CR Questions 60+
CR Questions 60+
CR Questions 60+
TUY1
Bonus Part
FR treatment
The provision is material to the financial statements ie 20.4m
How likely is the profits to exceed 100m
Bonus is for accrual for 6/12 for April X6 it was set up
Audit Procedures
Review payroll at YE for actual number of employees
Enquire as to why the provision not included in accounts
Recacluate the provision that management has performed
Enquire as to why no reducacny provision
Bad press for closure of entity
vertfiy the estiamted of leaver is fair of 70 and audit 3 Dec and this can be verify
how many EE are left and how good is the estimate and if not adjust
Pensions
FR treatment
a fixed sum if guaranteed at the date of retirment
Obligation Assets
Bf 36,400 22,700 -13,700
Interest 7% 2,548 1,589
Service cost 4,850
Contro paid 15,060 PL
Benefits paid - 3,300 - 3,300 DR asset/net obliation
40,498 36,049 -4,449 CR Cash
Remitt balance -3,138 -4,149 this does not hit the PL and should be DR
Closing acturuy 37,360 31,900 -5,460 the planned assets
In the PL
Service cost 4850
Interst net 959 2548 - 1589
Audit adjutment
Pension exense 15,060 to 5,809
DR net pension
CR PL
Even though the pension right have not changed but contrubtion increases
this is obligation and reporting the 15.06 in the PL as other income
incorrect
Chp 15 Page 2
Audit Procedures
Recaluate the pension working done by the client
Check the bank statement to see if benefits paid was 3,300
Review balance sheet to see net deficit of 5,460
Actuarial assumption could be wrong - review f they are qualified and expertise
consider if we can rely on their work have they done this for the client in prev years
Obtains WR from directors of Martine confirming assumptions are consistent
Check any emails and letters from Martine and actuary
Errors in calc
Misspoitning entries in accounts
Agree cash to bank statement
recalc the interest calc and compare to figures in PL
review the disclosures for IAS 19 EE benefits and incline with standard
Circularisation
Take balance from Circularisation - as risk of ovestaements
No justification to sample size TR balance 6m material at 180k
No control assurance for TR
If take 6m balance /180k then 33 samples
Method of selecting the sample was not show 10 largest are likely to be superstores
But sales is made up 1/3 small retailiers
thus insuff assurance over balances on small retails
It not appropriate to change sample over client comments ie the disput balance
this of ovesrtatment and investigate this
this replacement may bias the intreption of the results
Letters should be written by client not audit and incldue mg auth to info
reply should be to auditors office reduce risk of inception
negative concieration option only require reposen if disagree with balance
non resposd doe not disgitued betwenen unwilling and inablity to repode
Postive affirmation that balance is correct
Given the weak controls and no assurance then does not seems appproote
consider recofnrimg the 8 non repeoseive on postive baiss
The balance with H superstore apprear to recosile with cheq but CUT OFF of payable needs testing
the work on invoice oustadning is no adequate we need to see when goods delivered
rather than when invoice was sent and receive, if pre YE then in GRNI and confirmed balance stood 203
617
Sample of TR
selection of additonal smaple of smaller customers
review post YE cash from custoemrs to attest recoverability of balances
Extend this producre for 8 balance no reply
Unusual items
A)
check for other misspoiting
Chp 15 Page 3
B)
ESP,DEPS Page 4
DEPS
Redem loan
Ord share stock Rate Coupon
Jan-04 4,000,000 5,000,000 7% 350,000
Terms convert from loan stock to shares
Dec-07 40 £125 This is the worse chase as highest terms
Dec-08 40 £130
Dec-09 40 £135
Bf Interest 8.5%Coupon Cf
4 4,800,000 408000 -350,000 4,858,000
Profit
Sep-05 10,500,000
Oct 04 6m convertiable bond liabiltiy of 2.5m and 8% rate
bond converted 5 years with 50 for £100
tax 28%
75%
NCI
% of NA 25% x 339 84,750
Share of goodwill:
NCI at acquisition date at fair value 90,000
NCI share of net assets at acquisition date (25% × £300,000) -75,000
15,000
99,750
80% Acq of D
Consideration 600,000 Acq
Asssets 400,000 400,000
FV adj 120000
85% Acq of M
Consideration 800,000 Acq Year
Asssets 700,000 700,000
FV adj 120,000
Goodwill 205,000
Impairment -40000
Asssets 400,000
Good will
Consideration 600,000
400k x 80% 320000
Good will 280,000
Notional goodwill
280 x 20/80 70,000
750,000
Allocaiton
Notional good will 241,176
Other assets 40,000
NCI
700 - 40 x 15% 99,000
Acq of B - More
Mar-17 50%
Consideation 10,000,000
Net assets
CA 7,800,000
FV 8,400,000
600,000
NCI 2000000
30% Held 300000
NCI used
Jan X1 Sept X1
Purchase of B 95% Disposal New % 5%
SC 100,000 Net assets 320,000
Goodwill arise 70,000 FV of 5% 200,000
RE 130,000 Consideration for Sale 340,000
300,000
Impairment 20,000
Land reval 25,000
NCI using proption method
Considation 340,000
FV of interst retained 20,000
360,000
Net assets 320,000
Goodwill 70k-20k 50,000
NCI 5% x 320k -16000
-354,000
Acq 60% YE
Consideation 450
Groups Page 7
Recognised goodwill 90 90
Notional food will 60 40
Other asset pro rata 40
190 130
Ex 1
Convertible debt 10,000,000
Premium 10%
Issue cost 288,000
Effecitve interest 10%
Redemption 7 years
Shares 1,000,000
RE 9,600,000
11% irred bonds 8,200,000
Tax 23%
Share price 12
PE ration 8
Reporting
An enhanced interest convertible has a dual nominal rate, with the higher rate payable in the latter part of the term.
The advantage to TP is that it delays the larger cash interest payments to match, presumably, the cash inflows it will have from its long-term projects (given that a seven-year horizon is
envisaged).
Compound instruments have both a liability and an equity element. In that case, IAS 32, Financial lInstruments: Presentation requires that the component parts be split, with each part
accounted for and presented separately according to its substance. A convertible bond is an example that has a debt element and the value that might be ascribed to the right to
purchase future equity. The right has value, otherwise it would not be packaged into a convertible bond and issued to investors.
IAS 32 requires both liability and equity elements to be disclosed, and suggests some measurement methods, although it should be realised that these are likely to be
approximations.
An example of one measurement method is that the issuer of a bond convertible into ordinary shares, for example, first determines the carrying amount of the liability component by
measuring the tair value of a similar liability that does not have an associated conversion element. The carrying amount of the equity option to convert into ordinary shares is then
determined by deducting the tair value of the financial liability from the fair value of the compound financial instrument as a whole.
The financial liability element hasa stepped or enhanced interest feature. As such, the payments required by the debt should be apportioned between a finance charge at a constant
rate on the outstanding obligation, and a reduction of the carrying amount. Ihe ettect of this accounting on a stepped interest loan is that an overall etective interest cost will be
charged in each accounting period; an accrual will be made in addition to the cash payments in earlier periods and will reverse in later periods.
The requirement is that the financing costs are allocated over the term of the loan at a constant average rate.
For the loan proposal in question, the following would appear in the financial statements over the term of the loan. (The efective interest rate is 10%.)
The effect given in the financial statements is that of smoothing the costs relating to the debt, with costs greater than interest actually paid in early years and lower in later years.
The above calculations assume that there is no value attributable to equity conversion rights. The split accounting treatment in IAS 32 should really use the interest rate on similar
bonds without conversion rights, rather than the 10% rate above, to determine the value of the liability. A constant rate would apply to all seven years.
Investment criteria
Assuming that the debt is held to redemption, then the cost of debt (yield to redemption) after tax is found by trial and error. As an initial guess, the cost of debt is likely to be between
15.1% and 4.9%, and less than the 10% calculated above because of the tax reliet on interest, say 8%.
By trial and error theretore:
10.712m= (1 - 0.23X0.49m x AF2@ka) + (1 -0.23X1.51m x AF3-7@ka)+ (10m/(1+kd))
Try 8%:
RHS (0.77 x 0.49m x 1.783) + (0.77 x 1.51m x (3.993/1.08-))+ 5.835m
= 0.673m +3.980m + 5.835m
= 10.488m
This is discounted too much, therefore decrease rate.
Try 7 7%:
RHS = (0.77 x 0.49m x 1.808) + (0.77 x 1.51m x (4.1/1.072)) +6.227m
= 0.682m +4.164m + 6.227m
= 11.073mm
The actual value of 10.712 million is approximately 40% between the two values and thus the after-tax cost of debt is approximately 7.6%, ie, substituting kd = 7.6% confirms that this
is the IRR or cost of debt after tax.
The impact on WACC, the cost of capital for the company, can then be determined.
The current (growth-adjusted) cost of equity of the company can be found by inverting the P/E ratio. Thus:
1/8 12.5%
The current pre-tax cost of debt is taken as the SOFP value at 11%. Theretore the current WACC is as follows.
Current MV of equity=£12.48 x 10m
=£124.8m
Current value of debt plus equity =f(124.8 + 8.2)m
£133m
WACC = [((12.5% x 124.8)/133) +((1 0.23) x 11% x 8.2/133)]
12.25%
Since the cost of debt of the convertibles is lower, WACC will fall to:
Revised WACC = (12.259%x 133 + 7.6% x 10.712) + (133 + 10.712)
11.90%
ASSurance issues
Given that the company had difficulty in raising a rights issue last year, there may be some doubt that the company can raise debt.
In any case, if the company wishes to finance projects that add to the company's risk profile, it should be prepared to accept more relaxed financing criteria than it currently adopts.
We need to assess the additional burden on profitability that the new debt issue will impose. As mentioned, during the course of our audit, it would be worthwhile seeing the
projections relating to the net cash inflows arising from the proposed developments.
It will be important to assess interest cover relating to the overall debt charges to ensure that the company is not overexposing itselt.
There will be a large redemption in seven years and we should make sure that the company establishes a sinking fund for this. This will be an additional drain on cash resources.
We will need to verify if there are any covenants on the existing debt. The company may well be in breach of these should it undertake to develop and finance it in the way proposed.
Once the property development begins we will have to take professional advice on year by year valuations of the assets.
We will need to review the status of the debt issue for redemptions. Any redemptions will alter subsequent interest calculations. This will depend on the details of redemption dates in
the debt contract and the likely value of the future share price of the company, which is unknowable at this time.
It will be important to determine the nature of the cash flows arising trom the new development since there is a substantial increase in interest costs relating to the new debt after the
second year. Presumably, the structuring of the debt agreement in this way matches the projected income tlows trom the future developments. We should review this to ensure that
the company has the appropriate cash capacity to deal with these levels of outtlows.
Thave assumed a tax rate of 23%, although this may change in the future and the conclusions of this report may alter accordingly. As part of our audit it may well be worthwhile
conducting some sensitivity analysis of the cash projects from the new developments to obtain some idea of the degree of risk to which the company is exposed.
Fair value
The assurance relating to fair value is dealt with in ISA (UK) 540 (Revised December 2018), Auditing Accounting Estimates and Related Disclosures, and the auditors will almost
certainly seek to conduct their audit in relation to this standard. In particular, they will obtain audit evidence that fair value measurements and disclosures are in accordance with the
entity's applicable tinancial reporting tramework, including lFRS 13. This will involve gaining an understanding of the entity's process for determining tair value measurements and
disclosures and of the relevant control activities.
In understanding the processes used to measure fair value, the auditor might look to obtain assurance on the following:
Relevant control activities over the process used to measure tair value
Ihe expertise and experience of those persons determining the tair value measurements
The precise role that information technology has in the process
The types ot accounts or transactions requiring tair value measurements or disclosures (tor example, whether the accounts arise trom the recording ot routine and recurring
transactions or whether they arise from non-routine or unusual transactions)
Ihe extent to which the entity's process relies on a service organisation to provide tair value measurements or the data that supports the measurement. When an entity uses a
service organisation, the auditor complies with the requirements of ISA(UK) 402, Audit Considerations Relating to an Entity Using a Service Organisation
The extent to which the entity uses the work of experts in determining tair value measurements and disclosures
The valuation techniques adopted (ie, Level 1,2 or 3)
The valuation approach adopted (income approach, market approach, cost approach)
The signiticant management assumptions used in determining tair value (particularly it Level 3 unobservable inputs are used)
The documentation supporting management's assumptions
The methods used to develop and apply management assumptions and to monitor changes in those assumptions
The integrity of change controls and security procedures tor valuation models and relevant information systems, including approval processes
The controls over the consistency, timeliness and reliability of the data used in valuation models
After obtaining an understanding of the processes, the auditor is likely to identify and assess the risks of material misstatement at the assertion level related to the fair value
measurements and disclosures in the financial statements in order to determine the nature, timing and extent of the further audit procedures.
Income tax Page 9
31 Dec X6
Stake 60%
Inventory value
CA 8,000
Fair value 12,000
tax is budapest 25%
Tax lisbon 20%
Income tax
(1) No deferred tax liability is recognised in respect of the goodwill.
True
The recognition of a deferred tax liability in relation to the
initial recognition of goodwill is specifically prohibited by 1AS 12.15(a).
(a) Development costs have been capitalised and will be amortised through profit or loss,
but were deducted in determining taxable profit in the period in which they were incurred.
Deferred tax liability
'Development costs' lead to deferred tax liability.
CA Tax baase TD
Property 2,160,000 1350000 810,000
There was no liability last year the carry amount and tax base the same
the charge in the current year is for the amount of liabiltiy
Tax charge
Loss 4,700,000
Loss carried back -500,000
Loss to be carried forward 4,200,000
Income tax Page 10
The fair value adjustment to the property reduces goodwill by £24 million (being 80% of the £30m FV adjustment).
As a result of the fair value uplift, the non-controlling interest must be adjusted up by f6 million (20% x £30m).
The journal to record the adjustments to property, goodwill and the NCI at the date of acquisition is:
DEBIT Property 30m
CREDIT Goodwill 24m
CREDIT NCI 6m
Subsidaries rate
B sale of goods to parent 12m with 20% mark up and half remained at YE 30%
R tax loss 6.5m and carried forward agaisnt future profits 20%
PERP
Sale 12 120/120
Cost 10 100/120
Profit 2 20/120
Half remain 1
PERP
Deferred tax impact 0.3
The intra-group sale gives rise to an unrealised year-end profit of f12m x 20/120 x % =£1m.
Consolidated profit and inventory are adjusted for this amount.
This profit has, however, already been taxed in the accounts of Burley.
A deductible temporary difference therefore arises which will reverse when
the goods are sold outside the
group and the profit is realised. The resulting
deferred tax asset is f1m x 30% = £300,000.
This may be recognised to the extent that it is recoverable.
FV of
options at Exercise vesting
Directors Grant Date Options grant price date
EH 1-Jun-05 40,000 3 4 Jun-07
KB 1-Jun-06 120,000 2.5 5 Jun-09
Share options
The company will recognise an expense for the consumption of employee services given in
consideration for share options granted, but will not receive a tax deduction until the share
options are actually exercised. Therefore a temporary difference
arises and IAS 12, Income Taxes requires the recognition of deferred tax.
A deferred tax asset (a deductible temporary difference) results from the difference between
the tax base of the services received (a tax deduction in future periods) and the carrying
value of zero. IAS 12 requires the measurement of the deductible temporary
difference to be based on the intrinsic value of the options at the year-end. This is the difference between
the fair value of the share and the exercise price of the option.
If the amount of the estimated future tax deduction exceeds the amount
of the related cumulative remuneration expense, the tax deduction relates not only to the remuneration
expense but also to equity. If this is the case, the excess should be recognised directly in equity.
Equity
SC 4,000,000 3,500,000 2,000,000 3,000,000
RE 1,560,000 580,000 605,000 340,000
5,560,000 4,080,000 2,605,000 3,340,000
25%
fv prop
Carnforth 3m 85%
ACQ YE
SC 2,000,000 2,000,000
RE 605,000
FV uplift 320,000 50 land 50 % PPE
Depn 1,000
P to As Oxendale 30%
Sale 207,000
Profit 27000
Third left 9000
30% of it 2700
3-Dec
60% 85% Adjust
Anima Orient Carnforth
Revenue 1,410,500 870,300 160,000 -149,500 2,291,300
Cost of sales -850,000 -470,300 -54,875 149,500 -1,238,125
PURP (W4) -9,750
PURP (W4) -2,700
Gross profit 1,053,175
Operating expenses -103,200 -136,000 -23,780 -263,980
air value adj dpen -1,000
Profit before taxation
Income tax expense -137,100 -79,200 -24,385 -240,685
Profit for the year 320,200 184,800 55,960
Non-controlling interest
Ch 20 Q5 Page 14
Carnforth
NA as per Q 2,605,000
Fair value adjustment (increase) 320,000
ess extra depreciation on FV adj -1000
2,924,000
NCI at 15% 438600
2,112,600
Fin Instr Page 15
CF Discount
Year 1 700000 0.909091 636363.636
Year 2 10,700,000 0.826446 8842975.21
Liability 9479338.84
-12,500,000
Equity -3020661.16
CF Discount
Year 1 £4,000 0.909091 3,636
Year 2 54,000 0.826446 44,628
Liability 48,264
- 50,000
Equity - 1,736
Issue cost
Ratio 48,260:1736 Net Liab
Liability 965.2 48,264 47,299
Equity 34.8 1,736 1,701
1000
Shares
Market rate
Incurred trans cost 400,000
Tax rate 25% tax is deduct for profit
TR 128.85
Pay 3 instalmetns 50
Market rate 8%
Expect credit loss -75.288
Prob of default 25%
In the FS
Interest on TR 10.308 Interest in PL
Loss allowance recog for 12m
75.288 x 25% -18.822
This must be unwould by 1 year
18.882 x 8% -1.50576
-20.32776
DR Fin cost
CR Losss allowance
Jan X8
Bond 100,000
5 years term
Interest 5% 5000
Exp credit loss 1000
Dec X8
FV of debt 96000
Exp credit loss 1500
JAN X9
Sell bond 96000
FS for X8 and X9
Jan X8
DR Debt Instr 100,000
CR Cash 100,000
DR Impariment allow PL 1,000
CR Other Comp Income 1,000
Fin Instr Page 17
Dec X8
DR Cash 5,000
CR Interest income 5,000
DR Impairment allow increase 500
CR Other com income 500
DR Other com income 4,000
CR Debt inst 4,000
FV adjustment 100 - 96
JAN X9
DR Cash 96,000
CR Debt inst 96,000
DR Loss of sale PL 2,500
CR Other comp income 2,500
Loss
FV 98,500 100 ,000- 1500
Sale price 96000
Loss -2,500
RR Page 18
PPE
Carrying amount 30
New eq 5
35
List at £33m
safety equip required even if no benefit
value all relate assets to an impairment test in this case
recoverable amount is 33 as price greater than asset value of 32
This is less then carry amount the asset write down 32m
£m
Investment property 3.1
legal costs 0.1
3.2
Definition of investment property and theretore within the scope ot IAS 40, Investment Property?
Abuilding owned by an entity and leased out under an operating lease
Land held for long-term capital appreciatio
Inventory 85
Contract sale 225,000 sell 15 units at this rpice
RR Page 19
Value of inventry
Contract NRV lower than cost
15 x 225,000 = 3.3.75m
General cost is lower than NRV 240k x 85-15 = 16.8m
20.175m
Intangiable asset as needs to have signifcant control over expected future economic beneift as a person
is therefore not an intangible asset
Office 5
Life 50
Depn = 0.1m per year
after 5 years reval 8m
5 years after that recoverable amount was 2.9m
jan x7 jan x7
copy right remian perMV a Dec X7 NBV
D 900,000.00 6 700000 150,000.00 750,000.00
B 1,200,000.00 16 1150000 120,000.00 1,080,000.00
S 1,700,000.00 8 Unknown 212,500.00 1,487,500.00
D 1,400,000.00 indefite 2100000
672,500.00
3 year IFA
expnese 70,000 not probable so expense
cost to reg 9000
period 9
value £9,450
licences 15
total cost £141,750
Issue 1
Lease he liability is held at amortised cost as follows:
5 years bf Interst 8% repay CF
Payments 2 8,000,000 640,000 -2,000,000 6,640,000
6,640,000 531,200 -2,000,000 5,171,200
PV of lease 8
Interest on Lease 8% CL 1,468,800
NC 5,171,200
The lease is recognised incorrecly
reverse woud
DR Lease 2
CR SPL 2
Depn 8/5 1.6
Finace cost 0.64
Carry amount at year 6.4
• There would be a finance cost in the P/L of £640k, the closing liability is £6.64m split between NCL and CL as £5.17m and £1.47m respectively.
