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14: THREAT SCENARIOS AND SAFEGUARDS Flashcards

1
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  1. Financial interest
A

The audit firm
Any partner
Any member of audit team
Or immediate family member

Must not hold a financial interest in company

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  1. Business relationship
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No business relationship

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  1. Employment
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Dual employment is prohibited

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  1. Audit partner leaves to SLT in client
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Firm should resign as auditor

Cannot take on audit again for two years

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  1. Employee of audit firm applying for job at client
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Employee informs audit client

Firm to remove employee from engagement and review their recent client work

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6
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  1. Close personal relationships
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Staff with these should not work on the engagements

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7
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  1. Gifts and hospitality
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Do not accept these unless value is trivial

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  1. Loans and contingent fees
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Prohibited

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9
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  1. Overdue fees
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Consider resignation

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10
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  1. Fees dependence
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If fee exceeds 10% (non-listed) and 5% (listed) of overall income:
- disclose to ethics partner
- disclose to those charged with governance at the client
- regular quality management of audit

If fee exceeds 15% (non-listed) and 10% (listed) of overall income:
- cannot act as auditor

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  1. Lowballing
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Firm may charge any audit fee

Needs to be documented that adequate resources have been allocated in order to comply with standards

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  1. Fee cap for listed clients
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Total fees from non-audit services must be no more than 70% of the average audit fee of the last 3 years

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  1. Client employee joins audit firm
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No involvement in audit for two years

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14
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  1. Audit staffed ‘loaned’ to client
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Prohibited

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  1. Accounting services offered to client
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Listed: prohibited

Non-listed: allowed with safeguards
- separate teams
- mechanical/technical work
- quality management review of audit

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  1. Valuation services offered
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Listed: not allowed if material

Non-listed: not allowed if material and subjective

If immaterial, allowed with safeguards

17
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  1. Preparing tax calculations
A

Listed: n/a

Non-listed: allowed with safeguards

18
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  1. Internal audit
A

All prohibited

19
Q
  1. IT services offered
A

Prohibited

Where they relate to the accounting or financial system, or where they involve taking on role of management

20
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  1. Recruitment services provided to audit, and close relationships
A

All prohibited

21
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  1. Long association scenarios: non-listed engagement partner
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Review independence after 10 years.

Either rotate and continue with safeguards:
- document reasons
- disclosure to client
- consider other safeguards

22
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  1. Long-association scenarios: listed engagement partner
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Rotate off after 5 years (can extend to 7 with Audit Committee approval)

No return for 5 years

23
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  1. Long association scenarios: listed quality management review partner
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Rotate off after 7 years

No return for 5 years

24
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  1. Long association scenarios: non-listed client become listed: engagement partner
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If already served for 4 years, can only serve 2 more

No return for 5 years

25
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  1. Long association scenarios: listed senior staff
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Review independence after 7 years

26
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  1. Corporate finance services offered
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Firm is not allowed to promote, deal in or underwrite a client’s shares

Risks must be appraised before accepting

27
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  1. Legal services offered
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Audit firm must not act as a solicitor for client

Risks must be appraised

28
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  1. Representing audit client in tax tribunal/dispute
A

Prohibited if issue is material

If immaterial, can be done with safeguards

29
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  1. Close family and business relationships
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Prohibited as before!! (Or not work on audit)

30
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  1. Close family and business relationships
A

Prohibited as before!! (Or not work on audit)

31
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  1. Actual or threatened litigation
A

Disclosure to those charged with governance at the client

Consider resignation

32
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  1. Any additional non-audit service where auditor may take on management role
A

Do not take on management role!

Use engagement letter to limit responsibilities

Establish informed management

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