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You’re an auditor an establishment and have considered the cost and benefit of obtaining a particular audit evidence and found out that the cost overwhelms the benefit as a matter of effect, there is no alternative and because of the sensitive nature of the term involved you can’t do without, what do you do?
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The only grounds for not obtaining evidence is that it is “impracticable”. If evidence/a procedure is necessary and cost is the only constraint, it must be the audit fee (as the client ultimately picks up all costs) that is the constraint. Such a limitation on the scope of the audit would warrant a modified opinion. In may many years as an auditor, I never came across such a situation that there was really no other source of evidence available.
In which ACCA question/answer are you seeing this as an issue?
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