual should be recalculated.

3 For finance leases, the present value of minimum lease payments should be recalculated and the discount rate agreed as appropriate.

[June2009Q3] leases

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Audit question1: [June2009Q3] leases

Robster Co is a company which manufactures tractors and other machinery to be used in the agricultural industry. You are the manager responsible for the audit of Robster Co, and you are reviewing the audit working papers for the year ended 28 February 2009. The draft financial statements show revenue of $10·5 million, profit before tax of $3·2 million, and total assets of $45 million.

Two matters have been brought to your attention by the audit senior, both of which relate to assets recognised in the statement of financial position for the first time this year:

Leases In July 2008, Robster Co entered into five new finance leases of land and buildings. The leases have been capitalized and the statement of financial position includes leased assets presented as non-current assets at a value of $3·6 million, and a total finance lease payable of $3·2 million presented as a non-current liability.

Required: (a) In your review of the audit working papers, comment on the matters you should consider, and state the audit evidence you should expect to find in respect of:

(i) the leases

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