Issue 2
• Rellacks has made a guarantee for Monmost to cover their debt where there is failure to pay.
There is uncertainty regarding whether Rellacks would have to pay and this would need to be assessed
Per IAS 37 it appears this is a contingent liability (possible liability) which should be disclosed.
If assessed as probable it should be recognised as a provision.
As Monmost is a related party (controlling interest) under IAS24 this should be disclosed anyway.
Issue 3
Recognised all 3m
over 12 months
4 months this year
3/12*4 1m
remaining deferred 2m
Under IFRS15, revenue for services should be recognised on the basis of the stage of completion.
not all of the renveue should be recognised in the current year
as this happened in begin of sept then 4 months recgonised as revenue
so we will defer part of this income
Gearing! Long-term borrowings + Short-term borrowings Less adjustment 0of -.2.24 +2)
Total equity
Ratio/movement
Revenue has fallen from 32.9m to 30.7m (Using revised numbers)
Why
With the economic downturn it is unsurprising that revenue has fallen.
However, in light of recent complaints regarding poor maintenance this may
also have been a contributor to lower room occupancy in the current year.
Implication
If lack of maintenance continues
this might result in further
customer dissatisfaction and
impact adversely on revenue.
Ratio/movement
Food and drink revenue
has fallen by 7% to £6.8m people not wishing to spend as much
Why
Could be as a result of the recession
people not wishing to spend as much
on meals and opting for cheaper
establishments.
Implication
Information on the pricing of
foods and drinks in comparison
to prior year and other medium
sized fims to assess whether
pricing is affecting their
competitive performance.
Ratio/movement
Paul is retiring next month
Why
This is worying given that Paul has
been managing director for 30 years
and would have significant skills,
knowledge and expertise. Under
Paul's direction Rellacks has been
able to win Best Hotel award twice.
Implication
All of the other directors of the
company are also directors of
Monmost and have no
experience in the hotel
business.
Ratio/movement
Companies principal assets are PPE, No PPE movements in the current year.
Why
There have been no acquisitions/disposals of PPE items
The assets are worth significantly more than the book values which provides assets
some comfort over using these assets as security
Implication
Would need to obtain evidence regards the valuation of these assets
Ratio/movement
Paying dividend of 10p – current year dividend
(10p*20m) = 2m they have been paying this since 20x6
Why
Dividends of such amounts are not sustainable in light of the falling profits
Cash in the bank following this dividend is £0.2m. It appears this dividend is
stripping the business of cash.
Implication
If such dividend payments
continue to be made then it
could mean continued
reductions in maintenance
spend which may adversely
impact revenue and
reputation.
Ratio/movement
Short term borrowings have increased by £1.1m to £1.4m
Why
Possibly to fund the significant sum of dividend paid out (as above).
Implication
Might be suggesting that Rellacks may well struggle the interest on the loans)
to meet other expenses (liquidity issue – can they pay
Oversea Transaction Page 22
OS Sub
Goodwill $175,000
HR 1.321
CR 1.298
Av FY 1.302
AV Acq 1.292
Goodwill at FS
Year end 175/1.298
Using closing rate
OS Sub
Net asset $300
Profit year $150
HR 2
CR 3
Av FY 2.5
Profit
Average rate 150/2.5 60
this year rate 150/3 50 -10
Loss recognised in equity -60
Lease Liab, ROU, Leaseback Page 23
Lessee
Payments 50,000 at 8%
PV of payments not made
Cash flow Discousnt value PV Year end
Year 1 50,000 1.08 ^ -1 46,296 CR Lease Liabiltiy 199,636
Year 2 50,000 1.08 ^ -2 42,867
Year 3 50,000 1.08 ^ -3 39,692
Year 4 50,000 1.08 ^ -4 36,751
Year 5 50,000 1.08 ^ -5 34,029
199,636
In Arrears
Liability bf Interest 8% Repayment Liability Cfwd
Year 1 199,636 15,971 -50,000 165,606
Year 2 165,606 13,249 -50,000 128,855
Assumed 13%
Cash flow Discousnt value PV Year end
Year 1 50,000 1.13 ^ -1 44,248 CR Lease Liabiltiy 148,724
Year 2 50,000 1.13 ^ -2 39,157
Year 3 50,000 1.13 ^ -3 34,653
Year 4 50,000 1.13 ^ -4 30,666
148,724
In Advance
Liability bf Payment Capital Interest 13% Cfwd
Year 1 148,724 - 148,724 19,334 168,058
Year 2 168,058 - 50,000 118,058 15,347 133,405
Proceeds below FV
Sale 19,500,000
FV 20,000,000
CA 7,000,000
Contract ROU for 5 year
PV of Lease 5,200,000
Sale 14,000,000
FV 15,000,000
Difference 1,000,000
CA 17,000,000
Contract ROU for 5 year
PV of Lease 7,400,000 PV Lease + prepayment / FV x CA
DR Cash 14,000,000
DR Prepayment 1,000,000 FV less Sale
DR ROU 9,520,000
CR Lease Lability 8,400,000 Lease payments + prepayment
CR Building 17,000,000
CR Profit of disposal BAL - 880,000
Proceeds above FV
Sale 20,500,000
FV 20,000,000
Difference -500,000
CA 7,000,000
Contract ROU for 5 year
PV of Lease 6,200,000
DR Cash 20,500,000
DR ROU 1,995,000
CR Lease Lability 6,200,000 Just the LL
CR Building 7,000,000
CR Profit of disposal BAL 9,295,000
Sale 43,000,000
FV 40,000,000
Difference -3,000,000
CA 45,000,000
Contract ROU for 5 year
PV of Lease 17,500,000
DR Cash 43,000,000
DR ROU 16,312,500
Lease Liab, ROU, Leaseback Page 25
Lessor Accounting
Lease years 3
Annual payment 20,000
Gaureantee RV 12,000
RV at end 15,000
Thus ungareanteed RV 3,000
Interest 10%
Interest income
Opening 15% Cash Closing
1 5,710 857 - 2,000 4,567
2 4,567 685 - 2,000 3,251
3
4
Finance Lease assset 4,567
Non current asset 3,251
Current asset - balance 1,315
Operating Lease
Non financing lease has all risk and rewards still with lessor
Lease year 7
Payment at start 175,000
year payments 70,000 for 6 years
Cavaradossi
Acq'n date Movement At year end
£m £m £m
PPE (450 – 250 – 50 – 120) 30 (5)* 25
* Extra depreciation = 30 × 1/6
Scarpia
In substance, this is not a true sale (see answer to part (b) for more detailed explanation). The adjustment required is:
(2 marks)
£m
Consideration transferred 380
Non-controlling interest (450 × 20%) 90
470
Net assets acquired -450
Goodwill (as per draft SOFP) 20
Impairment loss (W6) (10 × 80%) -8
12
£m
Goodwill in Scarpia
Consideration transferred
550
(6) Impairment loss on Cavaradossi
£m Non-controlling interest (700 × 25%)
175
Notional goodwill (20 × 100%/80%) 25
Net assets (480 + (W3) 2) 482
725
Fair value adjustments (W2) 25
Carrying amount Fair value of marks)
532 (2 net assets acquired
(700)
Recoverable amount (520 + (W3) 2) 522
Goodwill
Impairment loss (532 – 522) 25 10
(1 mark)
Allocate to:
1) Goodwill 10
2) Other assets pro rata 0
Group share of goodwill impairment (10 × 80%) 8 (2 marks)
£m
(7) Investment in associate (Scarpia)
Fair value at date control lost
340
1
Group share of post-acquisition profit
2
1
(20m × 3/12) × 40%
(8) Non-controlling interests (Cavaradossi) 342
£m (Mark for
Per question 101
Share of cash flow hedge adjustment (20% × 2 (W3)) 0.4 treating associate)
NCI 101.4 1
50 45 1
Share of Cavaradossi cash flow hedge adj
(80% × 2 (W3)) 1.6 ½
Share of Scarpia post acquisition
(50 × 40%) 20 ½
(45 × 35% sold) 15.8 ½
Impairment loss (W6) -8 ½
780.1
£m
£m
Fair value of consideration received
300
½
Fair value of 40% investment retained
340
½
Less: share of consolidated carrying value when control
lost:
Net assets ((750 – (20 × 3/12)) × 75%)
558.8
1
Goodwill (W5)
25.0
1
(583.8)
56.2
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Investment in O Ltd
1 June X4
AM Sale 4000
Profit 500 3/12 taken
31 May X4 NA 12000
NCI 2800
Proptionate
Acq of futher 20%
does not cross an accoutning boundary nor result a change in control
No gain or loss is recorded
Propsed Fair valuation exerise is not needed
DR NCI 2800
DR Equity (balance fig) 1200
CR Cash 4000
Year CF 5% DF 8% PV
1 500 0.9259259 462.96
2 500 0.8573388 428.67
3 10500 0.7938322 8,335.24
9,226.87
Liab 10,000.00
Equity 773.13
Convertiable bonse has equity and liability elemtn
liabiltiy of the gross proceeds is calc with PV of max CF at rate of interest to bonds without rights
the liabiltiy should be split into short and long term at YE
the 773.13 will be equity
Investment in Nt Ltd
1 June X4 Acq 45%
SC 3000
Believe to have sign influence thus assicoate
Call option on 20% 1500
Excerise option before June X9
Loss 31 Aug X4 -300
PPE 150
NCA 50
NA 200
IFRS 10 para 12 states that "An investor with the curent ability to direct the relevant activities has power, even it its rights have yet to be exercised".IFRS 10 para B47 also
requires an investor to consider potential voting rights in considering whether it has control and (para B22) whether they are substantive ie, whether the holder has the practical
ability to exercise the right.
Although Congloma does not have the majority of the voting rights in Neida and there are other powertul investors, two factors in accordance with IFRS 10 suggest that
Congloma may still have control and should therefore account for Neida as a subsidiary rather than as an associate.
It has the power to affect its returns from Neida through its control of Board decisions over research and development, arguably the most important decisions in a research
driven entty such as Neida.
It has the right to acquire further shares through its call option. The exercise of this option will give it a majority holding of 65%. In this case the rights to acquire further shares
appear to be substantive as Congloma's additional 20% holding will cost it f1.5 million compared to the £3.0 million it paid for its initial 45% shareholding. While this is a
higher amount per share it is not substantially higher and can reasonably be expected to be a competitive price tor a stake which takes it to a majority holding in the
company.
The FD's proposal to account for Neida as an associate is therefore incorrect.
Accounting for Neida as a subsidiary means that 100% of its results, assets and liabilities will be consolidated within the group financial statements and the 55% share not
owned by the group will be accounted for as a non-controlling interest
The acquisition will have a signiticant impact on the group statement of cash flows with the investment shown within investing activities.
Using the share of net assets method to determine goodwill on acquisition and the net asset information provided will give a goodwill figure of f3 million + (55% of f200,000)-
£200,000 - £2.91 million which will be included as an intangible asset in the group financial statements and will need to be subjected to a review for impairment.
However further consideration needs to be given to whether some/most of this value should be attributed to intangible assets which are not shown at present on Neida's
statement of financial position. In particular, there may well be value in the research and development project for Lastlo which appears to have reached the commercial
exploitation stage.
The Lastlo project should be valued as a separable intangible on acquisition (and subsequently within the consolidated financial statements) if it could be sold separately from
Neida and has a stand-alone value. Ireatment as a separable intangible will also affect group accounts in future years as intangibles other than goodwill are amortised through
the statement of consolidated profit or loss.
In addition to the Lastlo project there may be other separable intangibles in the form of intellectual property rights or contractual rights such as patents.
As Neida is accounted for as a subsidiary, its loss for the 3 months ending 31 August 20X4 will be included in group profit before taxation (although 55% of it will then be
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Consideration also needs to be given to whether the option to acquire a further 20% of Neida has a value which should be recorded within the financial statements.
Given Neida's loss for the year, an impairment review should also be considered.
30 June X4
Sale 6000
CA of NA 5600
CA of GW 1500
Profit recognised is .3m
Projected loss -3000
25% fair value 1000
As a significant interest in Tabtop is expected to be retained, Tabtop will be an associate following the part disposal. The loss of control triggers the need to re-measure goodwill
and the retained interest will therefore be valued not at net asset value but at fair value.
Therefore, the FD is corect in his recommendation of the accOunting treatment in this instance however the calculation of the gain on disposal is incorrect. There is in fact a
small loss, calculated as shown below:
Proceeds 6000
FV of 25% 1000
7000
Less
NA of T 5600
Goodwill 1500
7100
This loss includes the downward revaluation to tair value of the remaining non-controlling interest, thus explaining why it is different to the calculation performed by Jazz.
Jazz is correct in her proposal that from now on the remaining interest in Tabtop will be equity accounted for. The full results of Tabtop will be included in the consolidated
statement of profit or loss up to 30 June 20X4. From that date onwards just the group's share of Tabtop's loss after tax will be included and this will also be deducted from the
carrying value of the investment in Tabtop in the consolidated statement of financial position.
Tabtop will be included as an associate rather than a subsidiary for the last two months of the year. This will mean that rather than a loss of £3m x 2/12 £500,000, only a loss of
25% of that amount (E125,000) will be included in the profit before taxation. Therefore, an adjustment of £375,000.
As Tabtop has been making losses it is possible that it will not succeed under its new owners and the remaining investment in the company will need to be reviewed for
impairment.
An impairment adjustment will be required it the carrying amount is lower than the higher of the value in use and the fair value less selling costs. The value in use is £9.2 million
which is below the carrying amount and theretore an impairment charge should be recorded. The tollowing calculation assumes that it is correct to use the value in use. If the
fair value less costs to sell the remaining business were higher then that figure should be substituted in the calculations above givinga lower impairment charge.
The impairment in the overall value of Shinwork needs to be allocated between Congloma and the non-controlling interest. As the non-controlling interest is determined using
the proportion of net assets method, there needs to be a notional grossing up of goodWill in order to compare the carrying and recOverable amounts.
The parent company's goodwill of f4 million needs to be notionally adjusted to include the NCI notional goodwill of £1 million (20%/80% x £4m) giving a total goodwill figure
of £5 million.
CA of GW 4,000 80%
NCI GW 1,000 Balance fig
5,000 4000/80%
CA of NA 8,000
Goodwill 5,000
13,000
value in use - 9,200
Impairment 3,800
Impairment
80% 3,040
20% NCI - 760
Effect on consolidated profit before tax for the year ending 31 August 20X4
Consol PBT 7,000.00
Investment in O Ltd 0.00
Issue of convertble bonds - 184.54
Goodwill no amorited but reduction in proft - 75.00
Disposal of 75% Interest -100
Loss of year -125 500k recognised 375 500 meant to be 125 so increase profit
Impairment on investment in S Ltd -3040
3,975.46
Oldone
As Oldone has been a subsidiary for some time, few additional audit procedures are likely to be required.
However, the sale by the Chief Executive of his shares does increase his incentive to overstate the results of the company in the period to 31 May 20X4. There is theretore an
enhanced risk of management override of controls and fraud. The subsidiary audit team should be made aware of this and asked to report to the group team on the results
of focussed audit procedures on journal entries and judgemental provisions.
The results as at 31 May 20X4 will determine the entry made to reserves and therefore some additional work may be required to look at whether an accurate cut off in
revenue and costs was achieved at that date. Any unusual trends in the last three months compared to the earlier part of the year should also be thoroughly investigated.
The sale and purchase agreement for the shares should be reviewed to identify key terms and ascertain any performance conditions or additional liabilities
The entries made to record the new investment and the elimination of the non-controlling interest balance should be reviewed to ensure that they are accurate.
Convertible bonds
The terms of the convertible loan agreement should be reviewed and agreed to the loan agreement document and ensure that the financial reporting treatment agrees to
ne terms.
In particular the sources for the comparable interest rate should be checked as it is this which drives the split of the compound instrument for accounting purposes. A higher
or lower rate could make a signiticant difference.
The bond's value is greater than planning materiality and is a complex transaction and requires scrutiny given the lack of experience of the client's staff.
Neida
Review purchase agreement and loan agreement to identity key terms and form an independent assessment as to whether Congloma has control over Neida and whether
there are other key terms which should be considered in forming that assessment or determining the amounts to be included in the financial statements.
Assess the date at which control passed and ensure that Neida's results and cash flows have been consolidated from that date. Given the immateriality of Neida's results to
the group, detailed audit work at the subsidiary level is unlikely to be required, although consideration should be given to the total level of costs incurred and whether any
material amounts should have been capitalised as R&D - this is unlikely in current year as total loss only expected to be £300,000 and this is likely to equate to the costs as no
significant revenue expected in start-up phase.
Ensure that the investment balance held in the holding company has been eliminated on consolidation and that the goodwill shown has been correctly calculated and
disclosed. Check that the investment is correctiy included in the group cash flow statement as an investing cash flow.
Obtain details of the fair values attributed to assets and liabilities at the date of acquisition. For each significant item (tangible assets and net current assets are unlikely to be
signiticant based on information provided), consider the basis for the fair value and assess the reliability of any valuations provided by external experts. Ihis is most likely to
be relevant for separable intangibles such as R&D.
Ensure that we have sutfticient understanding of Neida's operations and commitments to be able to assess whether the assets and liabilities at the acquisition date are
reasonable and complete as it is possible that liabilities may have been missed or that the identitication of separable intangible assets is incomplete. Consider the
monitoring controls which Congloma exercises over Neida and discuss plans for the company with the Congloma nominated Neida directors.
Review Neida's business plans and consider whether there is any indication that the goodwill and/or intangibles are impaired. There will inevitably be signiticant judgement
involved in the valuation of a research company and the assessment performed at the time of the acquisition and basis tor the offer of £3 million should be relevant in
making this assessment. While signiticant change would not normally be expected in just a few months it is possible thata research breakthrough or developments made by
a competitor could have a significant effect on the prospects of Lastlo and Neida and we need to make enquiries as to whether this is the case. A change in key personnel,
particularly those developing the project, would also be significant.
labtop
Review sale agreement and ensure in particular that all costs have been recognised and that consideration has been given to any liabilities or contingent liabilities arising
from guarantees or warranties given to the purchaser.
Consider the terms of the agreement with the new majority shareholder and assess whether Jazz is correct in saying that Congloma retains significant influence and should
therefore account for labtop as an associate.
Review the accuracy of the accounting entries made to reflect the disposal.
Consider the extent of procedures required at Tabtop to provide assurance on the results consolidated for 10 months (which may still mean it is a significant component) and
also whether additional audit procedures are required at the disposal date at labtop to verity the accuracy of the net asset balance used in the disposal calculation and the
split of results between the period when Tabtop was a wholly owned subsidiary and that when it is an associate. In considering the level of work required we should take into
account any due diligence procedures undertaken by the acquirer (although we are unlikely to be given access to these) and whether a closing date audit is planned on
which we may be able to rely.
Consider whether the inclusion of Tabtop as an associate changes our overall assessment of the work required on the associate balances- Tabtop was considered significant
when a subsidiary. It may be that in the future it is audited by a ditferent component auditor and that will give rise to the need to assess that auditor and determine the level
of assurance gained from their work.
Shinwork
The key judgement in the impairment calculation is the amount of the value in use. Obtain detailed projections supporting the value of f9.2 million and subject both cash
flows and discount rate to scrutiny comparing cash flows to past results, sales order levels etc, and reviewing/performing sensitivity analysis for the key assumptions made.
There may also be going concern indications and a going concen review should be considered.
The amounts to be included in the consolidated statement of financial position for Shinwork will be lower than in the prior year (as will its contribution to profit and revenue
as business is declining). Need to consider therefore whether Shinwork is still a significant subsidiary entity (although it seems likely that this is the case given the size of its
remaining value in use).
Also need to consider whether, given Shinwork's diminishing contribution and also the disposal of Tabtop, work will be required at some of the subsidiaries previously
considered insignificant in order to obtain sufficient coverage of key balances across the group.
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Draft financial information for the statement of profit or loss for the year ended 30 June
Revenue 436,000 -92,000 344,000 451,700 -119,300 332,400 Adjsutment for Dis Op
Cost of sales -306,180 72,084 -234,096 -318,500 77,400 -241,100 Adjsutment for Dis Op
Distribution costs and administrative expenses -107200 33,800 -73,400 -101400 34,700 -66,700
Finance costs -1,500 -1,500 -1,500 -1,500
Loss/Profit from discountied operations -12,274 -12,274 Loss after impairment and depn 3 months
Income tax expense -4,420 -2,600 -7,020 -6,060 1,400 -4,660
Profit for the year 16,700 15,710 24,240 18,440
Exhibit 3: Issues requiring adjustment in the financial statements- prepared by the finance director
20X5 20X4
£'000 £'000
Revenue 92,000 119,300
Cost of sales -72,084 -77,400
Distribution costs and administrative expenses (Note) -33,800 -34,700
-13,884 7,200
Income tax credit/(charge)
(Loss/profit after tax 2,600 -1,400
-11,284 5,800
Continuing activities:
(ie, the other three divisions)
Carrying amount at 30 June 20XX5 32,200 34,700 28,500 95,400
Total carrying amount at 30 June 20X5 37,800 39,650 36,455 113,905
Fair value
Cost to sell 4% 13,000 7,000 20,000
-520 -280 -800
12,480 6,720 19,200
Impairment CA adjust less FV 0 -1,235 17,270 18,505 - 1,235
The buildings are being depreciated over a 50-year life to a zero residual value.
