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- June 3, 2013 at 2:46 pm #128491AnonymousInactive
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The paper was really fair, too bad I was focusing much on what did not come, I will still pray for a pass.
Question 1 risks
1. going Concern & inherent Risks
– Drop in sales
– Extension of loan
– High competition
– Highly Competitive industry2. Control Risk
– No effective Internal controls on processing overtimeJune 3, 2013 at 2:50 pm #128493Hi guys,
In Q1- my efficiency was very slow :(….
I wrote the following matters.Impairment – IAS36
Trade debts – due to economic recession
IAS 38- 0 cash available
Understated cost – Cost of sales , risk of understatement as well as for Operating cost
Revaluation/’Fair value- Always assessed as high risk area by the auditors, time duration of expert engaged, and PPE was
increased by like 10% something whereas Revaluation reserves were increased by 25%.
IAS-17 – classification of finance lease!June 3, 2013 at 2:50 pm #128494Hope to pass the exam… Lets hope…
June 3, 2013 at 2:50 pm #128495My overall paper was good 🙂
June 3, 2013 at 2:51 pm #128496Q1(a) i tried hard on this qs. I mixed up analytical procedures n audit procedures. I dunno r they same or different?
Q1(b) ethical matter.. Done well i think on due diligence n financing client in business
Professional marks.. I tried to get these 4 marks.. Followed the format, heading, layout n conclusionJune 3, 2013 at 2:53 pm #128498OMG Q5. was subsequent event????? i didn’t noticed that :O
June 3, 2013 at 2:53 pm #128500In qs 1 i dscussed to perform revaluation at mid year so might be risk of window dressing, going concern issues, cashfliw problems etc
June 3, 2013 at 2:56 pm #128504I learned by heart all isas from isa 200 to isa 707 i knw each n every n used them frequently in paper dunno it gona help me or not?
June 3, 2013 at 2:57 pm #128505Q1(b) Ethical matter on due diligent. Anyone knows how to answer this part? What is the ethical issue here? Self review? So can I put chinese wall as safeguard?
Q4(a) There is a question on FI. Hedging and forward contract.. Matter to consider.. It’s on IAS 21? I wonder how to answer this part?
>.<!!! Overall a fair paper for candidates who studied well.. Especially those who knows the standards.. Just hope on a 50%.. =(
June 3, 2013 at 3:01 pm #128510AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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<cite> @fhamoud said:</cite>
The exam was fine unfortunately am not expecting to pass as I did only 3 questions 1,2 and 5 I forgort that had to select two options questionsWith the new format for June 2013 you only need to do three Q1 is 50 marks plus two of three 25 marks in section 2
June 3, 2013 at 3:02 pm #128511<cite> @vjsharksn said:</cite>
OMG Q5. was subsequent event????? i didn’t noticed that :OI don’t think the whole thing is subsequent event.
First part. There is IAS 37 on provision..
Second part. There’s 1.6m trade receivable (material). But after year end the company went insolvent and can only cover 10%.. I think this is non adjusting subsequent event. (Not sure)
Third part.. Chairman Statement material inconsistancy.. It’s after balance sheet date not sure the examiner want to test on ISA720 or IAS10..
Anyway, I screwed them up =(
June 3, 2013 at 3:04 pm #128512<cite>@alicia21 said:</cite>
With the new format for June 2013 you only need to do three Q1 is 50 marks plus two of three 25 marks in section 2This is not correct it’s compulsory to do question one and two and then two from three options. Please see here
June 3, 2013 at 3:09 pm #128513Ya.. Question 1,2 and 5 is like 80% out of 100%..
Anyway, Question 1 is super time consuming. My friend couldn’t finished up her optional question too. You are not alone.
June 3, 2013 at 3:27 pm #128522AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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I thought it was a fair exam, the only part that slightly threw me was the forensics part. I answered about determining the value of inventory held via evidence such as sales orders/despatch notes. I also discussed the possibility of it not being theft but internal fraud and that inventory should be checked so that no “stolen” items were put back into inventory or used to fulfill customer orders. Everything else seemed fine, though for part iii in question five i stated that no adjustment would be required but an other matter paragraph should be used! Fingers crossed it all went well!
June 3, 2013 at 3:29 pm #128523AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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oh and i thought that it was an adjusting event in part B of question 5 because insolvency is not a sudden process, the likelihood is that there were bad debts that should have been accounted for at the year end, I vaguely remember being told something in tuition about this and that it should be adjusted for. The value of adjustment was where i struggled!
