Your stories are hilarious. Hopefully they’ll help me link the notes to them to remember them better. What an entertaining audit class. Thank you for making it interesting ! 馃榾
Ethics is truly fundamental to the course. Appreciate the real life scenarios. Extremely helpful not only for the course but career as a whole. Well done. Thanks.
It can come under both professional competence and due care and professional behaviour.
It could be, of course, that the existing auditors are wrong and there is a legitimate reason for obtaining another opinion. If auditors discover that opinion shopping is going on they certainly need to be wary. For example, the second auditors could be presented with a different set of facts to those given to the first auditor and those facts could have been edited to conceal problems.
The rules governing auditor changes should detect problems (ie you just write to existing auditors and ask about the client).
thank you for replying. what i meant is is it considered an intimidation threat? plus opinion shopping is something like client go to other auditor because the existing auditor isnt providing then answer client wants? so when he found the answer he wants, he can challenge existing auditor. so is it intimidation threat? thanks for helping.
Theonly % now mwntioned is 15% for public interest companies. No % is specifiec for other clients but the auditor has to evaluate the self-interest risk to assess if it is acceptable.
On self review; preparing accounting records, I guess this will not be objective for another group will be tempted not to audit the accounting records prepared by their team as it already reviewed. It is the responsibility of management to prepare the FSs. Auditors have just to provide opinion on the FSs.
How will then shareholders get assurance of management if some accounting records are prepared by auditors.
If management is failing to prepare the FSs, then this have to be reflected in letter of weakness
An auditing firm can be very large. That means that it is possible to have a completely different set of people preparing the FS to thos who audit them. This is suppose to reduce the self-review threat to acceptable levels.
It is management’s responsbility to prepare the FS but that does not mean they have to prepare them personally. Typically they would ask accounting staff in the company to do it or they could sub-contract this task, for example, to a team from their auditors.
[It’s better if you ask questions on the Ask ACCA Tutor Forum as that’s what we review regularly].
On self review; preparing accounting records, I guess this will be objective for another group will be tempted not to audit the accounting records prepared their team as it already reviewed. It is the responsibility of management to prepare the FSs. Auditors have just to provide opinion on the FSs. How will then shareholders get assurance of management if some accounting is records are prepared by auditors.
If management is failing to prepare the FSs, then this have to be reflected in letter of weakness
diamore2 says
These stories are real and I appreciate them. As a practising Auditor myself the Client really dangle gifts and are super nice so we must be careful.
madihaf92 says
Your stories are hilarious. Hopefully they’ll help me link the notes to them to remember them better. What an entertaining audit class. Thank you for making it interesting ! 馃榾
nangsg7229 says
Hi, could I have the script of the clip?
Ken Garrett says
No scripts exist but the lectures closely follow through notes.
nyamekyequist says
Ethics is truly fundamental to the course. Appreciate the real life scenarios. Extremely helpful not only for the course but career as a whole. Well done. Thanks.
Cathrine Mahwire says
Awesome ending ,well explained .Thank you.
george says
may i ask a question? opinion shopping is under which ethical threat? TQ
Ken Garrett says
It can come under both professional competence and due care and professional behaviour.
It could be, of course, that the existing auditors are wrong and there is a legitimate reason for obtaining another opinion. If auditors discover that opinion shopping is going on they certainly need to be wary. For example, the second auditors could be presented with a different set of facts to those given to the first auditor and those facts could have been edited to conceal problems.
The rules governing auditor changes should detect problems (ie you just write to existing auditors and ask about the client).
george says
thank you for replying. what i meant is is it considered an intimidation threat? plus opinion shopping is something like client go to other auditor because the existing auditor isnt providing then answer client wants? so when he found the answer he wants, he can challenge existing auditor. so is it intimidation threat? thanks for helping.
Ken Garrett says
It could be classed as an intimidation threat or a self-interest threat ie you might not want to lose the audit to a more cooperative auditor.
aneela1989 says
hey lecture was truly amazing but physical intimidation was truly BIG SURPRISE!!!!!
nimshaj says
yeah with the last minute expressions 馃榾
unknowingly says
Please, how do I download these, for watching them later, offline?
Ken Garrett says
Lectures cannot be downloaded.
Rachel says
Hi,
Regarding the percentage fees limit for a listed company, is it 10% or 15%?
Also, how bout non-listed companies?
Ken Garrett says
Theonly % now mwntioned is 15% for public interest companies. No % is specifiec for other clients but the auditor has to evaluate the self-interest risk to assess if it is acceptable.
lia250 says
Brilliant lecture – the scenarios we were told helps bring things to life !
cmmm says
Amazing ending!!!
tobi123 says
An amazing ending indeed! Couldn’t stop laughing. 馃檪
drice99 says
Love the ending, very Alfred Hitchcock-esque
biggles says
Wow Gromit! That ending is just so scary! I hope I never come across a free gun demonstration!
ing100 says
Epic Ending, Got me hooked for the next chapter 馃槢
Stephen says
cool 24hrs teaching lol tnx alot guys
tricia says
Well done explanations. Love the examples.
robert gossa says
That you. The content is well refined.
shemida says
Great ending!
Kenneth Excellent says
Correction
On self review; preparing accounting records, I guess this will not be objective for another group will be tempted not to audit the accounting records prepared by their team as it already reviewed. It is the responsibility of management to prepare the FSs. Auditors have just to provide opinion on the FSs.
How will then shareholders get assurance of management if some accounting records are prepared by auditors.
If management is failing to prepare the FSs, then this have to be reflected in letter of weakness
Please assist me, it is giving me headache
Ken Garrett says
An auditing firm can be very large. That means that it is possible to have a completely different set of people preparing the FS to thos who audit them. This is suppose to reduce the self-review threat to acceptable levels.
It is management’s responsbility to prepare the FS but that does not mean they have to prepare them personally. Typically they would ask accounting staff in the company to do it or they could sub-contract this task, for example, to a team from their auditors.
[It’s better if you ask questions on the Ask ACCA Tutor Forum as that’s what we review regularly].
Kenneth Excellent says
On self review; preparing accounting records, I guess this will be objective for another group will be tempted not to audit the accounting records prepared their team as it already reviewed. It is the responsibility of management to prepare the FSs. Auditors have just to provide opinion on the FSs. How will then shareholders get assurance of management if some accounting is records are prepared by auditors.
If management is failing to prepare the FSs, then this have to be reflected in letter of weakness
Please assist me, it is giving me headache