The plant and equipment is being depreciated on a 10% reducing balance basis.
The company's policy is to recoanise all depreciation charaes in cost of sales
Analysis of financial statements-for inclusion in finance director's section of the commentary in the annual report.
Revenue
The headline figure in the draft financial statements showed a decrease in revenue of 3.5% overall for the company.
The adjusted financial statements strip out the Lawn Mower Division as a discontinued activity. The revenue from Lawn Mowers fell signiticantly by 22.9% in the year but this, in
part, was due to a major new entrant in the industry over which Heston had no control. The response has been to decide to sell off the Lawn Mower Division to prevent further
losses.
The adjusted statement of profit or loss shows revenue of £344 million from continuing activities (ie, from the three remaining divisions). This shows that revenue from these
three divisions actually increased compared to the previous year by 3.5%.
One of the underlying possible causes of this change could have been the reduction in all selling prices of the three divisions of 10%, which may, as intended, have increased
sales volumes. If we adjust for this price change to show changes in sales at constant prices then this shows:
20X4: £332.4m
20X5: £382.2m (£344m/0.9)
This shows that sales volumes (crudely measured) have increased by about 15%. More information is needed to explore the extent to which the price decrease was the primary
causal tactor for the volume increase (for example, sales mix between products will also affect the year on year analysis) but it is indicative that the policy has proved successful
in expanding sales volumes.
Profit
The headline figures in the original draft financial statements showa significant fall of 31.1% in profit for the year from £24.24 million to £16.7 million.
A key factor for analysts is the extrapolation of profits into the future by exploring trends. The adjusted statement of profit or loss strips out the losses from the Lawn Mower
Division and shows profit from continuing activities which will form the basis of profit in future.
The adjusted figures reveal that the three divisions collectively showed an increase in profit for the year on continuing activities of 52% from £18.44 million to £27.98 million.
This is a positive trend which can be emphasised to analysts, particularly if there is evidence that it will continue in future.
Gross margin
The unadjusted gross profit margin has not changed significantly from 29.4% to 29.7%. However, the gross margin from the discontinued operation has fallen from 35.1% to
1.6%.
The adjusted financial statements show that gross margin on continuing operations has increased from 27.5% to 31.9%. At first sight this may seem surprising as selling prices
have been reduced which would normally indicate a reduction in gross margin. However, the increased sales volume has taken advantage of the high level of fixed costs, and
therefore operating gearing, in order to enhance the gross margin and compensate for the selling price reduction.
£'000
Profit before taxation 21,120
Adjustments for:
Depreciation (120,400 -113,660) 6740
Provision 3,800
Increase in inventories -9,100
Increase in receivables -5,700
Decrease in payables -7,800
Cash generated from operations 9,060
Income taxes paid -6,060
Net cash from operating activities 3,000
1 Oct X4
Acq of sub's
HXP Ltd 100%
Softex Ltd 100%
Exhibit 1: Larousse Group - draft consolidation schedule for the year ended 30 September 20X5 - prepared by Marie Ellis
Larousse plHXP Softex Adjs. Adjust Group Revised Draft
Statement of profit or loss £m £m £m £m £m
Revenue 56.5 12 16 -14 84.5 70.50
Cost of sales -33.3 -7.5 -12.5 14.88 -53.3 - 38.42
Administrative expenses -8.3 -1.5 -1.5 -1 0.8 -12.3 - 11.50
Selling and distribution costs -4.7 -0.7 -1.4 -6.8 - 6.80
Finance costs -1.6 - 0.26 -1.6 - 1.86
Profit betore tax 8.6 2.3 0.6 -1 10.5 11.92
Income tax expense -1.7 -0.5 -0.2 -2.4 - 2.40
Profit for the year 6.9 1.8 0.4 -1 8.1 7.50
Acquistion of HXP
Cash 12
FV of NA 11.4
Deferred con 6 30 Sept X7 - 3 years
Discount rate 5%
Goodwill in accoutns 2.6
Recalc goodwill
Cash 12.00
Def con 5.18
FV of NA - 11.40
5.78
Marie's treatment of the deferred consideration is incorrect. IFRS 3, Business Combinations requires that consideration should be measured at fair value at the date
of acquisition. Fair value of the contingent consideration is the discounted present value of the consideration payable on 30 September 20X7:
Total consideration at 1 October 20x4 (£12m +£5.2m) £17.2 million. After deducting share capital and retained earnings at date of acquisition, goodwill is
calculated as f5.8 million (£17.2m - £11.4m). The goodwill figure is high, relative to total consideration. It is possible that at least part of it comprises unrecognised
separable intangible assets, and more information is required on this point.
Goodwill arising in a business combination should be tested annually for impairment. More information is required on whether or not this test has been done, and
on the results of the impairment testing if it has been carried out.
Adjusting journal entries
DEBIT Goodwill (5.8m- £2.6m)
CREDIT Deferred consideration (E5.2m- £2m)
HXP reports a profit before tax in the year ended 30 September 20X5 and therefore the contingent condition is met for the first of the three years. The discount is
unwound, and debited to finance costs.
Fair value of deferred consideration at 30 September 20X5: fóm x 1/(1.05 - f5.4m. The journal entry required to recognise the unwinding of the discount isas
follows:
DEBIT Finance cost (f5.4m - £5.2m) 0.2
CREDIT Deterred consideration 0.2
Acquistion of Soft
Cash 22
FV of NA -19
Internal R&D 2
Recalc goodwill
Cash 22.00
Internal RD - 2.00
FV of NA - 19.00
1.00
Acquisition of Softex The research asset can be recognised at acquisition as it is a separable identifiable asset
and the subject of a transaction at fair value. Goodwill is therefore reduced by £2 million;
the correcting journal entry is as follows
DEBIT Intagable assets 2
CREDIT Goodwill 2
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Share options
Shares 1
Options 1000
EE'S 50
Vesting 4 years
EE left 4
Expected leaving 2
FV at start 20
FV at end 21.74
Calc done
1,000 * (50-4) x £21.74 = £1m (to nearest £100,000)
This expense is included in administrative expenses and is credited to equity.
The incentive scheme started by Larousse involves the exchange of services for equity instruments in the entity. Therefore, this scheme falls within the scope of IFRS
2, Share-based Payment, as an equity-settled share-based payment transaction. Marie is correct in recognising this transaction in the financial statements, but the
calculation is incorrect. Where payments are received in the form of share options in exchange for services rendered, IFRS 2 requires that the fair value of the
transaction is recognised in profit or loss, spread over the vesting period. Ihe indirect method of measurement is appropriate here: ie, measurement of the tair value
of the equity instruments granted at the grant date. The grant date in this case is 1 October 20X4, and the fair value to be used in the transaction is at that date ie,
£20 per share.
An adjustment is also required in respect of the non-market based vesting condition that share options will vest on 30 September 20X8 only to those employees still
in employment with Larousse at that date. At 30 September 20X5, four of the 50 employees have actually left, and a further six are expected to leave. Theretore, the
calculation of the expense to be recognised is based on 40 (50-4-6) employees. The expense must be spread over the four-year vesting period, and the
calculation is as followS:
(1,000 x 40 x f20.00)/4-£200,000
Gross profitability
The pertormance of the group as a whole appears satistactory, in that it is profitable: gross profit percentage, based on the draft consolidated statement of protit or loSs,
is ([30.3/70.5] x 100) 43.0%. Comparative figures, calculated using the same accounting conventions, would help to indicate whether or not this is a good pertormance.
Similarly, budget figures would also help in assessing the extent to which performance falls short of, or outstrips, expectations.
Drilling down into the figures produces more refined information. Gross profitablility across the group can be analysed in more detail as follows:
Company/nature of sales
Gross profit %
Larousse/all external ((23.2/56.5] * 100) 41.10%
HXP/internal to group 40%
HXP/external to group (W1) ((2.1/6.0] x 100) 35%
Softex/internal to group 20%
Softex/external to group (w2) |((1.9/8.0] x 100) 23.80%
Where there is objective, third-party, evidence about progress towards Larousse's targets as set out in Exhibit 3, their verification will be relatively straightforward. For
example, in the case of target1, there should be regular monitoring reports about water quality, produced by appropriately-qualified scientific observers. Provided that
this can be assessed as high-quality, third-party evidence, it should provide a good level of assurance for the verifier. Similarly, it should be possible to assess, from empl
oyment records, the extent to which the employment of child labour under target 3 is being successfully phased out. Where there are distinct, quantifiable targets and
records, veriftication is likely to be straighttorward.
However, where targets are more qualitative in nature, it may be more difficult for the verifier to draw conclusions. In this respect, targets 2 and 4 are more vague (what is
an 'effective" health and safety programme?) and it may be that the targets will require redrafting to be more specitic and quantifiable. It would be important to gain a
precise understanding of the nature of the proposed social responsibility reporting, as these would be the starting point for any additional assurance report.
Ethical implications and actions arising from incident set out in Exhibit 4
Alex's note of the overheard conversation is potentially highly significant. However, it contains no actual evidence and the allegations are apparently informed by dislike
of Dennis Speed. This may be no more than malicious gossip, without any foundation in fact. The preliminary calculation of goodwill on the acquisition of HXP (see earlier
calculation) producesa relatively high figure, but it may include as yet unrecognised intangible assets. HXP is profitable, and there is no clear evidence that Larousse has
overpaid for ts investment in HXP.
Even it Alex considers that the allegation is malicious gossip, he is not entitled to ignore this information. His first task should be to investigate the allegations, as
discreetly as possible. If the allegation that Dennis was involved in adjusting the price paid for the acquisition of HXP is correct, then the issue is not just one of unethical
behaviour, it may also have a criminal dimension, as fraudulent manipulation of documents may have taken place. The transaction could even be defined as money
laundering. If this is the case, then Alex must take care that his enquiries do not 'tip off Dennis.
Once Alex is sure that he has all the relevant facts in the case, he may decide to escalate the matter. He would be well-advised to contact the ICAEW for help in
determining whether or not the matter should be taken forward, what kind of evidence is required, and what action would be most appropriate.
Both Alex and Dennis are CAEW Chartered Accountants and are bound by the ICAEW Code of Ethics. They must act with integrity in all circumstances and must display
professional behaviour. If the allegations are correct, then Dennis has been involved in fraudulent manipulation for personal gain. This involvement, if more widely known,
Is Iikely to bring the profession into disrepute.
It will be helpful to Alex if Larousse has established internal procedures for dealing with the allegations. Larousse is unlisted and may not have appointed non-executive
directors. However, if there are non-executives, it may be appropriate for Alex to approach the chair of the audit committee. However, before getting to this point, he
must be certain of his facts, and must be very careful about how he presents the allegations.
At all stages, Alex must keep a detailed record of his investigations, deliberations and conclusions as this may be required as evidence in the event of criminal and/or
professional disciplinary action.
Aside from the ethical and legal issues that are potentially involved in this case, there are also accounting implications in respect of the disclosure of related party
transactions. A related party is a person or entity that is related to the entity preparing its financial statements, in this case Larousse. A person, or a close member of that
person's tamily is related to the reporting entity it they are a member of the key management personnel of the reporting entity. Dennis as tinance director is, clearly, a
member of Larousse's key management personnel and his wife is a close member of his family. Therefore, Lola Gonzalez is a related party to Larousse. HXP is a related
party to Larousse, as its subsidiary.
According to IAS 24, Related Party Disclosures, a related party transaction is a transfer of resources, services or obligations between related parties. The transaction
involving the sale of Lola's shares to Larousse is therefore very clearly a related party transaction that will require disclosure in the group financial statements.
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Debit Credit
£'000
Operating costs 11,353
Inventories and work-in-progress at 1 September 20X4 4,355
Sales 15,680
Selling costs 1,162
Administrative expenses 2,340
Other income: property letting 70
Current tax charge 350
Ordinary share capital 60
Trade receivables 3,281
Trade payables 3,965
Current tax payable 350
Cash 82
Retained earnings at 1 September 20X4 5051
Revaluation surplus at 1 September 20x4 971
Property at 53 Prospect Street 3,335
Computer and office equipment at cost 242
Computer and office equipment- depreciation at 31 August 20X5 110
Deferred tax at 1 September 20X4 243
26,500 26,500
Cost of sales
Inventory erorr 31 Aug X4 bfwd 3742
Reinstate statement of comp income
Inventory for 1 Sept X5 4355
Difference 613
Inveotry at closing WIP 4437
YE rate £ 357.14
Amount recoverable £ 223.21
Difference £ 133.93
50% allowance needed
Property revaluation
1 Sept X2
Land 300
Building 1700
2000
1% depn on Building
NBV at 31 Aug 20X4 1666
Depn 34
Reval at Aug X4
Land 600
Building 2580
3180
Moved to another 1 Jan X5
Lease for 9 months
Investment property
As the letting of the property is to an unrelated third party, and the property is no longer occupied by Telo, it is likely to be classified under IAS 40 as investment property. IAS 40
permits two alternative accounting treatments: the cost model as under IAS 16, Property, Plant and Equipment, or the tair value model. Under the latter model, any change in
the value of the property is recognised in protit or loss.
The property at 53 Prospect Street was subject to a change of use during the year. For the four-month period from 1 September 20X4 to 1 January 20X5, it was recognised ass
property, plant and equipment under the IAS 16 revaluation model. For the eight-month period from 1 January 20X5 to the year end on 31 August 20XS it was recognised as
investment property under the IAS 40 tair value model.
Where there is a change in use, lAS 40 reauires that the property is revalued at the date of change and any difference recognised as a revaluation gain or loss under AS 16.
The deferred tax balance at 1 September 20X4 arose in respect of the 53 Prospect Street property. Because a revaluation under lAS 16 does not attect taxable profits, a deferred
tax adjustment is required, calculated as the difference between the tax base of the asset and the carrying amoOunt.
The deferred tax treatment of an investment property depends upon the valuation model that is adopted. Where investment praperty is held under the cost model, the
accounting treatment is the same as tor IAs 16, where revaluation gains are recognised through other comprehensive income, thus not affecting profit or lOSs. However, where
investment property IS held under the tair value model, gains are recognised through profit or loss and the amount of the gain is taxable, or in the case of a loss, allowable for
tax.
Therefore, the revaluation gain arising under lAS 16 of £49,000 is subject to deferred tax, whereas the gain arising in the last eight months of £155,000 under IAS 40 is not
subject to deferred tax as it is taxed as part of profits for the year.
Because deferred tax on IAS 16 revaluation gains is recognised through other comprehensive income, the amount of the revaluation surplus reported at 31 August 20X4 was
reduced by the amout of the deferred tax balance. The 'gross' revaluation surplus was therefore: £971,000 + f243,000 - £1,214,000. This amount has been increased by
£49,000 in the year ended 31 August 20X5 to a total of £1,263,000.
Deferred tax on this amount £1,263,000 x 20% -£253,000 (to nearest f"'000), an increase of (£253,000- f243,000) £10,000.
Therefore an adjustment is required as follows:
Revalution gain 49
Gain 8 months 155 No subject to Def tax
SC 30 30
RE 5051 -613 1,283 5,721
Reval 971 49 -10 1,010
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10580 11,329
SOCI
Sales 15,680 15,680
COS -11,353 695 -9 -30 -67 -6 -10,770
Selling costs -1,162 -1,162
Administrative expenses -2,340 -2,340
O income: Prop Let 70 70
Gain on reval 155 155
Current tax charge -350 -350
1,283
Re suprls 49 49
Def tax -10 -10
1,322
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Exhibit 2: Newpenny's updated purchasing internal control procedures prepared by Newpenny purchasing manager in July 20X5
Background
Newpenny's purchases can be categorised as follows:
(1) Materials (including components) used in the manutacture of vacuum cleaners
(2) Services such as utilities and agency statf
Purchase orders
Receipt of materials
Receipt and posting of invoice
Month end accruals process
Cash payments
You should then consider the audit assetions relevant to payables and accruals balances, setting out the following for each assertion:
An explanation of the assertion as it relates to trade payables and accruals
The key control activities you have identified from the information provided
Your initial assessment as to whether the controls you have identified individually or in combination with other controls are capable of ensuring that the audit assertion is met
An explanation of any potential internal control deficiencies identifying:
any gaps you have identified in the control activities;
matters on which you require additional information, and
areas where you are concerned that the controls may not be designed effectively to meet the relevant assertion.
ANSWERS
Financial reporing advice
JE agreement
The new agreement with JE introduces the possibility of a retrospective change in the price paid for motors from 1 August 20X5 to 31 December 20X5. This is unlikely to be
determined before August 20X6 as it depends on the quantity of motors purchased for the year to 31 July 20X6.
In considering whethera provision for any additional payment is required, Newpenny will need to have regard to the requirements of AS 37 which requires a provision where:
there is a present obligation as a result of a past event- that is the case here so long as the order threshold of 100,000 units has not already been exceeded by the year-end
as the contractual arrangement was made before the year end
a reliable estimate can be made - that is likely to be the case here as Newpenny should have a budget showing predicted purchases and will know both the number of
motors purchased pre year end and the additional cost of £1 per motor if total purchases less than 100,000; and
it is probable that there will be an outtlow of resources. This will depend both on the number of motors purchased to date and those which Newpenny expects to purchase in
the 7 months following the year end.
actual purchases to date and projected purchases for the next 7 months show that the target of 100,000 motors will be exceeded then no provision is required, although this
should be kept under review in the period after the reporting date until such time as the financial statements are issued.
If the actual and projected purchases total less than 100,000 then a provision equivalent to f£1 for every motor purchased between 1 August 20X5 and 31 December 20X5
should be made. lo the extent that the motors have been used in vacuum cleaners that have been sold, this will increase the cost of goods sold.
The number of motors purchased is in Newpenny's control and it would be possible to achieve the cheaper price by stockpiling motors. However, it would then be necessary to
consider whether any provision would be required against potentially excess inventory and there would also be considerations regarding the level of purchases Newpenny
could commit to in future years.
To the extent that motors are held in inventory at the year end this may affect the value at which inventory is carried. However, this will need careful consideration as the
standard cost established at the start of the year is likely to be based on the then agreed price of £20 per motor and may or may not have been changed when the agreed price
changed.
Newpenny will need to look carefully at what standard cost has been used and what variances have been included in inventory to ensure that the inventory of motors is carried
at the actual expected cost of £20 per motor assuming an additional payment is required.
The liability being considered here is not a contingent one as the future event (that is orders of motors) which will determine the price per motor is within Newpenny's control.
n order to recognise at year end any refund for motors purchased, Newpenny would need to have already exceeded the target quantity of 110,000 motors. As the future
purchases of motors are within its control it can also recognise an asset it it is virtually certain that it will meet the threshold. if this is the case, then the inventory carrying value
vill again require consideration as outiined above.
Warranty
The issue with the Model2000 cleaners appears to be a specific one and is unlikely to be covered adequately by the general warranty provision which is based on the history of
past claims. Newpenny has an obligation to repair or replace fauity products which are under warranty and there is therefore a present obligation in respect of a past sale. A
specific provision should theretore be made
If the issue is regarded as a warranty issue then the maximum population of cleaners which can be returned will be those still in warranty at the year-end (and not already
replaced). It seems likely that not all of these will develop the fault so the provision should be based on the total number of Model2000 cleaners which Newpenny expects to be
returned under warranty and the cost of repairing or replacing them (based on an engineer's assessment of the work required and the cost of the relevant parts/product).
However, as one customer has alleged that the fault has caused a fire, there is also the potential for legal daims for consequential losses and the potential for these needs to be
taken into consideration when determining the total amount to be provided.
Newpenny should take legal advice as to whether it should recall all potentially faulty product as further issues like this could be costly both financially and reputational and
there may also be a safety issue which Newpenny has an obligation to resolve. This might well increase the replacement cleaners/parts which Newpenny has to provide but
reduces the potential for damaging and expensive legal cases.
The basis for the provision can therefore only be determined when Newpenny has legal advice as to the steps it should take and the likelihood of significant claims against it if it
does not take those steps. The details of the product returned to date and the findings of the engineers will be important in determining the appropriate course of action.
Existence/rights and obligations - should the liability be recognised in the accounts at all?
