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Auditor Fee Dependence ?

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA AA Exams › Auditor Fee Dependence ?

  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 9 years ago by Ken Garrett.
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  • November 19, 2015 at 2:49 pm #283954
    u7c86
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    Ive noticed some conflicting info in the F8 text books relating to maximum % of fees from one client.
    Kaplan AND the model answer for June 2015 exam Q1 says that audit fee must not exceed 15% of gross practice income ( in both cases the scenario relates to a LISTED client)
    However, Ive gone to Ethical Standard 4 (ES4) and found that the maximum should be 10% from a listed client…
    and that 15% relates to max fees from a NON-listed entity…

    Please can you confirm which is correct- Thank you

    November 19, 2015 at 5:51 pm #284011
    Ken Garrett
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    See:

    https://www.accaglobal.com/content/dam/acca/global/PDF-students/acca/f8/exampapers/int/J14_F8INT_Ans.pdf

    towards the bottom of P13:

    As a public interest company, fee income should not represent more than 15% of gross
    practice income for two consecutive years.

    November 20, 2015 at 8:26 am #284104
    Ken Garrett
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    Ethical Standard 4 is issued by the Auditing Practices Board, part of the UK FRC. In the UK, auditors must follow that, but it is not a document listed by ACCA as relevant to F8.

    Presumable, whilst ACCA had a UK F8 stream and and international exam, they would have expected the 10/15% fee limits for UK candidates.

    Now there is only on stream and as indicated by their answers ACCA seems to expect only mention of 15% for public interest bodies.

    If you are an ACCA student, I think you have spent enough time on this small area. If you are not an ACCA student, I don’t think you you should be taking up our time and deflecting us from helping F8 students.

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