ACC6030 – Auditing & Assurance Services Semester 2, 2022
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ACC6030 - Auditing & Assurance services
semester 2, 2022
1NsTRuCT1oNs FoR THE 1ND1V1DuAL CAsE sTuDY Ass1GNMENT
(wR1TTEN REPoRT)
Case study
The Chief Executive Officer of Australian Trade Commission (ATC) has appointed you to critically examine the Auditors' opinion in the "1ndependent Audit report& and importantly focus on the "Key Audit Matters& of a high-profile international company's latest Annual Report.
Required
You need to use Risk.based auditing approach, auditing concepts and auditing methods
learnt in this unit to conduct this investigation and report on the major issues reported, particularly
in the Key Audit Matters by the Auditor, such as:
Valuations
Goodwill
1nventory
Capital assets
Financial instruments
Estimations
Leases
Going concern
1nternal control
Corporate governance
Business risks
Corporate strategy
Risk management systems
The above list is illustrative only and your case study report is NoT required to address all the above-mentioned topics. You can include other topics of this unit, as related to the company assigned to you for investigation and then derive your conclusions and recommendations.
For this purpose, you need to use Australian Auditing standards and case laws and other information which you have learnt in this unit, such as:
回 ASA 315 . Identifying and Assessing the Risks of MateriaI Misstatement through Understanding
the Entity and Its Environment
回 ASA 320 . MateriaIity in PIanning and Performing an Audit
回 ASA 330 - The Auditor's Responses to Assessed Risks
回 ASA 560 . Subseguent Events
回 ASA 570 . Going Concern
回 ASA 700 . Forming an opinion and Reporting on a FinanciaI Report
回 ASA 705 . Modifications to the opinion in the Independent Auditor's Report
回 ASA 706 - Emphasis of Matter Paragraph and other Matter Paragraphs in the Independent
Auditor's Report
回 APES 110.Code of Ethics for ProfessionaI Accountants
The above list again is illustrative only, and your case study report is not required to address all the above-mentioned auditing standards. You can include other auditing standards covered in this unit, as applicable to this company. Please use the Australian standards of Auditing (AsA) even if they are NoT Australian companies, as they are based on 1nternational standards of
Auditing (1sA) in order to derive your conclusions and recommendations.
1mportant:
Please ensure that the individual written report in its structure has the following six (6) main headings. Marks will be given specific to these main headings as per the Marking Criteria below:
回 Executive Summary
回 Problem Statement
回 Methodology
回 Findings
回 1mplications of findings
回 Conclusions and recommendations
Marking Criteria
The Marking Criteria for the written report is:
回 Report Conventions : 5.0 Marks
o Executive Summary
o Problem Statement
回 Research : 15.0 Marks
o Methodology
o Findings
回 Application : 10.0 Marks
o 1mplications of findings
回 Application : 10.0 Marks
o Conclusions and recommendations
Total : 40.0 marks
The Marking Criteria has a Marking Rubric available in Canvas by clicking on: Assignments > 1ndividual Case study Assignment > Feedback
Resources
Please refer to the resources mentioned in Canvas site of this unit by clicking on:
回 syllabus > Textbook & readings > Gay & Simnett (2018) 7ed
回 Modules > significant readings and journals and 1mportant websites:
回 Company annual reports, websites, professional & business magazines, textbooks;
academic papers, newspapers and video clips.
回 Australian Auditing Standards - Auditing & Assurance Standards Board - Australian
Government:
or
回 Auditing assurance and ethics handbook 2022 by Chartered Accountants Australia and
New Zealand
Please research the information and develop its logical flow, as it will also assist you in structuring this case study report.
2022-09-06