The llabillties which are recorded have occurred and pertain to products or services which Newpenny has purchased.
Completeness and allocation - are there any more liabilities which should be recognised?
Liabilities have been recorded for all goods and services delivered betore the year end and not yet paid. The cut-off procedures at the period end accurately differentiate
between goods and services which were delivered betore the year end and those which were delivered after year end.
Controls identified
The purchase ledger is reconciled to the general ledger at each month end.
Dashboard data:
Number of manufacturing managers 30
Only one of the 30 managers has been identified as an outlier.
This provides some assurance about the processes and controls for a large majority of
manutacturing managers.
There is the risk of managers early ordering to avoid the need for authorisation. For example: if July
is a peak month then they could order more at the end of June than is needed, so there is enough
inventory to avoid f100,000 being exceeded in July orders. Patterns of orders late in the month
precedinga peak month could be investigated.
Frequency of managers exceeding £100,000 in any one month (requiring approval from senior zero
Investigate where managers have been near limit and investigate benaviour around limit, eg.
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delaying orders at the end of the month and making early orders at the end of the previous month.
Understand role of managers. Some managers may be responsible for higher value/volume orders.
Understand why a flat limit for all managers has been applied it this is the case.
manager)
Outlier-John Fuller
Average value per individual order £3,246
The average order is 39% higher than the average order for all managers and 65% of the maximum
Tor a single order.
This places John Fuller as a high risk item in ordering more than other managers.
This may mean a build-up of inventory arising from excessive orders or ineficient usage.
An alternative explanation is that John may work in a high cost area. He may therefore need a higher
limit than other managers.
Exhibit 1: Earthstor- Draft statement of financial position at 30 June 20X6 - prepared by Earthstor finance department
The loan to Iraynerco represents a financial asset for Earthstor. IFRS 9 requires a financial asset to be measured initially at tair value. A zero interest rate loan Issued at par would
not result in an arm's length transaction and IFRS 9 requires the tair value in such a case to be determined as the present value of the cash receipts under the effective interest
rate method. The discount rate should be that on similar loans. The loan will meet the business model test and the contractual cash tlows test (payments of principal, being the
initial fair value and interest, being interest accrued using the effective interest rate method), and should be subsequently measured at amortised cost.
FV at start 17.79993
FV £ 3.559986
The difference of f0.44 million between the f4 million recognised by the company in trade and other receivables and £3.56 milion is recognised as an expense in profit or loSs.
Each year the unwinding will be treated as finance income. It would be appropriate to use the amortised cost method as the loan is a non-derivative financial asset; there is a
determinable repayment date and the intention appears to hold the investment to maturity. The loan at the financial year end of 30 June 20X6 is:
MYR17.8m x 1.06 - MYR18.87m
This is a monetary asset and would be translated at the year-end rate of f1 - MYR6. In the financial statements of Earthstor it would therefore be translated as:
MYR18.87m/6 £3.15m
There are two elements to this transaction for financial reporting purposes:
Investment in 10%
Fin asset £9.5m 1:$5 Legal fee £0.50
June X6 1:$6
Loss regcons £1.50
July X6 Sold more 10% $36m 6
TraynerCo-equity investment
The investment in TraynerCo is an equity investment held for the long term and not intended for immediate sale. An irrevocable election has been made to recognise the
movement in fair value in other comprehensive income, and this includes foreign currency exchange gains and losses (except in the case of an impairment).
IFRS 9 para 5.1.1 states that (unless the financial asset is measured at fair value through profit or loss) the transaction costs are added to the value of the asset, not written off to
profit or loss. Therefore, Earthstor's treatment of the legal costs is correct.
IFRS 13 defines tair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transter a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the
measurement date". Fair value is a market-based measurement, not an entity-specific measurement. It focuses on assets and liabilities and on exit (selling) prices. It also takes
into account market conditions at the measurement date. In other words, it looks at the amount for which the holder of an asset could sell it and the amount which the holder of
a liability would have to pay to transfer it. IFRS 13 states that valuation techniques must be those which are appropriate and for which sufficient data are available. Entities should
maximise the use of relevant observable inputs and minimise the use of unobservable inputs.
With regards to the investment in TraynerCo, there is no observable quoted price for the shares. There is evidence that the price has fallen because Henry Min has sold a further
10% of the shares for MYR36 million and therefore the fair value recognised at 1 October 20X5 has changed at 30 June 20X6.
The question is whether the subsequent sale of a further 10% of the shares in TraynerCo by Henry Min represents a fall in the fair value of the shares at the year-end due to: (1)
market conditions or (2) because the company is performing poorly or (3) because the initial valuation was incorrect either deliberately or unintentionally as suggested by the
comments made by the finance director.
As the fall is due to market conditions, then the loss including the exchange difference is taken to other comprehensive income.
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Being reversal of translation of investment in equity instrument and movement in fair value
IFRS 7 requires disclosure of risks relating to financial instruments which include credit, currency, interest rate, liquidity, loans payable and market risk. For each type of risk,
disclosure is requiredof the expoSures to each risk and how they arise, the entity's policies and processes for manaqing risk and any changes from previous period.
Building OS $10m
1 Feb X6 1:$2.1
Similar property June X7 $11m
The property should be recognised as an investment property. The company has adopted the fair value method to account for investment properties and therefore the property
should be revalued at the year end to its tair value. Movement on the change in tair value of investment properties is recognised in profit or losS.
The Singapore investment property should be recognised at cost on 1 February 20X6 and the change in fair value measured as followS:
Note: f5 million was paid to Tanay, an internationally-famous singer, who is the 'name behind the Earthstor brand'.
The costs of acquiring and developing software that is not integral to the related hardware should be capitalised separately as an intangible asset. This does not include internal
website development and maintenance costs which are expensed as incurred unless representing a technological advance leading to future economic benefit.
Capitalised software costs include external direct costs of material and services and the payroll and payroll related costs for employees who are directly associated with the
project.
Capitalised software development costs provided they meet the criteria under SIC 32 and IAS 38 - the fact that the costs integrate the website with other process systems of the
business and are not merely providing content and advertising would suggest that they do - should be stated at historic cost less accumulated amortisation. Amortisation is
calculated on a straight-line basis over the assets' expected economic lives. Amortisation is included within administrative expenses in the statement of profit or loss.
Therefore, Earthstor has probably incorrectly capitalised the planning costs, and also possibly the fees paid to Tanay and the photography and graphic design costs (further
information is required on the nature of these expenses). These costs should be expensed during the year. An amortisation charge of f22m/7 years x 2/12 - £524,000 is
required to be charged from 1 May 20X6. This is below the materiality level on its own but taken together with the incorrect capitalisation of costs, this should be adjusted:
Depreciation of £4.1 million and lease rentals of £5.5 million are included in cost of sales.
The leases are for less than 12 months, and EyeOP has taken advantage of the IFRS 16
recognition exemptions for short-term leases.
Goodwill calcuation
FV of con paid to acq control 85,000,000
NCI valued prop method 18,900,000 30% X 63M
FV held prev at acq date 6,200,000
110,100,000
FV of NA -63,000,000
Goodwill 47,100,000
Pension Schemes
Plan A
ER Contribtion of 6.4
Contract obligation
Based on average for 3 year salary
Assets Obligation
Opening balance 22.00 - 60.00 -38
Interest 1.10 - 3.00
Contro 6.40
Redudancy - 4.20
Service cost - 5.90
Benefits paid - 2.10 2.10
Sub total 27.40 - 71.00
Gain/loss re measure recog OCI 5.20 - 3.50
At year end 32.6 -74.5
Scheme A is a defined benefit plan because EyeOP has provideda guarantee over and above its obligations to make contributions. Therefore, the contribution of £6.4 million in
respect of Scheme A should be credited from the statement of profit or loss and debited to the net benefit obligation. The service cost of £5.9 million and tinance cost of £1.9
million (see calculation below) should be charged to the profit or loss.
Plan B
ER contro 2.8
Not eligle for A
Right of scheme assets
Fixed salary 7% ER and 3% EE
Scheme B appears to be a detined contribution plan therefore the accounting treatment adopted by the finance assistant is correct. This is a defined contribution plan because
there is no obligation on the part of EyeOP other than to pay its contribution of 7% to the pension fund.
Recommended adjustments:
DEBIT Finance costs (£3 million- £1.1 million - £1.9 million) 1.9
CREDIT Net benefit obligation 1.9
DEBIT Operating expenses (£5.9 million+ £4.2 million) 10.1
CREDIT Net benefit obligation
DEBIT Net benefit obligation 6.4
CREDIT Operating expenses 6.4
CREDIT OCI 1.7
DEBIT Net benefit obligation 1.7
IAS 19 requires that the interest should be calculated on the net benefit obligation. This means that the amount recognised in the profit or loss is the net of interest charge on
the obligation and the interest income on the assets. Therefore, the actual return on the plan assets is not relevant here.
EyeOP has taken on an additional liability in respect of the senior employees made redundant - this cost is a curtailment cost which is charged to the statement of profit or loss.
Orders 600
Price 6,000
Total sales 3,600,000
Non refund payment 25% 900,000
This item does not representa non-recurring item and it is incorrect to expense all the development costs as it is posible that some of the costs should be capitalised.
In the period to 1 January 20X6 not all the criteria in IAS 38 appear to have been satisfied as the technical breakthrough in relation to the project happened on 1 January 20X6,
and so the costs of £4 million a month should be expensed in the statement of profit or loss. 1Therefore, the treatment was correct for the financial statements for the year ended
31 December 20X5 as the probable future economic benefits were uncertain betore that date.
Once the technical breakthrough was made on 1 January 20X6, the development costs should have been capitalised until the project was completed on 30 April 20X6. An
intangible asset of f14 million (4 x £3.5m) should therefore have been created.
The following adjustment is therefore required:
Once production of the Medsee commenced in May 20X6, the development costs should be amortised. This can be done on a unit of production basis (per IAS 38 para 98).
I recommend that £14 million is amortised over the number of Medsee cameras produced in the year ended 31 December 20X6. This gives an amortisation charge of £200,000
(E14 million x 50/3,500).
EyeOP intends to recognise revenue in respect of the 600 cameras which customers will order by 31 December 2OX6 because the orders are non-cancellable. However,
following FRS 15, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, revenue should only be recognised when the pertormance obligations in the contract have been satistied. There is
only one performance obligation: supply of the cameras. This performance obligation is satisfied when control of the cameras has been transferred to the buyer. This normally is
upon delivery, and so revenue in respect of only 50 cameras should be included in the statement of profit or loss 50 x £60,000 - £3 million. The cash received in relation to
orders not yet fulfilled should be treated as a contract liability.
The adjusting journal is therefore:
DEBIT Revenue 33
CREDIT Receivables 24.75
CREDIT Contract liability 8.25
The accrual for cost of sales should therefore be removed in relation to the original journal for revenue.
Exhibit 2: Hidef consolidated forecast statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income for the year ending 30 November 20X6 (excluding the impact of the
proposed purchase of 650,000 EyeOP shares)
£m 20X6
Revenue 383
Cost of sales -264.2
Gross profit 118.8
Administrative expenses -102
Profit from operations 16.8
Finance costs -5.5
Profit before tax 11.3
Income tax -2.3
Profit for the year 9
Other information
Depreciation of £28.1 million and lease rentals of £35.5 million are included in cost of sales. The leases are for less than 12 months, and HiDef has taken advantage of the IFRS
16 recognition exemptions for short- term leases.
HiDef's consolidated revenue and costs are expected to remain constant for the foreseeable future. Revenue for the year ended 30 November 20X5 was £400 million.
Consolidation adjustments
Disposal of previously held shareholding in EyeOP
When control is achieved:
any previously held equity shareholding should be treated as if it had been disposed of and then reacquired at fair value at the acquisition date; and
any gain or loss on re-measurement to fair value should be recognised in other comprehensive income in the period because the original investment was at FVTOCI.
other comprehensive income may not be reclassified from other comprehensive income to profit or loss, and any gain arising on derecognition is also recorded in other
comprehensive income.
Therefore, the following journal is required in HiDef's statement of comprehensive income to dispose of the shareholding in EyeOP before consolidation:
As the shares in EyeOP were previously classified as being at fair value through other comprehensive income, any gains in respect of it which were previously recognised in
To recognise the gain on the deemed disposal of the existing holding prior to control being obtained.
IFRS 10 states that where a subsidiary prepares accounts to a different reporting date from the parent, that subsidiary may prepare additional statements to the reporting date of
the rest of the group, or if this is not possible, the subsidiary's financial statements may be used for consolidation provided that the gap is three months or less and that
adjustments are made for the effects of significant transactions.
Part (4)
(1) Revenue increase by 7%
Consolidating the adjusted revenue of EyeOP results in the revenue target being met in the year ending 30 November 20X6.
£400 million x 107% - £428 million compared to projected revenue including EyeOP for 4 months, of £431.6 million.
Next year the target will also be met as predicted revenue wll be £578.4 million (see below) which represents a 34% increase on the revenue for 20X6. However, in subsequent
years without further initiatives or acquisitions, revenue will remain constant and therefore the growth will need to be ether organic or from other acquisitions.
EyeOP s gross margin in 20X6 excluding the revenue from the 50 new imaging cameras contract is as follows:
44.40% 44.80%
The directors should be sceptical about EyeOP's assertions regarding the margin achievable on the Medsee contract as currently it is significantly greater than the margin
achieved on its other contracts. There may also be additional fixed costs.
In 20X7, 1009% of EyeOP's results for the entire year will be included in the consolidated statement of profit or loss which willincrease the overall gross profit percentage. Given
the assumption that other revenues and costs will remain constant, the contract for the sale of imaging cameras therefore represents further additional revenue for the group.
EyeOP's gross profit for the year ended 31 December 20X7 would include an additional f33.25 million from the Medsee contract which would be consolidated together with its
results for the entire year (assuming these remain constant) in the group tinancial statements tor the year ending 30 November 20X/ (see working below).
The group gross profit percentage for the year ending 30 November 20X7 is likely to be 37% which would mean that the target of 35% would be met next year.
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Materially 2m
Misstatment over 40k to audit committee
Fixtures,
Assets fittings
Freehold under and
land and constructi equipmen
buildings on t
Cost or valuation
At 1 September 20X5 129.5 2.8 29.5 161.8
Additions 0 21.8 4.1 25.9
Assets coming into use 13.5 -13.5 0
Disposals -1.5 -1.5
At 31 May 20X6 143 11.1 32.1 186.2
Depreciation
At 1 September 20X5 6.1 0 15.4 21.5
Charge for the period 2.4 0 2.8 5.2
Disposals -0.9 -0.9
At 31 May 20X6 8.5 0 17.3 25.8
Carrying amount
At 1 September 20X5 123.4 2.8 14.1 140.3
At 31 May 20X6 134.5 11.1 14.8 160.4
3 month forecast
Cost or valuation
At 31 May 20X6 134.5 11.1 14.8 160.4
Additions 0 8 0.5 8.5
Depreciation charge for the period -0.8 0 -1 -1.8
Revaluation gain 40 40
At 31 August 20X6 173.7 19.1 14.3 207.1
In the case of the hotel, the IFRS 16 criteria are not met as TT will not have the ability to operate the hotel and there is more than a remote possibility that more than an
insignificant amount of its capacity will be taken by parties other than TT. Indeed, TT has no commitment to take any rooms. TT does not have the right to obtain substantially all
the economic benefits from use of the asset, the right to direct how and for what purpose the asset is used, or the right to operate the asset without Beddezy being able to
change the operating instructions.
In the case of the management training centre, the lFRS 16 criteria are met as the centre will be operated by TT and its manager will supervise those controlling access to the
building. t will also have exclusive use of the centre. Ihe arrangement does theretore include a lease tor the management centre and this should be accounted for under IFRS
IFRS 16
Having established that the arrangement contains a lease, it is necessary to return to the sale of the land and consider how that should be accounted for. Half of the land which
has been sold will be used tor the hotel and TT has no right to re-acquire that land and no lease over it during the term of that arrangement. That element of the sale should
therefore be accounted tor as a disposal, resulting in the disposal of an asset with a carrying amount of £1.5 million (assuming the entire plot is priced at the same price per
acre) and the recognition of a profit of E1 million in the period in which the arrangement is signed. Further information is needed to assess whether the price for the land is a fair
market price given that the sale is part of a much more complex arrangement.
This entry will give rise to an increase in net assets as the profit is recognised.
The sale and leaseback of the land provided for the management training centre and for the centre itself must be accounted for in accordance with IFRS 16.
The present value of the future lease payments cannot be calculated without first determining what element of the payments relates to the cleaning, maintenance, security and
reception services to be provided as this would need to be excluded from the calculation. The cost of the building to Beddezy will be f4 million. Excluding the element (of
£100,000 per annum) which relates to staft costs and services, the future lease payments (undiscounted) will be £3 million (15 x £200,000).
However, this covers the lease of the land as well as the building. Apportioning between them in the ratio of the cost to Beddezy would mean that (E3 million x 4.0/6.5) =
£1.85 million would relate to the building before discounting.
15 year
300k 4500000
Half of the land in use 1/2 use
Carry amount 3 1.5
Sale 5 2.5
2 1
Cost of training building 4,000,000
15 year
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Balance at 1 NovembeMateriallty
Additions Parent 5,000,000
Depreciati 100% sub 250,000
Balance at 31 Oct X6
Forecast Forecast
Balance at 1 November Ph244 Other PPE Ph244 Other PPE
Additions 5.8 10 0.3 8.9
Depreciation 1.8 2.2 6 1.5
Balance at 31 October -0.5 -0.7 -0.5 -0.4
7.1 11.5 5.8 10
Forecast
Building 6.2
Sale 8
Adaption cost for sale 1.5
6.6 6.7
Change in inventories -4.2 0.4
Change in trade receivables 1.2 -0.7
Change in trade payables -0.6 0.9
Cash generated from operations 3 7.3
Interest paid -1.8 -1.4
Tax paid -0.6 -0.7
0.6 5.2
Net cash from operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities -4 -7.5
Purchase of property, plant and equipment -1.6 -9.5
Investment in development assets -5.6 -17
Net cash used in investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities
Loan (repaymentyfinancing -1.8 13
Net change in cash and cash equivalents -6.8 1.2
Opening cash and cash equivalents 3.6 2.4
Closing cash and cash equivalents -3.2 3.6
Acq of Z
Consideration 18 Aug X3
Goodwill 3.75
Loans to Z 10
Development of Ph244
capilisated of dev cost 6
Offer 2.4
legal fee if accept 0.2
Loan 11
Balance to L PLC 9.6
Repayment June X6 1
Repayment Dec X6 1
Interest ratio needed 1.2
Gearing 130%
Inventory 12
Ph44 2.6 Ceased X6
Sale value 1.4
Gross margin 40%
Inventories
Inventories fall outside the scope of IAS 36, Impairment of Assets. Inventories should be measured at the lower of
cost and net realisable value, according to IAS 2, Inventories.
£3.6 million of the inventories balance relates to Ph244 products. Cost = 60% x sales value, so this inventories
balance represents (f3.6m x 100/60) £6 million in potential sales and (fóm -£3.6m) £2.4 million in potential gross
profit.
The total forecast future sales of Ph244 can be estimated from the sum of forecast net cash inflows as follows:
(£1.4m + £1.0m + £0.5m) - £2.9m. Forecast cost of sales - (£2.9m x 60%) = £1.7m.
Theretore, if the forecast ot future net cash inflows proves to be reliable, the maximum amount of inventories that
can be sold at cost tl./ million.
The impairment loss on inventories that should be recognised now is therefore estimated at (£3.6 - £1.7)=£1.9
millid Ol.
Clearly, a great deal more work would be needed to confirm that the estimates of tfuture cash infiows are realistic.
Taxation
The draft financial statements include no estimates in respect of tax, possibly because Julia Brookes is not
technically qualified to pertorm tax calculations. Adjustments are likely to be necessary. Ihe impairment losses
estimated so tar total t6.2 million (E4.3 million in respect of Ph244 assets and E1.9 million in respect of Ph244
inventories), and there may be adjustments to the tax charge or deferred tax balance in respect of these losses.
However, insufficient information is currently available to estimate the tax impact.
Interest cover
Interest cover per the draft financial statements: (2.4/1.8) = 1.33
Interest cover for 20X5: (3.8/1.4) = 2.71
Interest cover per the draft financial statements is therefore just within the parameter set by the bank of 1.2
Clearly, once impairment losses are considered, the interest cover covenantis breached as there is an operating
loss of £3.8 million.
Searing = net debt/equity
Gearing per the draft financial statements: (20.6+3.2y21.0 - 1.13 x 100 113%
Gearing for 20X5: (22.4-3.6/20.4 0.92 x 100 92%
Gearing at the 20X6-year end, per the draft financial statements, like interest cover, is within the parameter set by
the bankof 1.3.