June 3, 2013 at 3:31 pm #128524AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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<cite> @05008967 said:</cite>
This is not correct it’s compulsory to do question one and two and then two from three options. Please see hereI know it changed for P5 assumed it changed for P7 also, luckily I didn’t do this paper. 🙂
June 3, 2013 at 3:42 pm #128528AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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paper was too much time constraint. i was not able to do one whole optional question no 4 .
the requirement of matters to consider were not clear enough…
question 1 was more of a 50 mark question time wise rather than 35 marks….in terms of time alloted….
i can just hope i pass….June 3, 2013 at 3:42 pm #128530This was also a resit for me, my second attempt.
Although I think it was better than December sitting, I could never tell with this exam as also in December I came out of the exam truly thinking I have done enough to pass but ended up getting 46.
There were some hidden tricks in this exam, the first point is time, there is so much time pressure that even if you know what exactly you want to write, you start to waffle a bit.
Q1 as expected audit risks came up but the analytical procedures part threw me off a bit. I mentioned 12 risks, I know bit excessive but just to make sure. The scenario gave lot of Business risks and I believe the examiner was trying to catch us out by seeing if we can identify only the Audit risks.
Briefing notes were fine with the introduction, conclusion and format so hoping I get those 4 marks.
1b I understood it as the company was asking us to provide a due diligence report and ethical implications of doing this, I identified possible ethical dilemmas and offered some safeguards.
Overall it was an ok question, I overran on the time by 10 mins though.
Q2 was good in part a, part b was ok too but the procedures were specifically to prove the amount of loss so was tricky.
I should of done Q4 first but decided to go with Q5 and this was my worst question I think.
part c I said the chairman was lying about revenue levels so it was pervasive to the users of the financial information.Q4 part a I mentioned about the responsibilities of both managers and auditors regarding fraud and how the events happened a month after the report but also the auditor could be liable as they didn’t perform the necessary procedures required on the payroll systems.
Part B regarding the financial instruments, I talked about complexity, manipulation by using wrong fair values and how certain instruments needed to be accounted for using split accounting and done few procedures on the forward exchange contracts.
Overall there are so many points to consider but because of time there is immense pressure especially section b questions.
However just to say, I was feeling happy after the exam but reading some comments on here worried me a bit especially about Q5.
Oh well good luck everyone now got my final paper P6 on Friday and hopefully I will be finished for good.
June 3, 2013 at 3:48 pm #128534getting the information down onto paper in the time available was a serious challenge this time.
I could have happily spent three hours only on question 1 alone which reminded me that the examiner stated this tiime that there would be a lot of information in questions and we would have to filter what was important.
The problem was that it all seemed important.
Doing all of the calculations up front before getting down to the point earning reminded me of the directiion that P5 has gone in where if you are not selective you can end up doing a huge number of calculations that earn nothing and that calculation time really eats into the three hours..
Maybe that is now the direction of the options papers in that its ceasing to be about what you know and moving to filtering what you write.
The time on the calculation cost me 12 points in that the last part of each of the options got missed (I did write a little about Hedge accounting but if a I one point from that I will be lucky).
I don’t think that this was a easy paper but I think that it is the paper that we had prepared for which made it seem reasonable. I do think though that it was a time pressured paper and hope that is taken into account by the markers.
I’m not going to guess at whether or not I’ve passed as I’ve had papers before that I thought were in the bag and were narrow misses and papers where I’ve come out of the hall having missed whole sections and passed so all I can do is keep my fingers crossed for the next couple of months and hope that everyone else gets the passes that they deserve.June 3, 2013 at 3:59 pm #128541Did anyone else calculate ratios in Q1? Hope I haven’t stupidly gone down the wrong route :S
June 3, 2013 at 4:02 pm #128543I calculated debt ratio and liquidity ratios (inventory turnover and account payables) but went out of time
June 3, 2013 at 4:04 pm #128545Ratios were a good idea because analytical procedures were mentioned but I only done inventory days as it went out of my mind and time was running out.
June 3, 2013 at 4:05 pm #128546P7 paper: This is what I remember!!
Q1 a: Analytical Review+Audit Risks Evaluation+Additional Info reqd at planning stage for audit risks evaluation.
b: Ethical issues raisedQ2 a: Quality, Ethical and professional issues raised
b: Forenic accounting services against theft for insurance claimQ3: Matters to consider and the audit evidence expected to find
Q4: Not attempted
Q5 a: Implications on the completion of group audit and the procedures to be performed
b: impact on the group audit reportJune 3, 2013 at 4:07 pm #128548Does anybody have a clue what the additional info requested was?
June 3, 2013 at 4:08 pm #128549AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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Can anyone tell me when asked about ethical issues faced – should we mention about the additional non audit service – due diligence provided by the audit firm or ethical issue faced by the client…..because in question believe it asked for ethical issues faced by your firm…..i am not sure…..please reply………
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