Financial Statement Analysis And Materiality Planning

Materiality Planning

Questions:

1.Using the 30 September 2011 Trial Balance Calculate Planning Materiality and Include the Justification for the basis that you have used for your Calculation.

2.Discuss the Ratios Indicating a Significant or an Unexpected Fluctuation.

3.Prepare a Common-Size Statement for the Balance Sheet of Cloud 9, use Total Assets as the basis for the Balance Sheet. Comment on any Audit Implications revealed by your statement.

4.Which Specific Areas do you Believe should receive Special Emphasis during your Audit? Consider your discussion of the Analytical Procedures Results, Comments on the Common-Size Statement and as well as your preliminary estimate of Materiality.

1. As per the statement given in the ninth paragraph, the auditor should include the materiality during making the decisions based on audit procedure, extent, nature and timing. It has been further seen that the materiality needs to be taken into account for the various types of the effect, which is seen to be associated to the misstatement (Garg and Bawa 2016) . The 12^th Paragraph of the ASA 320 provided the auditor whit the necessary information for the preliminary assessment of the materiality. It further considers both the qualitative and the quantitative aspects (Nawal Kasim and Zuraidah Mohd Sanusi 2013).

Table 1: Materiality Planning

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The computations shown above are able to select the appropriate auditor. However, the company has incurred losses during the period and hence the level of materiality cannot be based on the PBT (Rikhardsson and Dull 2016). There have been several reasons identified to select the revenue for reflecting the proper data for the large organizations and showing their scale of operations in the materiality level. In the given case the materiality level has been able to be selected based on 5% of the turnover that comes to $1877712.53. This further shows that the auditor will be able to depict the misstatement, which is higher than the materiality level. On the contrary, in case the materiality is seen to be higher in compare to the selected procedures then the audit process will be state on the truth and assure fairness in the financial statement (Ye and Simunic 2013)

2.The various types of the analytical aspects of the study is able to show the financial information which are seen to be related to the non-financial and the financial data. It has been further seen that the various types of the considerations made in the report has been shown with the risk assessment based on the financial ratios(Messier 2014).

Table 2: Significant financial Ratios

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The table shown above is able to show the relevant calculations, which are seen to be related to the different factors, associated to the depiction made in the financial statement of the company. The various types of the evaluation of the report has been seen to based on the different ratios shown in form of profitability ratio, solvency ratio and the liquidity ratios(Jans, Alles and Vasarhelyi 2013).

The table shown above is able to determine the ability of the company to generate profit from the various types of the operations. It has been further seen that the company has been able to earn a positive net profit during 2010, while on the other hand it has incurred loss in 2011. The various types of the depictions made in the form of the financial statement has been further able to show that the company has been able to make the significant amount of the profit based on the various type the considerations made in form of the amount of profit earned by the investment made by the shareholders (Semer 2013).

Significant Financial Ratios

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Table 3: Common Size Statement

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The depictions made in the table shown above has bee able to state the viability of the balance sheet of the company. It has been further seen that the common size of the statement has been able to measure the various types of the factors, which are seen to be based on the various considerations made in terms of 2% decrease in the noncurrent assets of the company from 2010 to 2011. The various type of the analysis made in noncurrent asset has shown an increase from 2010 to 2011. The various types the considerations made in the report is further able to show the different types of the factors of the evaluation has stated a decrease in the total current liability from 2010 to 2011(Hardy and Laslett 2015). On the contrary, it has been seen that the company has been able to show decreased proportion of the non-current liability from 2010 to 2011. The above table shows the areas in which the auditors need to make the necessary improvements (DeFond and Zhang 2014). 

4.To

Suzie Pickering,

Audit Senior,

RE: Problems areas and other concern

Sir,

The memorandum is aimed to show the material misstatement, which is present in the financial statement of the company. In the analysis process of the financial statement, it can be seen that the company has been able to increase the total revenue. This is identified as a positive development of the company. Despite of the increasing revenue, it can be seen that the overall profit of the company has declined. Based on the various analysis it can be discerned that the main reason for the decline in the profit has been identified that due to the increasing amount of the other expenses and the borrowing cost. It has been further seen that the expenses based on the ordinary activity has been seen to be related to the various types of the activity in terms of the by 42% and 23% respectively. Hence, it can be said that the audit procedure should provide special emphasis on the relevant area of expenses. It has been further seen that the auditor should be able to apply the appropriate method to determine the misstatement consistently. The evaluation of the overall depictions made in form of the increasing expenditure has been shown below as follows:

Thanking You

Regards

Table 4: Statement of Income

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References

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