Once impairment losses are considered, equity falls to (E10.8m + £4.0m) £14.8m and the gearing calculation is as
follows:
(20.6+3.2/14.8-1.61 x 100- 161% and the bank covenant is breached.
he calculation of additional ratios is in the Appendix.
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Pertormance
There has been a signiíficant drop in revenue between 20X5 and 20X6 (over 21%). An explanation for this is the
disappointing performance of the Ph244 products. However, this factor may be masking an overall downturn in
sales performance. Zego was able, in the 20X5 financial year, to generate £31.4 million in sales without the Ph244
product, and it has not matched this performance in 20X6.
It may be that some of the other Zego products are nearing the end of their lifecycle and that they will have to be
replaced by new products. It would be helpful to see a budget for the 20Ox6 financial year to see how tar actual
sales of other products have deviated from budget.
Given the change in sales mix, some variation in gross profit margin is to be expected. It has, in fact, fallen. Cost of
sales may already include the recognition of losses relating to the Ph244 productor other write downs. After
recognising impairment losses, gross profit margin is much reduced.
Operating expenses have been reduced by £1.6 million (over 18%) between the two accounting years. This is
Surprising as such expenses would normally be expected to be fixed in nature rather than variable. A possi ble
explanation for the reduction is a cost-saving programme. Zego is short of cash, having moved from a
cash position at the end of 20X5 to a sizeable overdraft at the end of the 20X6 financial year. Cost-saving measures
would be recommended in the circumstances, and may have been successful. However, it is also possible that eg,
accruals may have been understated, deliberately or accidentally, and cut-off in respect of operating expenses
may require additional audit work.
mfortab
Finance costs have risen over the year, as might be expected because of the additional overdraft borrowings.
Taking year-end figures, the approximate interest rate on borrowings has increased only slightly, which may be
due to a more expensive rate on short-term overdraft finance. More information will be required on the terms
attached to borrowings.
Profit for the year before tax is much reduced from the previous year, before considering the effect of impairment
losses. Return on capital employed is low at 5.4% even before considering impairment losses.
Cash flow
Even though Zego has obviously had a very difficult year, there is nevertheless a small cash inflow from operating
activities, an indicator which couid bode wel Tor the Tuture.Proit Delore taxadusted 1or depreciation,
amortisation and finance costs is very little changed in 20X6 compared to 20X5. Cash interest cover has fallen
substantially.
Investing activities have declined in 20X6 compared to 20X5, possibly because Zego has lacked the finance for
investment in new projects (only £5.6 million of investment compared to £17.0 million in the previous year).
This is a concern if, as surmised above, some of the company's products are nearing the end of their lifecycle. This
industrial sector appears to require large investments in R&D and any falling off could have a significant effect on
the company's ability to generate future cash flows.
However, the ratio of capital expenditure to depreciation and amortisation, although much reduced from the
previous year, shows a positive figure, and the company is continuing to invest at a slightly faster rate than
depreciation and amortisation.
Zego benefitted from E13.0 million in financing intlows in the 20X5 financial year, much of which appears to have
been invested in the Ph244 development. By contrast, in 20X6, the only financing cash flow has been a repayment
of £1.8 million. The meeting notes (Exhibit 5) show that £1 million was repaid to the bank on 1 June 20X6, but no
mention is made of an additional £0.8 million repayment. This may have been a repayment made to Lomax, but
further investigation would be required.
Efficiency
Inventory turnover in the Zego business appears to be very slow indeed. This may be a feature of the industry, but
better control would improve working capital usage. The ratio has worsened significantly in the 20X6 financial year
because of the effects of failing to sel Ph244 products.
Trade receivables days have remained constant between 20X6 and 20OX5. Without knowing the terms of Zego's
trade it is not possible to say if 67-68 days represents a good performance.
Liquidity
he ratio of current assets to current liabilities is high in both years under review. However, once inventories are
removed from the equation Zego looks somewhat exposed at the 20X6 year end in this respect, as current
liabilities exceed trade receivables balances.
recognised the business has breached its loan covenants. The fact that the bank has called a meeting to take
place next week suggests that the bank is aware of the company's current dificulties. The worst-case scenario is
that the bank will exert its fixed and floating charge over the assets of the business. Although the value of assets
has fallen significantly because of impairment losses, it is likely that there will be sufficient assets to recover the
entire value of its outstanding loan with the bank. Also, a payment of £1 million to the bank is due on 1
December 20X6 (Exhibit 5) and the company has no cash to pay it.
However, this would mean that the company would face liquidation unless group support (eg, a commitment by
Lomax Group to repay the bank borrowings) could be obtained. The notes of the meeting with Grahame Boyle,
Group Finance Director, suggest that Lomax's main board directors are reluctant to provide further support to
Zego, in which case the level of financial risk is heightened.
The bank may be prepared to renegotiate its lending to Zego, and the liquidation of the company could be
averted. A significant factor that is likely to be considered by the bank is that the business is fundamentally
profitable; it has produced positive operating cash flows in 20X6. However, there are indications that some of the
Lego products could be reaching the end of their lite cycle, and further investment would be required to fund
new R&D to develop a pipeline of new products.
The financial risk is augmented because of timing. Zego is material in group terms, and the Lomax Group has
made a commitment to a preliminary announcement of results on 5 January 20X7. Negotiations with the bank
may not have been concluded by that date, which adds to the overall financial risk.
From an audit viewpoint, compliance with ISA 570 (UK) (Revised September 2019), Going Concern, would be
required, and this is likely to be a significant element of the audit work. Auditors are required to evaluate
management's assessrment of the business's ability to continue as a going concern, including the possible
existence of any material uncertainties regarding going concern. This would involve examining the process
involved in the assessment, the assumptions upon which the assessment is based and management's plans for
future action.
The extent of the financial risk facing Zego is currently uncertain and developments during the period of the
audit must be monitored closely.
Operating performance
During 20X3 and 20X4 Zego's management made a significant investment in a new product. The investment has
now largely tailed, resuting in major impairment losses. Ihe failure may call into question the R&D capability of
he company, making it less likely that further finance will be committed to future related projects.
There is some evidence arising from the preliminary analytical procedures on the draft financial statements that
investment in other projects may have tailed off, anda suggestion that other products are nearing the end of
their life cycles. More information is needed on Zego's product range to confirm or refute these possibilities.
The Ph244 product was superseded by a better product from a competitor. If the competitor maintains its
technological superiority, Lego's longer-term prospects could be prejudiced.
Lomax's group directors appear to be sceptical about the capabilities of Zego's management team. This may be
no more than a reaction to the failure of Ph244, but the lack of confidence is likely to feed into future decisions
by group of the level of support they are prepared to provide Lego.
Lomax plc
The main implication for the financial statements of Lomax plc, the parent company, is the measurement of the
assets of investment in Zego Ltd and the long-term receivable. Either or both may be impaired, and additional
audit work WIll be required in respect of measurement and recoverability.
Group
The main implication for the group financial statements (given that intra-group balances cancel out) is in respect
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YE 30 Sept X6
Oct X5
Acq 80% Krone $
Investment in ZCC OS $ 350.00
Prop method
Goodwill
Share capital 50
Pre acq profit 240.5
Fair value of land 76
FV of NA $ 366.50
Consideration $ 350.00
NCI - NA x 20% $ 73.30
$ 423.30
FV of NA $ -366.50
Goodwill $ 56.80
At HR 5.4 £ 10.52
at CR 4.2 £ 13.52
Exchange rate gain $ -3.01
CA of goodwill $ 13.52
FX reserves
gain on FX goodwill $ -3.01
FX gain on Net inve in forgin $ -1.70 Intercompany loan
Gain on retranslation of sub $ -16.63
$ -21.33
NCI share of gain $ 3.33
Consol ex reservese $ -18.01
Pension & Average Before Consol Consol Consol Consol Consol Consol
TrinkUp ZCC OS Sub DF T Interest rate ZCC PL consol adj Adj 1 Adj 2 Adj 3 Adj 4 Adj 5 Adj 6
£m £m
Revenue 189.2 494.6 494.6 4.8 103.04 292.24 -61.3 230.94
Cost of sales -124 -354.2 -354.2 4.8 - 73.79 - 197.79 -4.2 61.3 - 140.69
Gross profit 65.2 140.4 140.4 4.8 29.25 94.45 90.25
Other operating income 15.7 0 4.8 - 15.70 -15.7 -
Operating expenses -35 -188.8 -56.6 -4.2 -249.6 4.8 - 52.00 - 87.00 15.7 1.7 - 69.60
Profit/(loss) before tax 45.9 -48.4 -48.4 4.8 - 22.75 23.15 20.65
Tax -9 5 11.4 16.4 4.8 3.42 - 5.58 0.8 - 4.78
Profit/(loss) for the year 36.9 -48.4 -48.4 4.8 - 19.33 17.57 15.87
Other comprehensive loss 0 -56.6 56.6 0 4.8 - - -
Total comprehensive income/(loss) for the y 36.9 -105 -105 - 19.33 17.57 15.87
Profit attrube to
Parent 19.7
NCI -4.6
f£3.4m x 20%- £0.7m) (£19.4m x 20%- £3.9m + share of PURP - deferred tax adjustment -
Other comprehensive income 21.3
lotal comprehensive income for the year 37.17
Total comprehensive income attributable to:
Owners of parent company 19.7 + 18.0 37.7
Non-controlling interest -1.3
(E4.6m share of loss - £3.3m share of gains)
Inventory PURP
T purchase ZCC cofee 296 Krone 30 Sept X6
Inventory held £18
Mark up 30%
Profit 4.15
Deferred tax 20% 0.83
An adjustment is required for the profit on coffee in Irinkup's inventory. Ihis is because in the consolidated income statement this profit is not realised and therefore should not be reflected in
the combined results of the two entities. Once the inventories are sold to a third party this adjustment will no longer be required.
This is an adjustment to the consolidated financial statements and not the individual company accounts (although it is required to calculate the NCl).
The unrealised profit is calculated as follows:
£18m x 30%/130%- £4.2 million
The temporary difference resuts in a deferred tax asset as in the group accounts there is a tax charge (or in ZCC's case the tax losses may be understated) for a non-existent asset which needs
to be removed.
Although no adjustment is required to the individual financial statements, a deferred tax asset would be included in the consolidated financial statements as follows:
This is a consolidation adjustment and will impact the consolidated reserves (Cost of sales) and inventory.
Intragroup trading must be eliminated on consolidation. Iherefore, the revenue and costs of sales must be adjusted for the intragroup sales and purcha
Revenue K294m @ average rate £1 - K4.8
As the transactions are settied transactions, there are no adjustments required tor exchange difterences.
These are consolidation adjustments and will cancel each other out on the consolidated statement of profit or loss. They will not impact on the individual financial statements.
Potentially an adjustment is required for deferred tax in respect of the tax losses of ZCC. Ihe future profits may allow ZCC to recognise a deferred tax asset. However, there is a risk that not all
the losses Will be recoveradle e, to the extent that the tax loss arises trom an intragroup chargge.
ZCC trade loss 100
Less Mang charge - 75.30
24.70
deferred tax 20% 4.94
LCCs tinancial statements must be adjusted to comply with IFRS before consolidation.
The contribution to the pension should be shown in expenses in the statement of profit or loss because this is a payment to a defined contribution scheme. Under IAS 19 this is shown under
expenses and not as a reserve movement
A deferred tax adjustment arises on this because the tax base is zero. A tax deduction will be available in the future of K56.6m x 20% =K11.3 million.
These are adjustments to ZCC before consolidation.
Intercompany loan
Loan 160 Krone 1 April X6
Interest 5.25%
Loan to Sub
Ihe loan to ZCC is a monetary item and as it is denominated in the functional currency of the subsidiary the exchange diterence is recognised in the parent company's proft or loss.
Therefore, an adjustment is required in Trinkup's own financial statements to record the exchange gain as followsS
Loan 160
at april X6 4.4 36.36364
Year end 4.2 4.2 38.09524
-1.731602
On consolidation, however, the loan is treated as a net investment in a foreign operation and the exchange difference is removed from profit or loss and it will be recognised as other
comprehensive income and recorded in equity in the consolidated statement of financial position.
On consolidation, the exchange gain should be transferred to OCl and shown as part of total exchange differences on consolidation.
his is because the loan is similar to an equity investment in ZCC as the loan is not required to be settled in the near future. Iheretore, accounting for the exchange diference in equity ensures
that the monetary item is effectively treated in the same way as an equity investment.
The intra aroup loan cancels on consolidation.
FV and CA of land
PPE include land 156 Krone 1 Oct X5
FV 232 Krone 1 Oct X5
Adjustments to the fair values of assets and liabilities of a toreign operation under lFRS 3 are recognised in its functional currency; the adjusted carrying amounts are then translated at the
closing rate.
The land should be revalued for consolidation purposes by K76 million and this will form part of the goodwill calculation.
£m
Revenue 25.00
PBT 3.20
Planning materiality 150,000
Performance 100,000
Supplier statement
Valuation of freehold
valuation now 1.2
Orginal 1
Increase 0.2
Assuming the £200,000 uplift is correct and that the previous revaluation uplit has been recorded correctly, the adjustment to be made in the financial statements will be:
DEBIT Carrying value of freehold property £200,000
CREDIT Revaluation reserve £200,000
Ex price £5
Vesting Nov X6
Provised that 2.6m profit
FV of shares
At start value 112500
Over 4 years 28125
10 months Sept X3 23437.5
2 months Sept X7 4687.5
Prior period errors have clearly occurred here and IAS 8 requires these to be corrected retrospectively where material, thus presenting the financial statements as if the error had never
occurred. In this case the error in each year and cumulatively to 30 September 20X5 is not material (E79,688) and therefore the error should be corrected in the financial year ended
30 September 20X6, resulting in an additional charge to profit or loss of £107,813. The correcting journal entry is as follows:
enquiry as to the procedures Key4Link have in place to identiy director/shareholder interests-this will include the register of interests maintained by the board;
review of publicly available records to ascertain whether the directors/shareholders have interests in other companies which might be controlling interests. Might also be helpful to identity
any companies in which they hold directorships although this will not of itself necessarily make the other company a related party;
review of minutes for any disclosed conflicts of interest;
enquiry of the directors as to the other interests they have and
scrutiny of the company's ledgers and minutes to identity transactions with any parties identified as related parties from the procedures performed.
The share option scheme is also a related party transaction-the accounting and disclosure of this are considered above
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Revenue recognition
Konext has recognised £15 million revenue in respect of the Denwa+ device. However, following IFRS 15, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, revenue should only be
recognised when the performance obligations in the contract have been satisfied. There are two performance obligations: supply of the mobile devices and provision of the
software services. In the case of the mobile devices this is a performance obligation satisfied at a point in time. It is satisfied when control of the devices has been transferred to
the buyers, that is upon delivery. This takes place on 1 August 20X4, so no revenue for this will be recognised in the financial statements for the six months to 30 June 20X4.
In the case of the software services, this is a performance obligation satisfied over time. This is because the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits
provided by Konext's performance as it performs. Time elapsed (an input method) is an appropriate way to measure progress towards satisfaction of the performance
obligation, and theretore the software services should be recognised separately over the two-year period.
Therefore, none of the £15 million ill be recognised in the interim financial statements and only some of it will be recognised in the year ending 31 December 20X4.
The cash received in relation to orders not yet fulfilled should be treated as a contract liability.
The deposits should be recognised in cash and included as a contract liability. Although they are non-refundable it does not create an obligation to complete the contract.
IAS 34 requires the same recognition and measurement principles to apply in the preparation of the interim financial statements as at the year end. Therefore, although
ultimately the sales wil be recognised in the year to 31 December 2OX4, no revenue should be recognised in the six months to 30 June 20X4 in respect of the Denwa+ devices
as delivery will take place in August 20X4.
This will leave the deposits as a balance of E2 million as a payable on the statement of financial position at 30 June 20x4.
Refone Ltd
Jan X2 purchase
Cash generating unit
Property, plant and equipment 7,550
Brand name 4,175
Goodwill 1,975
Inventory 225
Receivables 1,950
15,875
Payables and other liabilities -3,425
Net assets 12,450
Offer 8,000
Pre tax cashflow 1,200 5 years to June X9
Pre tax annual discount rate 5%
Year Discount Cashflow
1 0.952381 1,200 1,142.86
2 0.907029 1,200 1,088.44
3 0.863838 1,200 1,036.61
4 0.822702 1,200 987.24
5 0.783526 1,200 940.23
5,195.37
NA 12,450.00
FV to sell 8,000.00
Impairment 4,450.00
Impairment of Refone
Refone is a cash generating unit. The net assets of the Refone business should be carried at no more than the recoverable amount which is defined as the higher of the fair value
less costs to sell and the value in use.
Indicators of impairment
The launch of the new product with a guaranteed replacement of the device rather than repair, is one factor which could indicate impairment. The amount of third party
business is not known but if a significant part of its business comes from Konext customers then a decline in the number of devices needing repairs will be an indicator of
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impairment
However, the trend of results would indicate too that there is impairment of the Refone CGU.
The Refone business has generated f2.1 million in revenue in the first six months. The results from the previous year suggest that the business is in decline. The business
generated £5.2 million in the six months to 30 June 20x3 and only £2.6 million in the second half of the year.
Calculation of the impairment charge
The recoverable amount is the higher of the value in use and the fair value less costs to sell. A recent offer to buy Refone suggests that the fair value is £8 million.
The value in use should be calculated using management-approved forecasts. Jacky estimates f1.2 million as a reasonable forecast of the cashflows from the division for five
year S.
Basing the value in use on the pre-tax cash tlow of £1.2 million over tive years then the PV of a five-year annuity is:
£1.2m x 4.329 £5.2 million.
The fair value less costs to sell is f8 million (which is greater than the value in use and therefore represents the recoverable amount).
This would suggest an impairment loss of f12.450 million- £8 million - f4.45 million. However, there are several risks arising from this calculation:
The discount rate - no information is given as to how this has been calculated and therefore management should be asked to justify this rate.
The cash flows would appear to be optimistic considering the division's declining performance.
The recoverable amount is based on one offer and there is no indication of when this offer was received and how firm the ofter was.
IAS 36.76 states that the carrying amount of the CGU should not include the carrying amount of liabilities unless the recoverable amount cannot be determined without
considering the liabilities - the net assets have been used in this calculation as it is assumed that the business would be sold with the liabilities.
If the liabilities were not going to be assumed by the buyer, then the comparison to determine the recoverable amount would have taken into consideration the gross assets
only.
The impairment is recognised first against goodwill and then the remaining amounts allocated to the other non-monetary assets - this precludes it from being allocated against
inventory because inventory valuation is dealt with under IAS 2.
CA Impaired
Property, plant and equipment 7,550 1,594
Brand name 4,175 881
Goodwill 1,975 1,975
13,700 4,450
£4.45 million £1.975 million £2.475 million to allocate
£2.475x £7,550/£7,550 + £4,175 (£11,725) - £1,594,000 to PPE
£2.475 x £4,175/£11,725 £881,000 to Brand name
Ine cost of the advertising services should be recognised when the service has been delivered.
There does not appear to be any grounds for deferring the costs. IAS 34 states that a guiding principle is that an entity should use the same recognition and measurement
principles in its interim statements as it does in its annual financial statements.
As the costs would not be regarded as an asset at the year-end it would not be appropriate to recognise the deferral of the costs as a prepayment since they have already been
incurred before 30 June 20X4.
A further issue is the £1m credit balance being shown as a payable to Nika. Because it is going to be settled by an issue of shares, we should no longer show a liability but
instead recognise shares to be Issued as part of equity. Ihe adjustment required is:
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12.2 14.5
Non-current assets
Tangible assets 1180 1,799.70 1,799.70
Investments 0 456.00 - 50.00 406.00
Investment in ass 395.13 395.13
Suspense account 0 350.00 - 350.00 -
Current assets -
Inventories 43.2 243.80 - 1.50 242.30
Trade receivables 88.8 238.90 - 0.60 238.30
Cash 16.40 16.40
Total assets 1312 3,104.80 3,097.83
Equity
Ordinary share capital (£1 shares 10 150.00 150.00
Reserves 208.4 2,255.40 2,253.13
Long-term liabilities 1003.2 388.30 388.30
Current liabilities -
Trade payables and accruals 65.6 305.60 305.60
Provisions and borrowings 24.8 5.50 - 5.50 0.80 0.80
Total equity and liabilities 1312 3,104.80 3,097.83
Dividends 25%
1 Oct X6 20p 2 0.5
30 April X7 40p 4 1
Until 1 February 20X7, the investment in Fenner was recognised in the consolidated financial
statements of Elac at cost in non-current asset investments. Any dividends received trom Fenner
were credited to investment income. On 1 October 20X6 Elac received a dividend from Fenner of
20p per share: £100,000 (20p x £10m x 5%). This was correctly re cognised in investment income.
However, a change of status of the investment took place on 1 February 20X7 with the purchase of
an additional 20% of Fenner's ordinary share capital. Elac's holding of 25% appears to confer
significant intluence over the operations of Fenner and therefore Fenner is an associate of Elac from
1 February 20X7. Normally, a holding of over 20% of the ordinary share capital of another entity
suggests significant intluence, and this is turther reinforced by the power to appoint a director. It is
clear that no one party exerts control over Fenner and this tactor also makes it more likely that Elac
can exert significant influence.
As Fenner is an associate, Elac must recognise the investment using the equity method of
accounting. This means that in the consolidated statement of financial position, the investment in
Fenner is shown at cost plus the group's share of post-acquisition retained profits or less the
group's share of post-acquisition losses (less any dividend received). In the statement of profit or
loss Elac takes credit for its share of the associate's profit after tax, or deducts its share of the
associate's loss after tax.
Fenner was an associate for four months of the financial year (1 February to 31 May 20X7). Elac
recognises its share of the loss for that period: f46.5m x 4/12 =£15.Sm x 25% = £3.9 million in
consolidated profit or loss.
Elac's share of the dividend of 40p per share paid by Fenner on 30 April 20X7 is: £10m x 25% x
40p -£1 million. This reduces the carrying amount of the investment in the associate.
Therefore, the carrying amount of the investment in Fenner in Elac's consolidated statement of
financial position at 31 May 20X7 is calculated as follows:
4 month as assicoate
Loss 46.5
month 4/12 15.5 of loss
25% holding 3.875
Dividends
30 April X7 40p 1
20X4 5% Consideration 50
1 Feb X7 20% Consideration 350
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Loss -3.875
Less dividends recevied -1
395.125
Inventory held 35
Trade payment with F 37.6
Equity accounting requires elimination of any unrealised protit in inventory, to the extent of the
group's share. where the associate sells to the parent, as in this case, the unrealised profit is in
group inventories, from which it must be eliminated. The group share of unrealised profit at 31 May
20X7 is calculated as follows:
Otherland contract $
COS
Provision for exchange rate loss 31 May to 31 Dec
SALES $ 56.00 5000 X 7 X 1600
Jan X7 $ 25.50
Forward $ 20.00
The consolidated profit or loss statement includes the results of Elac itself plus its other
subsidiaries, theretore Elac's normal gross profit margin on UK sales cannot be calculated. However,
the group gross protit margin is 20%. If this is indicative of Elacčs own gross profit margin, the
margin on the Otherland contract is likely to be higher than this. Assuming a gross margin of 30%
on the Otherland contract, gross margin for the remaining seven months of the year could be
calculated at 30% * (7 months x 1,600 x OS5,000) = O$16.8 million.
Sales $ 56.00
30% GPM $ 16.80
The Otherland dollar is clearly weakening over the 20X7 calendar year, with a loss in value of over
20% expected. However, the anticipated exchange losses are very likely to be outweighed by the
profits to be earned under the contract. Therefore, it is unlikely that the contract with the Otherland
customers is onerous, although more precise information about profitability would be required to
contirm this.
Reverse provision
DR Provision 5.5
CR Cos of Sale 5.5
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Trade recieivables
TR with otherland $ 10.10
£ 4.80 Average rate
TR with otherland $ 10.10
$ 4.21 Closing rate
Difference adjusted for $ 0.59
Therefore, an exchange loss has arisen of (f4.8m - f4.2) £0.6 million.
trade receivables denominated in foreign currencies are monetary items. As required by IAS 21,
The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates monetary items in foreign currency outstanding
at the reporting date should be translated at the closing rate.
Gains and losses arising from the retranslation of monetary items are recognised in profit or loss tor
the year. Such gains and losses could be reported under various headings in the statement of profit
or loss. The adjustment in this case will be recognised in operating expenses.
DR COS 0.8
CR Provison 0.8
It is incorrect to classify the agent's commission as a contingent liability. At the reporting date, 31
May 20X/, an obligation exists to pay the agent commission tor sales over the five-month period
from 1 January 20X7. t is a present obligation arising from past transactions (the sales) and it can
be measured with a reasonable degree of certainty.
The finance director has stated that average monthly sales for the first five months of 20X7 are
1,600 windows. If this level of sales continues to be achieved for the rest of 20X7, total sales for the
year will be 19,200 windows, which comfortably exceeds the 16,000 windows at which the agent is
paid 5% commission. Because commission depends upon total sales for the year it is not possible
at 31 May 20X7 to calculate the commission figure with complete accuracy because a tall in sales
for the rest of the year could result in total sales falling below 16,000 units.
Investment income
Dividends from Fenner
1 Oct X6 0.1
30 April X7 0.1
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Entity Materialty
Subsidiary in countries - Arca & Elysia £850,000 UK audit team
A$ and E$
Recruit1 plc - the parent company Materiality will be determined UK audit team
separately for each.
UK subsidiaries
R1-Arca This entity is not required to issue Hind audit team in Arca to
Results are expected to be audited financial statements and so perform audit procedures
material to the Recruit1 Work will be pertormed using
group. component materiality of £300,000
(A$600,000 as at 31 December20X6).
Other non-UK subsidiaries UK audit team to perform
(including R1-Elysia) review procedures for
Results are not expected to £500,000 unexpected fluctuations
be material to the Recruit1 or material balances
group.
Response as follows:
(1) Review of Arcan reporting memorandum
The exchange rate has changed from when materiality was set in A$. If £300,000 is still the correct
component performance materiality, that would now be equivalent to AS540,000 meaning that the
other receivables and prepayments should have been tested. However, changes in exchange rates
across the group and differences in results from those anticipated when materiality was set may
have changed the overall materiality of component materiality tor Arca. Group team should
theretore look at this before asking Arcan team to do more work on other receivables and
prepayments.
Revenue
Weaknesses in audit procedures
The work performed on revenue seems very limited and is unlikely to be adequate - specitic
weaknesses are
agreement to an invoice and the receivables ledger does not prove that the service to which the
invoice relates was delivered pre-year end and that it is appropriate to recognise the revenue. It
also gives no assurance as to the completeness ot revenue; and
payment from the customer may give some more assurance that the service has been delivered
but, in a business such as recruitment, there may well be stage payments and invoices or an
element invoiced in advance.
Payroll
Weaknesses in audit procedures
The work pertormed on payroll appears to be limited to agreement to schedules prepared bya
third-party service company. Ihere is no indication that the Arcan team has considered whether it is
appropriate to place reliance on this entity and its expertise and such an assessment should have
tormed part of the audit work. In addition, it is unlikely that a payroll service company will operate
without reliance on data supplied by R1-Arca and this should be tested.
Taxation
Weaknesses in audit procedures
There is insutticient work done on taxation. No assessment has been made of whether their tax
acvisers are suitably competent.
Reserves
Weaknesses in audit procedures
The audit procedures comprise no more than identitying why the reserve balance is ditferent and
are completely inadequate.
Non-current assets
Weaknesses in audit procedures
The overall balance is above component materiality and we would therefore have expected some
work on existence, ownership and potential impairment
Trade receivables
Weaknesses in audit procedures
A significant amount of the sample has not been followed up for further enquiry.
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Other points
The memo does not set out any details of the team in Arca, their qualifications, their independence
etc. These confirmations will be required by the group audit team.
There may also be other general procedures that the Arcan team should perform such as review of
minutes, consideration of local laws and regulations etc. To the extent that these are required, the
results should be reported.
There is not clear identification in the memo of the audit risks identified and the focused
procedures pertormed in response to them. Would expect head oftice and Arcan teams to have
input into the identification of the risks.
Overall need to be satisfied that the UK team has had sufficient involvement in the planning,
evecutian and rasults of the wark in Arca as reauired hu auditina standards
Property Loan
E$'000 E$'000
Initial purchase transaction on 30
September 20X6 6,000 6,000
Conversion and start-up costs incurred
(funded from cash)
External contractor costs 4,200 0
Allocated salary costs of R1-Elysia
employees 850 0
Marketing costs 900 0
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Sept X6 £1:$4
April X7 £1:$3.6
Interest 6%
Additional work
Covert in £ at 4.6 2388.462
Audit procedures:
loan agreement should be requested and reviewed to ensure that all relevant
terms have been summarised and considered in determining the financial reporting treatment
Classification of property
The property has been treated as an investment property in Elysia but is unlikely to quality as such
under the provisions of IAS 40. This is because R1-Elysia uses the building tor its own training
courses and provides services to the lessees of the property in the form ot administrative support
and catering. Such services are unlikely to be insignificant to the rental arrangement.
As a result, the building should be included within PPE in the Recruit1 consolidated financial
statements and stated not at fair value but at depreciated cost in line with Recruit1's accounting
policies. The revaluation gain of E$500,000 should therefore be reversed.
Audit procedures:
further information should be requested on the extent to which R1-Elysia intends
to use the property to ensure that this cannot be regarded as insignificant and examine further the
total rental package and terms tor external tenants to ensure that the services provided by R1-Elysia
could not be regarded as incidental.
Audit procedures:
Confirm interest rate to loan agreement and dates to schedule of works or board
meeting minutes.
Depreciation
No depreciation has been charged but the property was brought into use one month betore the
year end. There should therefore be a charge for one month's depreciation although this is not
material at E$10.38 million/25 years x 1/12 = E$34,600 (£9,600).
Assuming it was not correct to capitalise the allocated salary costs, the revised carrying value of the
property is:
$
Cost 6
External contractor costs 4.2
Capitalised interest 0.18
Less depreciation -0.035
10.345
EST0.345 million Is translated at the year-end rate of Es3.6: £1 = £2.8/4 million as this is translation
arising on the consolidation of a subsidiary which maintains its books in a currency other than the
group functional currency.
Audit procedures
As the amounts capitalised are material to the group results, the group team will
require supporting documentation for a sample of the costs incurred and will also want to see land
registry or equivalent documentation to establish ownership. In addition, physical verification work
may be required either by the team or a representative in Elysia.
Deferred tax
There are temporary differences arising because of the treatment of interest and capital
expenditure which will give rise to deferred tax balances.
In respect of the building, the tax base is stated as E$12.7 million less the 50% capital allowance
E$6.35 million.
The tax base of the accrued interest is nil as it will all be tax deductible in the future.
The carrying value of the property in the financial statements (including the capitalised interest)
is E$10.38 million less depreciation of E$35,000 = E$10.345 million.
The carrying value of the accrued interest is a liability of ES210,000.
Any deferred tax on the revaluation is irrelevant in the group accounts as the revaluation is not
recognised in the group accounts.
A deferred tax liability arises in respect of a timing difference between the tax written down value of
the building (ES6.350 million) and its carrying amount. A deferred tax asset arises on the accrued
interest cost as tax relief is only available when the interest is paid on 30 September 20X7.
Audit procedures
: As the Elysian tax regime is unlikely to be familiar to the group team, expert
advice should be sought to ensure that the information provided regarding the tax treatment of the
property investment and income is correct. The team should question whether the additional costs
capitalised tor the contractor, salary and marketing really quality tor capital expenses. The tax
computation should also be requested so that the treatment within the current tax charge can be
confirmed.
There may also be other deferred tax implications from other items within the financial statements
but these are unlikely to be material.
Temporary
CA Tax base difference DT at 35%
Property (excluding capitalised interest) 10.165 6.35 3.815 1.335
Accrued interest 0.21 0 0.21 -0.074
1.261
Other points
The fact that the group finance director seemed unaware of such a large transaction in a wholly
owned subsidiary suggests that there may be a weakness in governance and internal controls and a
the risk that other significant transactions may have been missed at group level as there are several
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subsidiaries where detailed audit procedures have not been carried out. While the desk top review
will have identified significant balances, for example, it may not have identified business
relationships, investments, and contingent liabilities. The team should ascertain the extent to which
senior management was aware of the investment and then consider additional procedures such as
review of subsidiary board minutes, discussion with local tinancial controllers to ensure that no
other significant transactions have been missed.
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Change in ownership of EF
Pension
Revisied reval 1.05
Brand
valued 20
(a) Valuation of EF brand at £20 million
The brand is an intangible asset and the relevant accounting guidance is set out in
TAS 38. For it to be recognised within the separate financial statements ot EF, it would
need to be identifiable, that is capable of being sold separately from the business or
arising from contractual or other legal rights. It is debatable whether this is the case and
clear that EF has not historically recognised the asset as an intangible within its financial
statements.
Unless it can clearly be demonstrated that there has been an error and the brand could
and should have been recognised in the past, it would not be correct to do so now just
because a valuation has been obtained. Additional information is required. Clear
evidence ot an error seems unlikely as the costs will have been considered at the time.
Hence the brand should not be reflected in the separate financial statements of EF as it
does not meet the requirements for recognition within those financial statements. No
entry should be made. The brand will be recognised on consolidation only as part of the
acquisition accounting entries.
Goodwill 11.2
internal generated
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Investment property
head office value 3
land 0.7
3.7
TR allowance Allowance
31 Aug X7 1.35
31 Dec X6 0.8
Revaluation of PPE
PPE, including the head office building, has historically been recognised within the EF
financial statements at depreciated cost- and the company can choose to change its
accounting policy and move to a revaluation model, providing the fair value of the asset
can be measured reliably (which does appear to be the case). It does however have to
apply this model consistently tO a class of assets. In this case, Megaß has specitied that
the revaluation model is to be used both for investment properties and all other land
and buildings.
The only asset with an uplift if the revaluation model is used will be the Head Office
Building. In the tair value exercise conducted by MegaB this has been treated as an
investment property and we therefore need to consider whether this is the correct
classification. Ihe relevant accounting guidance is set out in lAS 40.
For the whole property to qualify as an investment property, only an insignificant potion
should be owner-occupied. Ihat is clearly not the case for the head otfice property as EF
still occupies two tloors out of three. However, it is still possible that the portion which is
rented out could be regarded as an investment property if t were capable of being sold
separately or leased separately under a finance lease. Further information is needed to
determine whether this is the case.
If the rented-out floor is regarded as an investment property, then the carrying value will
need to be apportioned between the tWo portions and the valuation of the rented floor
determined separately from the value of the remaining owner-occupied portion. it is
clear from the information that historically the whole property was owner-occupied and
therefore we need to follow the guidance on 'change in use' within lAS 40. The change
in use date could be 1 September 20X/ when the rental agreement commenced. A
valuation should be obtained at that date and the uplift over carrying value (tor the
rented tloor) recognised under IAS 16 as a credit to revaluation reserve (within other
comprehensive income). The valuation of the investment property element is then re
measured at fair value at each period end with subsequent gains and losses going to the
profit or loss account.
The remaining two tloors of the property which are still owner occupied will also need to
be valued as the tair value model is to be adopted. Any uplitt will be taken to reserves
through other comprehensive income and to revaluation surplus and will need to be
apportioned between land and buildings so that depreciation can be based on the tair
value.
risk): 12 months' expected credit losses recognised and interest calculated on the gross
carrying amount
Stage 2: Credit risk increases significantly (rebuttable presumption if> 30 days past
due): lifetime expected credit losses recognised with interest calculated on the gross
carrying amount.
A simplitied approach is required for trade receivables, contract assets and lease
receivables. For trade receivables or contract assets that do not have an IFRS 15
financing element, the loss allowance is measured at the lifetime expected credit losses,
from initial recognition. Since the receivables in question do not have a significant
financing component, it is therefore not permissible to change to the three-stage
process
Changes to overall audit plan and areas of audit focus because of information received
Audit timing
The timing ot the audit will need to change as final audit work was planned tor March and
Lewis-Morson require sign ot by the middle of February. Whether E can be ready by this
date is debatable as its October results will not be ready until early December implying that it
takes it more than a month for it to close its books. A ditticult year end is likely to take even
longer, leaving little if any time for audit.
This issue needs to be discussed with the client as soon as possible to determine when it is
possible for audit work to start, what work can be done before the year end and rolled
forward and what can be left until atter the group reporting date on the basis that it will not
be material given the higher level ot component materiality. Leaving work until later may
however not work as more statt are due to leave at the end of February and it may be difticult
to get answers to enquiries about 20X7 after that date.
A realistic timetable needs to be agreed with the client and Lewis-Morson, especially as the
new issues and approach mean that the audit is likely to take more time than in the past.
Controls reliance
In the past, the audit approach has relied on testing the operating ettectiveness of controls
over revenue and trade receivables. Ihe controls were operating ettectively until June 20X/.
Since that date there have been signiticant redundancies among finance and other statt and
day to day accounting has moved to a shared service centre. It is theretore highly likely that
both the controls and those responsible for carrying them out have changed. We know that
the CFO is now responsible for both reviewing the financial statements and posting journal
entries for the more complex and judgemental items which may be indicative of a lack of
review and segregation of duties.
In addition, there is a new and very signiticant revenue stream relating to sales to overseas
distributors which will not have been covered by the controls work done to date.
More information is needed on when processes changed, what the new processes are and
what assurance, if any, can be given by Lewis-Morson on the controls operating at the shared
service centre. Additional audit work will be required to assess the design and
implementation of controls in the post-acquisition period and to determine whether
operating effectiveness should be tested and relied on. It seems likely that in at least some
areas, design and implementation testing will identity weaknesses in control (due to statf or
other changes) and that additional substantive work will be required either on the whole
balance or, for income statement balances, for transactions processed under the new and
potentially weaker control environment. Where the old controls are relied on for 10 months
of the year, we will still need to update the interim testing to cover the two months from
1 November 20X7.
Urgent work on the control environment is needed to re-assess the audit approach and
determine what additional substantive procedures are required. This should include
discussion with Lewis-Morson.
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Materiality
The forecast result for the year has changed significantly because of the additional revenue
following the acquisition. Planning materiality of f800,000 was based ona profit after tax of
£16 million whereas the expected profit is now f26 million which might imply a rise in
materiality to £1.3 million on the same basis.
However, there are other factors to consider:
Lewis-Morson have asked us to use component materiality of £3 million both for reporting to
them and for the statutory audit. We cannot simply accept this but need to form our own view
on what materiality should be.
That view should be based, not only on the financial results, but on factors such as the
ownership structure (which has clearly changed) and the focus of the users of the accounts.
Given that EF is now a wholly owned subsidiary of MegaB rather than a standalone entity
reliant on external financing, it might be appropriate to increase materiality.
We also need to consider the key Tocus Tor users or the financial statements. For
management, the key tocus will clearly be operating profit as they each earn a significant
bonus based on achieving the forecast profit of £34 million. If actual results are close to this
level, then a small change could make the difference between achieVing and not achieving
protit. Ihat will need to be considered in determination of the materiality level we use.
The EF board have said that they intended to retain the same level of fees. This puts MKM
under pressure to cut audit time and costs to retain margin and we need to make sure that
this is not unduly intluencing the work proposed or the materiality level adopted.
We theretore need to think caretully about areas where they could manipulate results and to
tocus our audit on all areas of judgement. This will include areas already identitied as key
areas of audit interest but also some of the new areas identitied below. Attention will need to
be paid to balances where analytical review procedures reveal changes in the post
acquisition period and we should ensure that we look at this as soon as possible to identity
any additional risk areas.
The forecast gross profit looks challenging compared to prior year as there is an overall
increase of £12 million. However, the torecast operating protit assumes that there will be
small decine in operating costs from f42.8 million to f42.2 million. There would be
additional depreciation on the property, the additional irrecoverable debt expense and
reorganisation costs, none of which appear to have been considered. Further details on the
forecast figures are required to assess what level of risk there is to achieve the torecast and
therefore the degree of pressure there will be on management.
The new sales also appear to be EF's first overseas transactions so there is a risk that
foreign currency transactions have not been accounted for correctly.
Selling to other group companies at a lower margin than to external distributors may raise
transter pricing questions in respect of tax and potentially increase the risk of an incorrect
tax charge.
The pension obligation risk remains a key judgement but has been enhanced both by the
changes in assumptions applied by a new valuer and by the fact that the valuation to be
used will be that pertormed at an interim date rolled forward, thus increasing the risk that
it does not represent the best estimate of the position at the year end.
In addition, the extensive redundancies are likely to give rise to a past service cost/
benefit which will need to be considered with appropriate actuarial input, so a simple roll
forward is unlikely to be appropriate.
While the work done by the group auditors will be a usetul starting point, it may not have
been based on an appropriate level of materiality so additional work may well be
necessary.
The valuation of the head office building is inherently judgemental. The complexity of
accounting for the head office property also gives rise to additional risk both in terms of
the classitication and disclosure of the property and accounting correctly for depreciation
and lease income. As tor the pension fund, this will require assessment of a new valuer.
The measurement, classitication and timing of recognition of the reorganisation and bonus
payments gives rise to an additional area of audit focus as these are one off transactions
where the finance team may be untamiliar with accounting guidance. The CFO has already
demonstrated that he does not understand the need to accrue tor estimated bonus
paymentS relating to the period.
Going concern basis of preparation - If there is a detinite plan to wind up the company
and transter its trade to the parent in place by year end then it may be inappropriate to
continue to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis - this should be
reviewed at the year end.
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Requires a loan
Loan 10
Invest to P&M
Financial Instrustments
PSN
Sept X6 2%
Shares 2,000
OCI 430,000
Share price 310
AS $ paid 620,000
transalted at Sport rate (date) 387,500
The investment in PSN, held at fair value through other comprehensive income, has increased its fair value, and
the increase should be recognised through OC. Ihe asset is measured at 30 September 20X/ at:
LXP
Jan X7 1%
Shares 50,000
Share price 5
Investment recognised 192,000
quoted price 7
The investment in LXP is classified as at fair value through profit or loss (FVIPL) and so any change in fair value
is recognised in profit or loss.
AS Paid 350,000
At 30 September 20X7 £1 AS$1.6
£ value 218,750
Revenue
31 July X7 4,500,000
two year fixed service
Sales 3,750,000
services 750,000
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IFRS 15, Revenue from Contracts with Customers sets out the steps that must be taken in recognising and
measuring revenue, one of which is to identity separate performance obligations. In this case, the sale of goods is
separate trom the performance obligation to provide services in future.
t seems clear that there are separate components, and that the components are capable of being measured by
reference to the price of the goods. I he service component should therefore be treated as a contract liability
(deferred revenue), to be recognised in the future in the period(s) in which the service is carried out and therefore
the performance obligation is satisfied. The value of the service element to be deferred is £750,000.
The journal entry required is:
This transaction affects profit before tax, and therefore the opening item in the reconciliation of profit before tax to
cash generated from operations. Because no costs have been incurred in respect of the service revenue, no
adjustment is required to the cost of sales
Deferred tax
Land and building
Bfwd 1,200,000
Change 360,000
deferred tax charge is recognised as an increase in the deferred tax liability, and a decrease in the amount
recognised through other comprehensive income and reserves in respect of the revaluation.
when the land and buildings are eventually disposed of, tax will arise on the gain calculated as the difference
between sale proceeds and original cost. At 30 September 20X/, therefore, the deterred tax balance in this
respect is: (£19,200,000- £11,400,000) x 20% = £7,800,000 x 20% - £1,560,000. The balance brought forward
Wayte has sustained a fair value loss in respect of the investment in PSN, held at fair value through other
comprehensive income. This is recognised in other comprehensive income in the year ended 30 September 20X7.
he tax base of the asset is £430,000, but the carrying amount is f387,000. Ihe deductible temporary ditference is
therefore £43,000. At an income tax rate of 20% this creates a deferred tax asset of (E43,0O00 x 20%) f8,600,
rounded to £9,000. This amount is recognised as a deferred tax asset and is credited to other comprehensive
income. The related deferred tax effect is also recognised in OCl so has no impact on profit or loss.
The treatment of the increase in fair value of the investment in LXP is different however. This is recognised in profit
or loss in the year ended 30 September 20X7, and a current tax charge is increased in respect of the gain. This is
because, in this jurisdiction, tax treatment follows accounting treatment in respect of recognition of gains and
losses through profit or loss. At an income tax rate of 20% this increases the current tax charge by (£27,000 x 20%) = 5,400
services 750,000
tax charge 150,000
SB UK AIM
Subsidarys
Investment called CG
YE Sept X7
PBT 5.3
Materiality 0.265
Trade payables
Additional investment in CG
1 June X5 2000000
Share cap
John Troon 600,000 60%
Ken Troon - John's son 200,000 20%
Sharon Troon - Ken's wife 100,000 10%
SB 100,000 10%
1,000,000
FV of 2,000,000
FV X6 2,500,000
Increase recognised OCI 500,000 Sept X6
Associate?
SB holds 10% + (40% x 60%)24% - 34% of the shares of CG at 30 September 20X7. This would indicate that SB
has signiticant intluence as this is presumed it an investor holds 20% or more of the voting power. urther
evidence of significant intluence is that CG has a representative on the board of directors and is eftectively two of
the four board members. There are other indicators too - for example:
CGis a key supplier of SB so there are material transactions between the investor and the investee; and
Ken and Sharon have roles as directors with SB so there is an interchange of management personnel between
CG and SB.
Significant infiuence would require SB to account for CG as an associate and to equity account for the investment
under IAS 28.
Is CG a subsidiary?
SB has signed a call option which means that they will own 70% of the shares in CG on 1 January 20X8. IFRS 10
requires an investor to consider potential voting rights in considering whether it has control and whether it has the
practical ability to exercise the voting rights.
Although SB does not have the majority of the voting rights, it seems likely that it may still have control at 30
September 20X7 as SB has two out of four members of the board.
Share option
1 Jan X9 K & S 32,000 SB shares
28,000 Cash equal to SB shares
1 Jan X7 FV of shares £20
1 Jan X7 MV of shares £22
30 Sept X7 MV of shares £24
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IFRS 2 requires an entity to recognise share-based payments in its financial statements. Iherefore, the fact that no
cash is involved is not a reason for not recognising an expense.
This transaction involves a choice of settlement and results in a compound financial instrument.
DR Expense £252,000
CR Liabiliy £252,000
DR Expense £9,000
CR Equity £9,000
GRNI accrual
The audit team has identified a control weakness which revealed that the incorrect goods had been matched to
the purchase invoice - no tests ot detail have been performed by Ann in respect of this weakness.
Sample sizes should have been increased in response to the control weakness being identified.
t is not clear whether Ann has agreed the GRNI list to GRN or linked this to work on supplier statement
reconciliations. Iheretore, she has not tested accuracy of the GRNI accrual.
Ann has selected just 10 GRNI from the list to make sure they are pre- year end, but she has not linked this to
purchase invoices and the payables ledger to ensure appropriate valuation and cut off. Audit procedures (tests of
detail) are required to match invoices to GRNS pre-and post-year end and vice versa to ensure completeness and
accuracy.
There is no justification for the sample size of 10.
Ann has only agreed to bank payments and confirmed that no invoices have been received - she has not tested
accuracy and authorisation by agreeing to GRN.
No work has been completed on supplier statement reconciliations to obtain third party evidence of
completeness, valuation and accuracy.
Examining key supplier statements may identify that a significant proportion of the accrual can either be
substantiated or confirmed as not required.
Audit procedures have not been focused on older and material items in the list of unmatched GRNs.
Audit risks
Delay in invoicing accuracy and completeness
As there is a delay of 10 days between GRN and recording of invoices, there is an audit risk that delays in invoicing
could lead to inaccurate recording of inventory valuations and purchases. I his is increased for MAK where the
delay is up to 21 days.
SC 0.1
Proceeds 7900
FV of 15% 1000
8900
Net asset 10,000
Goodwill 0 full impaiared
Less NCI -2500
7,500
Treatment as discontinued?
lo be presented as discontinued the sale of EC's shares in Luka need to be part of a single coordinated plan to
withdraw trom a major business line - the level of commercial links between EC and Luka would indicate that this is
not a discontinued operation and its results should be presented in continuing operations to the date of sale which
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is 1 December 20X7.
6-months results tor Luka are included on a line by line basis in the statement of proit or loss until the date of sale-
1 December 20X7.
As Luka is to be presented on the SOFP as an associate using equity accounting, the group's share of the
associate's loss should be presented also as continuing operations.
£1.5 milionx 6/12 x 15%- £112,500
As an associate, Luka would be a related party of EC and disclosure would be required of transactions and services
between the two parties.
Intercompany trading may give rise to adjustments for unrealised profit.
Audit risks
The key audit risk is that the group tinancial statements will be presented incorrectly, omitting the results ot the
subsidiary trom continuing operations and calculating the loss on disposal incorrectly and the presentation of the
remaining shareholding as an investment instead of equity accounted as an associate.
Contingent Liability
fraud for bribery and corruption investigation
takes 5 years to resolve
estimated likelihood
No fines payables 52%
£1.00 38%
£1.50 10%
0.53
Audit risks
The key audit risk is that liabilities are incorrectly stated, disclosure in respect of the contingent liability is not
appropriate or in proportion to the risk as described by the directors within other sections of the financial
statements - eg, directors' review of risks.
Continuing operations
Revenue 31,170
Profit before tax 1,896
Income tax expense (Note 1) -380
Profit from continuing operations 1,516
Discontinued operations
Loss from discontinued operations (Note 2) -1,250
Profit for the year 266
These assets should be classified as held for sale at fair value and should not be depreciated after the decision to
sell the assets on 1 March 20X8. The assets should be measured in current assets at the lower of the carrying
amount and the fair value - the fair value is in the case of IFRS 5 defined as the fair value less costs to sell - there is
no requirement to follow the detinition in IAS 36, Impairment of Assets to determine the recoverable amount.
Depreciation for the last three months should be reversed as follows
Subject to the valuation being appropriate, the factory does not appear to be impaired.
Cost at 1 June 20X7 4385
Less: Depreciation f685,000+ for 9 months/12 months x 137= £103,000 -788
3597
Fair value
EURO offer - 5040 / 1.2 (exchange rate) 4200
Fair value
EURO 2519 / 1.12 2249
The office should not be recognised as held for sale - Instead the office should be accounted
for as an Investment property as per IAS 40.
The property should be revalued at the date the change of use occurred to tair value anda revaluation gain
recognised in accordance with IAS 16.
The depreciation charqe for the final three months should be written back to profit or loss as follows:
Fiar vlaue
EURO 5570 / 1.2 4642
Audit risks
There is an increased risk associated with the assets being purchased in a different currency and located in
ditterent jurisdictions. There is specitic risk over the valuations and the valuation methods used which would lead
to the assets not being correctly recognised in the financial statements.
No mention has been made of how the lease has been recognised and the financial reporting treatment of this
may also be incorrect.
profit on disposal
Luka and
results for associate's
6m profit Provision Depn Impairment
Revenue 31170 7500 38,670
Profit before tax 1,896 -890 1400 433 146 -400 2,585
Income tax -380 140 -240
Profit from continuing operation 1,516 -750 766
Post-tax loss of associate -113 -113
Profit for the year 2232
Associate profit
Each company is assessed to tax on its own profits - therefore this adjustment already includes the group's share of
the associate's tax charge and has no impact on the current tax expense.
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Extracts from statement of comprehensive income for the year ended 30 April 20x8
Profit betore tax 2300
Other comprehensive income 0
Forward
Spot (for delivery on 31 July 20X7)
1 March 20x7 £1-R$7.3 £1-R$7.4
30 April 20x7 £1-R$6.5 £1-R$6.7
31 July 20X7 £1- R$5.7 f1-R$5.7
The change in the tair value of future expected cash flows on the hedged item is calculated as tollows:
Value of hedged item at 30 April 20X7 (RS50,000,000/6.5) 7,692,308
Value of hedged item on 1 March 20X7 (RS50,000,000/7.3) 6,849,315
Gain on contract 842,993
As this change in the fair value is greater than the gain on the forward contract, the hedge is deemed to be
fully effective and the whole of the gain on the forward contract is recognised through OCI.
The IFRS 9 criteria to use hedge accounting have been met, so it was valid to use hedge accounting.
As this change in the fair value of the hedged item is less than the gain on the forward contract, part of thee
gain on the forward contract is said to be inetective and this part of the gain on the forward is recognised in
profit or loss.
The efective part of the hedge is calculated on a cumulative basis by comparing the cumulative gain on the
forward contract at inception of the hedge with the cumulative gain in tair value of the hedged item from the
inception.
additional gain in the three months to settlement less £92,558 recognised in profit or loss as the ineffective
portion) has been recognised in other comprehensive income and is held in equity.
This is a cash flow hedge of a new machine, which is a non-financial asset. Therefore, IFRS 9 requires that the
amount accumulated in the cash tlow hedge reserve is transterred to be included in the initial cost or carrying
amount of the non-financial item. This is not a reclassification adjustment and does not affect the other
comprehensive income of the pernod.
The net credit to the suspense account is (£8,771,930 - E2,015,173) £6,756,757, and so the suspense account
is eliminated.
IFRS 9 requires that the amount of the cash flow hedge reserve be deducted from the amount of thee
capitalised value of the machine (£8,771,930).
This is recorded by the following journal entry:
In the financial year ended 30 April 20X8, nine months' worth of depreciation is charged:
E(8,771,930-1,922,615) x 5 years x 9/12- £1,027,397 8,771,930
This is recorded by the following journal entry: -1,922,615
6,849,315
Depn 1,027,397 5 year and 9/12
DEBIT Profit or loss 1,027,397
CREDIT Depreciation 1,027,397
shares at YE 300
DR COS 12000
CR TP 12000
correcting jounral
CR SC 12000
DR TP 12000
Ihe issue of shares to Ester Ltd constitutes an equity-settled share-based payment transaction. Because the
shares are being issued to a third party, the transaction is recognised at the fair value of goods provIded,
which in this case is £12,000, with a debit of that amount to cost of sales, and a credit to equity. Iheretore, the
accounting entry already made is partly correct, but the credit should be to equity rather than to trade
payables. The credit is normally to either a separate component of equity or to retained earnings. If the credit
is to a separate component of equity, the correcting journal entry is as follows:
CA in April 5600
RR 700
This asset was revalued on 30 April 20X5, three years after purchase, when its carrying amount was
(E8,000,000 x //10) £5,600,000. The amount of the revaluation was theretfore (t6,300,000 - £5,600,000)
£700,000. Because Raven does not have a policy of making annual transters from revaluation reserve to
retained earnings, the revaluation amount of t/00,000 relating to the production line still forms part of
Raven's revaluation reserve at 30 April 20X8.
The carrying amount of the asset at 30 April 20x8, before impairment, was:
£6,300,000 x 4/7 - £3,600,000
The recoverable amount of the asset at that date was the higher of fair value less costs to sell (£2,600,000)
and value in use of f2,800,000. The amount of impairment to be recognised at 30 April 20X8 was therefore
(E3,600,000 - £2,800,000) f800,000. This is offset first against the amount of £700,000 relating to this asset in
revaluation reserve, and then the balance is recognised as an expense in profit or loss. Ihe journal entry Is as
follows:
Lease asset
Sale 10,000,000 FV at 1 May X7
Lease back over 10 years
CA 7,000,000
Annual rent 540,000
Useful life 50 years
Interest 5%
ROU 4,169,880
Reverse
DR Cash 10,000
CR Suspense 10,000
This transaction must be accounted for in accordance with the sale and leaseback rules of lFRS 16, whereby a
right-of-use asset is recognised for the rights retained and a gain on disposal is recognised tor the rights
transferred. The present value of the future lease payments using the 5% interest rate implicit in the lease is
£540,000 x 7.722 - £4,169,880.
Stage 2: Recognise the amount of any gain on the sale that relates to the rights retained by the seller:
Total gain on sale £10,000,000- £7,000,000 £3,000,000
Gain relating to rights retained: £3,000,000 x £4,169,880 + £10,000,000 = £1,250,964.
Stage 3: Recognise the amount of any gain on the sale that relates to the rights transferred to the buyer:
The gain relating to the rights transferred is the balancing figure. Therefore, gain relating to rights transferred
is £3,000,000- f1,250,964 - £1,749,036.
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ROU 2,918,916
Year depn over 10 291,892
The lease liability is amortised, going one year turther to determine current versus non-current:
348,081 current
Of the total lease liability at 30 April 20x8, 540,000 -191,919 - £348,081 (capital repayment) is current and
£3,490,293 is non-current.
Journal entries are required as follows to record the disposal and to clear the suspense account:
Pension scheme
Denefied benefits pension
Obligation Assets
Opening balance - 2,966.00 2,830.00 - 136
Interest - 148.30 141.50 DR Interest cost PorlL CR Interest cost PorL
Contrubtions 575.00 Adjust for misposting to PorL
Past service - 120.00 DR PorL
Service cost - 390.00 DR PorL
Benefits paid out 330.00 - 330.00
- 3,294.30 3,216.50
- 163.30 31.50 - 132 Gain/loss to OCl (net loss of £131,800)
Actuary FV - 3,457.60 3,428.00 - 30
Explanation
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The posting of the contribution to staff costs does not reflect the correct financial reporting treatment under
IAS 19. The opening obligation should be adjusted to retlect the service cost which is the increase in the
present value of the defined benefit obligation resulting from employee services during the year and the
interest cOsts which represents the 'unwinding of the present value of the obligation.
The net defined benefit obligation needs to be remeasured to calculate the actuarial gains and losses and
actual return on plan assets which are taken to reserves through OC.
The journal entries required are as follows:
Example of pension
Assets Obligation
Opening balance 22 -60 -38
Interest 1.1 -3
Contro 6.4
Redudancy -4.2
Service cost -5.9
Benefits paid -2.1 2.1
Sub total 27.4 -71
Gain/loss re measure recog OCI 5.2 -3.5
At year end 32.6 -74.5
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Interm review
Materiality 50,000
5% of PBT
Exhibit 1: Report from Cromer Bell specialist data analytics team on MRL's operating expenses for the 10 months ended 30 June 20X8
MRL's financial statements for the 10 months ended 30 June 20X8 include total operating expenses as shown below.
10 months to 30 10 months to
June 20x8 30 June 20X7
£'000 £'000
Wages and salaries for administrative staff 2,324 2,159 7.6%
Other staff expenses 495 540 -8.3%
Insurance, electricity, gas and other utilities 1,140 1,275 -10.6%
Depreciation of oftice equipment 180 200 -10.0%
Movement in allowance for receivables 80 200 -60.0%
Profit on sale of branch office -300 0
Legal and professional fees 210 50 320.0%
Movement in provision for claims and other legal matters 40 180 -77.8%
Start-up costs for MP Ltd 230 0
Other administrative expenses 76 63 20.6%
Total operating expenses 4,475 4,667 -4.1%
Client data
In February 20X8, a credit entry of tl100,000 was made to the impairment allowance for receivables.
In June 20X8, a credit entry of £300,000 was made in respect of the protit on the sale of the branch office.
December 20X7 expenses include a one-off legal fee of f150,000.
October 20X7 expenses include start-up costs of f230,000.
Movements in the provision for claims and other legal matters were:
a credit entry of £40,000 in February 20x8
a debit entry of £80,000 in March 20x8.
April 20X8
DEBIT Wages and salaries for administrative staff £50,000
CREDIT Accruals £50,000
Half-year bonus for MRL executive team.
FV 1,000,000
PV of lease 842,400 120,000 x 7.02
ROR 589,680 (700k x PV ) / 1,000,000
Gain in sale 300,000
The gain relating to the rights transferred is the balancing figure. Therefore, gain relating to rights transferred is £300,000 - £252,720 - £47,280.
The credit to profit or loss should be reduced by f252,720 to £47,280.
The transaction took place on the last day of the 10-month period, but for the final 2 months, and in subsequent years, depreciation will be calculated on the right-of-use asset and the lease liability
amortised. The right-of-use asset is also apportioned and only the rights retained by the seller are recognised in the statement of tinancial position:
Carrying amount x PV of future lease payments at transfer date/fair value of asset at transfer date
£700,000 x f842,400 + £1,000,000 - £589,680
Start-up costs
The start-up costs relate to the new company set up with Peerless and appear to relate to an amount subscribed as initial capital. It theretore appears incorrect that this should have been treated as an
operating cost.
The relevant accounting guidance to consider is that concerning joint arrangements. MP is a separate entity and will have Articles setting out the contractual arrangements between the parties. As
50:50 shareholders, neither Peerless nor MRL will have control. MP will have its own assets and liabilities and the arrangement is therefore a joint venture rather than a joint operation. it shouldd
therefore be accounted for using the equty method in the consolidated accounts for the Milcomba GroupP
The initial capital represents an investment in the JV and should have been shown in the statement of financial position as an investment and not accounted for as an operating cost. In MRL's separate
financial statements, the investment will in accordance with IAS 27, be held at cost less any impairment in value or in accordance with IFRS 9. An impairment seems unlikely as MP is profit making.
For the Milcomba consolidated accounts, the investment value will increase by MRL's share of the profit made by MP (50% of £50,000 - £25,000 (less any tax). This, together with any associated tax
charge, wil be reflected in the group statement of profit or loss.
MRL will also have transactions with MP to pay its share of the ongoing trading costs and we will need to ensure that these are properly accrued and accounted for - and this represents a clear audit
risk. It should eliminate from its costs any unrealised profits - this could arise where costs in respect ot an ongoing recruitment job are incurred in MP and carried on the SOFP of MRL Only haltf of the
profit is eliminated as the other halt accrues to the other investor, Peerless..
also depends on other factors Such as whether a reliable estimate can be developed from reliable data in order to make a prediction as a benchmark expectation against which to Judge actual results.
In addition, we need to consider whether substantive analytical procedures alone will provide sufticient evidence or whether they are or need to be supported by other audit evidence. In most cases,
the work on the expenses will be supported by work on liabilities or provisions.
tis also necessary to consider whether they are likely to be the most etticient audit test.
AUDIT Z PLC
audio equipment to subs and customers
30 Sept X7
Materiality $ 1,800,000
Investment in KJL
based OS used $
Brought 60%
Con $ 52,800,000 1 Jan X7
Con $ 52,800
NCI 40% x 73,750 $ 29,500
FV of NA $ -73,750
Goodwill $ 8,550
AT HR 6 $ 1,425
AT CR 4.8 $ 1,781
Exchange rate gain $ -356
Loan to KJL
Loan to them $ 21,000,000
Interest 6%
Repayable Sept X9
Interest $ 945,000
Loan £ £ 3,500,000
Rate at loan $ 6.00
YE rate $ 4.80
YE £ value £ 4,375,000
Gain -£ 875,000 recognised in the profit and loss account of subsidary
Def tax $ -175,000
Journals
Parents financial statements:
DEBIT Loan to KJ 875
CREDIT Profit or loss 875
DEBIT Income tax- P orL 175
CREDIT Deferred tax liability 175
On consolidation, the exchange difference will be removed from the consolidated profit or loss and it will be recognised as other comprehensive income and recorded in equity in the combined
statement of financial position.
Consolidation adjustments:
DEBIT Retained earnings f875,000 - £175,000 700
CREDIT Foreign exchange reserve 700
The loan should be presented as a receivable in Zmant's financial statements and it will cancel on consolidation. As the loans will cancel on consolidation, the following consolidation adjustment will
DEBIT Non-current liabilities 4,375
CREDIT Loan to KJL 4,375
Janet's query was in relation to the receivable balance of £3,500,000 - she also needs to investigate the treatment of the interest. The loan has an annual interest rate of 6%. She needs to ensure that 9
months of interest have been accrued or charged in KJL and credited in Zmant's individual financial statements. If the interest is outstanding at the year end there would be implications for the forex
gain and, depending on the tax treatment, a deferred tax implication.
On consolidation the interest would require translation at the average rate.
There will also be a consolidation adjustment to cancel the finance cost and income.
Inventory adjustment - PURP adjustment and deferred tax adjustment on consolidation only
Parent purchase of sub
Purchase price 5,500,000 9/12 of the year 4,125,000
An adjustment is required for the profit on goods in Zmant's inventory. This is because in the consolidated income statement this profit is not realised and therefore should not be reflected in the
combined results of the two entities. Once the inventories are sold to a third party, this adjustment will no longer be required.
Ihe accountant's calculation is incorrect-for example the accountant has adjusted for profit on goods bought from KJL not on the goods held in inventory.
This is an adjustment to the consolidated financial statements and not the individual company accounts.
The unrealised profit is calculated as follows:
£2,500,000 x 359%/1359%- £648,148
The temporary difference results in a deferred tax asset as in the group accounts there is a tax charge for a non-existent asset which needs to be removed.
Although no adjustment is required to the individual financial statements, a deferred tax asset would be included in the consolidated financial statements as follows:
This is a consolidation adjustment and will impact the consolidated reserves; NCI and inventory.
Assuming goods are purchased evenly over the year, an adjustment will also be required to remove intra group trading.
DEBIT Revenue £5,500,000 x 9/12 f4,125,000
CREDIT COS £5,500,000 x 9/12 £4,125,000
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Significant matters
R&D expense $ 10,700,000
Project sound $ 7,900,000
Comments
Materials for prototype model 1,725 Capilisited R&D
New computer equipment - bought on 1 January 20X7 1,700 PPE and depn
Salary costs of development staff
incurred after 1 April 20X7 1,270 Capilisited R&D
incurred before 1 April 20X7 790 PL charge
Registraition fee for depn 910 Capilisited R&D
Car used for speaker testing - bought on 1 January 20X7 555 PPE and den
Allocated general overheads 950 PL charge
7,900
Remove computer equipment -1,700 2 year depn applied Depn charge 9/24 -637.5
Allocated general overheads -950 Director uses and result personal tax liab
Car used for speaker testing - bought on 1 January 20X7 -555
incurred after 1 April 20X7 -790
3,905
Recognition criteria per IAS 38 Points to indicate capitalisation from 1 April 20X7
Technical feasibility? Question says -adapting an existing speaker
Intention to complete and sell? Specitic request from an existing customer
Ability to use or sell intangible asset? Company using the development cost to make a product to sell tor which they have a firm order from a
Generate probable future markets? Customer
Adequate technical - financial resources?
Measure reliably? Nothing in question to say the company cant measure reliably - further information is required
TAS 38 states that the development costs comprise all directly attributable costs. These include materials for the prototype O$1,725,000, the salary costs of the development staff OS1,270,000 and the
tees to secure the legal right to the design OS910,000. If the costs meet the recognition criteria for development expenditure the standard says the costs must be capitalised.
We should be sceptical about the motivation for expensing which has significant tax benefits for the company.
Amortisation of these costs should commence once the product is ready for sale. To advise on an adjustment, more information will be needed on amortisation rates.
The allocated general overhead potentially should be written off unless these are specific to the development of the technology. It is however questionable whether this expernditure would meet the
criteria of research expenditure.
Further information should be obtained to determine how this cost has been calculated and whether they are specific to the development asset
With respect to the computer equipment and the car, both these assets meet the definition of an asset and should be capitalised. Management comment is unacceptable regarding the hiding of the
cost of the car from the tax authorities to prevent personal tax liability tor CEO.
The computer costs of O$1,700,000 should be capitalised as part of PPE and depreciated over two years. Assuming that this was purchased on 1 January 20X7 depreciation of 9/24 x OS1,700,000
OS637,500 should be recognised in the statement of profit or loss -it is possitble to include depreciation within the research and development costs and more information should be obtained.
The car too should be capitalised and the cost less residual value depreciated over its useful economic life. Further information is required.
R&D
Project Sound
The clear weakness here is that Welzun has not carried out any audit procedures to determine the risk of material misstatement at the assertion level as per ISA (UK) 315 (Revised July 2020).
Project Entertain
The auditors have not carried out audit procedures to determine the nature of these costs as research costs. Incorrect classification of the costs could resut in tax evasion since the impact is a larger
claim for tax to be refunded. The assertion of classification therefore has not been substantiated.
It also seems extremely questionable that the report has not been received and yet KJL has accepted the obligations to pay tor this service.
Confirmation to invoice and bank statement confirms the audit assertion of occurrence but does not confirm completeness. Are there any further costs to be recorded?
As the report has not been received, there is no confirmation that the cut off assertion has been satisfied.
The auditors have accepted management statements without challenge and corroboration.
Income tax receivable
Accepting the work of Welzun's own tax department for the income receivable balance is also not sufficient. Ihis does not challenge management assumptions about the nature of the costs included
in the claim.
The tax department may not have oversiaht of the nature and classification of these costs.
Additional procedures
Group auditor responsibilities
The group auditor cannot discharge their responsibility to report on the group financial statements by unquestioning acceptance of the component's financial statements (ISA (UK) 600 (Revised) para.
11).
The initial assessment of welzun pertormed at the audit planning stage should be reviewed to ensure that DB believes that sufficient audit evidence on which to base a group audit opinion can be
obtained from the work performed on KJL by Welzun. We should question whether DB's involvement at the planning stage was appropriate.
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If the group auditor does not consider that sutticient appropriate audit evidence has been obtained then the group auditor or the component auditor should pertorm one or more of the tollowing:
a full audit using component materiality
an audit of one or more account balances, classes of transactions or disclosures
specified procedures (SA (UK) 600 (Revised) para. 27)
DB should consider the evidence and determine whether a revision of the audit plan is needed and whether it has correctly assessed Welzun's ability to complete audit procedures of sufficient
standard to enable an opinion on the group financial statements to be made. Depending on this assessment, additional procedures should be identified. Ihese could be completed by the group
auditor or by the component auditor (ISA (UK) 600 (Revised) para. 31).
Project Sound
Specific procedures would be:
Confirm existence of computer equipment and car by physical inspection and agree the cost to purchase invoice to confirm occurrence.
Evaluate depreciation and amortisation policies to ensure appropriate to the asset and consistent with accounting policies.
Agree costs recorded for other expenditure to supporting documentation such as invoices, payroll records to contirm accuracy and cut oft.
Obtain schedule of allocated general overheads and re-pertorm the calculations, applying professional scepticism to ensure the reasonableness of underlying assumptions.
Project Entertain
Whilst it is possible that the report has been delayed, completeness of the costs can be ascertained by agreeing to a contract between KJL and GetGo-this will also enable contirmation of the
appropriate classification of the costs.
Obtain direct confirmation of costs with GetGo to ensure appropriate cut off.
Directors 60%
7 inst inestory 40% no more than 5%
Additional information
Earnings per share 0.212 0.019 TBC
Dividend per ordinary share 0.02 0.01 Nil
Chelle share price at 31 October 1.711 1.139 0.98
Tax 19%
Equity
Share capital (£1 shares) 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
Other components of equity 1,689 1,416 1,416 347 1,763
Retained earnings 37,966 38,054 37294 -100 37,194
Long-term liabilities (5% convertible bonds) 9,486 9,603 9,603 124 9,727
Current liabilities 0
Trade payables 4,256 4,818 6,304 6,304
Tax payable 530 47 0
Bank overdraft (limit £5 million) 1,219 1,219
Total equity and liabilities 63,927 63,938 65,836 66,207
Although interest of £500,000 has been recognised in the draft financial statements, an adjustment is required to increase finance costs to reflect the effective interest rate and to increase the amount
of the bond to present value.
Bond present value at 31 October 20X6: £9,603,000
Finance cost on £9,603,000 at 6.5%- £624,195, rounded to f624,000
Bond present value at 31 October 20X7: (E9,603 + £624-£500 interest paid);: £9,727,000
Journal entry required:
DEBIT Finance costs (f624 -£500) 124
CREDIT Bond 124
Equity investment
Investment in equity
Consid 100
SC 1500
Acc gain and loss 2015 1776
Acc gain and loss 2016 1503
Share price 2017 18.5
MV at 17 1850
-18.5
1831.5
MV at 17 1850
Acc gain and loss 2016 1503
347
The financial controller has not recognised a gain or loss in respect of the equity instrument. The value of the holding in Spence plc at 31 October 20X7 is £18.50 x 100,000 - £1.85m. This is an
increase of (E1,850-£1,503) - £347,000.
The journal entry required to recognise this gain is as follows:
As there are bonds which are convertible into ordinary shares at a future date, a diluted earnings/(loss) per share must be calculated. If the effect of the additional shares would be dilutive, diluted
earnings per share must be disclosed.
Upon maturity of the bond, the bondholders can opt to receive one ordinary share for every £10 of bond held. The maximum number of shares that could be issued is £10,000,000/10 1,000,000.
The total number of shares in the denominator of the calculation is therefore 11 million.
Computation of the diluted earnings involves adding back the after-tax etect of the finance cost saved. In the year ended 31 October 20X7 interest at the effective rate is t624,000 (calculated earlier).
Interest paid and finance cost 624.195
The diluted loss per share is reduced, and therefore antidilutive, and does not require disclosure.
Report
Liquidity and efficiency
The current and quick ratios contim that the business is not facing any immediate liquidity crisis, although they have worsened significantly over the three-year period. Ihe £5 million overdraft limit
helps to cushion any shortage of working capital funds. However, there are some worrying signs in the etticiency ratios. Inventory seems to be well under control, but both receivables and payables
provide cause for concern. Receivables days are at an even higher level by the year end compared with the previous years. Chelle's customers include supermarket chains which are notoriously slow in
paying, but even taking this into account, 90 days is a very long element of the working capital cycle. Ihe trade payables collection period has worsened, too, and suppliers may be inclined to put
pressure on Chelle for payment when the average outstanding period is 101 days.
Equity investors
Chelle's investors have seen their share price reduced at 31 October 20X7 to only 57% of what it was two years' previously. In the meantime, they have received a dividend of only 1p per share and 2p
in 20x5 (0p in the 20X/ tinancial year). Chelle s performance, at least as tar as profitability is concerned, has not been encouraging. It is arguable that the payment of a dividend, which would currentily
have to be paid out of overdraft, would make little difference. However, please see the separate document [section 4 of answer| which addresses the extent to which a distribution could be made.
Performance
he trend in business performance, as evidenced by the statement of profit or lss, has cleariy been disappointing over the last three years. Gross, operating and net profit margins have tallen, and the
increased cost of supplies from other countries has no doubt had a part to play in the disappointing pertormance. However, adverse exchange rates are only one element.
One striking factor is the downturn in sales revenue. Revenue fell by almost 11% between 20X5 and 20X6, and by almost 4% between 20X6 and 20X7. This is, according to the MD, the result of
increased competition. However, it would be worth investigating this further to contim that this is the reason and/or to identity other factors. For example, it Chelle and the retailers it supplies have
attempted to pass on increased product costs to customers in higher prices there may have been a consequent volume reduction in sales. Ihere is a tall in GP% which presumably relates to the
change in exchange rates.
Operating costs have risen by 17.7% over the period 20X5 to 20X7. Presumably, most of these costs are incurred in the UK, and therefore there would be no adverse exchange rate effects. This is an
area that would require detailed further investigation.
At its best level over the three-year period the return on capital employed in 20X5 was only 5.7%, with return on shareholders' funds in 20X5 even lower at 4.27%. This performance has worsened in
20X6 and 20X/. The poor return on investment trom a shareholder point of view may help to account for the fall in share price and the evident lack of shareholder confidence in the company
Cash flow
Chelle's performance from a cash flow point of view is much better than the profitability ratios suggest. The cash return on capital employed at around 19% has varied very little over the three-year
period. Ihe extracts from the draft statement of cash flows show that the cash generated has been utilised almost entirely in investing activities. As financial assets have remained stable over the three-
year period, it is evident that the investment activity has been in respect of property, plant and equipment (PPE). The statement of financial position contirms that PPE has risen each year. However, the
PPE does not appear to have been utilised as intensively in recent periods. The non-current asset turnover ratio has worsened significantly over the period. It may be that the non-current assets have
not been fully functional over the period, or that the nature of the investment has changed, but further investigation is needed.
If revenue and profitability continue to decline the company's share price is likely to continue its downward trajectory. Any distribution threatens the company's cash position, so it is unlikely to be able
to make a significant difterence to shareholder attitudes by means of dividend. A continuing weakening of f sterling would make a bad situation worse as Chelle would become less competitive. If
strong competition in the market continues to be a tactor Chelle's downward slide could be very ditficult to arrest.
If the company's cash position worsens then its status as a going concern could ultimately be threatened. However, as noted above Chelle's gearing level is relatively low and it may not be too difticult
to obtain further borrowings, to repay the bonds in two years' time and to finance working capital.
Conclusion
Chelle continues to produce strong positive cash tlows, although its protitability has suttered. The fall in sales is a matter of concern, especially when compared to the significant investments that have
been made over the last three years in property, plant and equipment. Chelle's long-term borrowings mature in two years' time and it currently seems likely that bondholders will opt for redemption.
This would put Chelle into the position of having to fund a £10 million cash outilow. Directors should start planning for this eventuality now.
Appendix: ratio calculations
Chelle's directors should bear in mind that the table above shows amounts that are legally distributable. The constraint for Chelle in paying dividends is not the amount that is distributable, but rather
the absence of cash.
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Solvit PLC - listed
supply accounting software and eduction
purchase software and maintence
Materiality 5% pBT
Materiality 1m
Specific audit objectives of our audit procedures to provide assurance in respect of revenue recognition
The application ot IFRS 15 is the key tocus of the revenue recognition risk for the 20XIIK8 audit, although the risk is also enhanced by the operational tactors.
In particular, the audit objectives of our audit procedures on this key audit matter are
to ensure that any prior period adjustment has been accurately calculated and that all relevant contracts have been considered
to examine if sotware and services are separate performance obligations where Solvit is delivering a customised software product
to ensure that the allocation of the total price between the elements of larger, multi-element contracts is pertormed accurately using prices which are those applied when the elements are sold
separately
to identify if sales have been made to customers who have been given the rights to future discounts; and
to identity revenues where there appears to be delay in Customer payment and consider whether this is indicative of any early revenue recognition. In particular there IS a risk that revenue may be
recognised for faulty software which the customer has not accepted and which Is not fit for purpose.
Audit procedures
ldentity contracts where not all elements have been delivered at the year end, as such contracts are the ones where revenue recognition will be affected by allocation between delivered and
undelivered elements. Ihey should agree that revenue has been recognised appropriately for these contracts
Ferform analytical procedures on the pattern of revenue recognition over the year for each type of revenue and investigate unusual items - these might include variations in maintenance revenues
which might be expected to be spread evenly over the year or peaks in the recognition of software or services revenues which might be indicative of cut-oft issues or manipulation of the results.
ldentity revenue postings not generated by cash, trade receivables or from reversal ot a contract liability as these are inherently unexpected transactions worthy of tollow up.
Specific audit objectives of our audit procedures to provide assurance in respect of the trade receivables allowance
The objectives of our audit procedures are to address the following risks:
To ensure that adequate allowance is made for receivables from educational sector clients
To ensure that the allowance is based on the best information available or reassessed fully to consider the balances and circumstances at 31 March 20X8
Our audit procedures should do the following:
Perform analytical procedures to identity trade receivables with a deterioration in ageing.
ldentify factors which might be distorting the ageing reported such as unmatched credit notes or cash receipts.
ldentify any amounts on the receivables ledger which relate to the prior financial year so that the adequacy of the prior year allowance can be fully assessed.
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they have accrualed max bonus and think they can do it
The objectives of our audit procedures are to address the following risks:
Management understating judgemental provisions or consistently setting provisions at the lowest acceptable point in a range, meaning that the position overall is aggressive and does not truly
represent the best estimate.
Management making accounting entries with the sole purpose of boosting results.
The bonus being inappropriately recognised.
Our audit procedures should do the following
Review closing and other journal entries to identity items of audit interest. These will include journals booked by senior management who do not normally make detailed accounting entries; round
sum amounts which might be indicative of estimates of overall adjustments; journals booked outside of normal working hours to conceal them; journals which are unusual in some way such as an
entry in DEBII non-Current assets and CREDII revenue which would not normally be expected.
Re-perform the calculation of the management bonus at the year end- agree to contracts of employment to ensure that the calculation is in line with the contract
DR ROU 3,753
DR Cash 15,000
CR PPE 11,000
CR Gain on disposal 2,635
CR Lease liability 5,118 PV of lease payments
The right-of-use asset will be depreciated over the lease term of ten years: £3,753,200/10 - £375,320 (this is shorter than the estimated remaining useful life of the building, which is 20 years).
ROU depn over 10 years
ROU 3,753
Depn 375.32
DR Depn 375.32
CR ROU 375.32
Amoirsation of lease
Interest Lease
bf 3% payment cf
X7 5,118.00 153.54 - 600.00 4,671.54
X8 4,671.54 140.15 - 600.00 4,211.69
446.46 459.85 Current
4,211.69 Non current
Of the total lease liability at 31 March 20X8, 600,000 -140,146 = £459,854 (capital repayment) is current and f4,211,686 is non-current
Specific audit objectives of our audit procedures to provide assurance in respect of the sale and leaseback
The objective of our audit procedures is to eliminate the risk of a material misstatement arising trom the incorrect financial reporting treatment of this complex transaction. Specifically, this would
include:
Confirmation that the disposal is a genuine sale in accordance with IFRS 15
Confirmation of the accounting treatment of the lease arrangements under IFRS 16
Our audit procedures should do the following:
Obtain a copy of the sale and leaseback contract to confirm the parties involved, the date of the transaction and the sale value of f15 million.
Reconcile sale proceeds to bank statements and disposal to non-current asset register.
- Inspect contract to determine the substance of the sale and leaseback arrangement (ie to confirm that control of the property has been passed to the buyer, who now becomes the lessor).
Confirm the terms of the lease with the contract (such as the rights conferred, the term, the rental amounts of f600,000, their frequency and the implicit interest rate).
Challenge management over the remaining useful life of the property.
Discuss the accounting treatment of these events with the Finance Director of Solvit to agree on the accounting entries required.
Obtain further evidence from an independent source about the likely renewal of the lease after 10 years.
Evaluate the need to appoint an auditor's expert to agree tair value.
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