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Apollo Planning Audit Mini Case

In this mini-case you will perform some procedures required as part of audit planning. For ease your audit manager has already
workpapers and completed several of the required workpapers.
Instructions:

Read and respond to the email from your manager, then read the steps in the audit program found on Work Paper A-0 and fami
the other planning section work papers. Complete all the steps on the audit program instructed by your manager.

When you are finished with the items on the workpaper enter your initials in the box in the top right marked "Prepared By"

This entire completed workbook should be renamed as PLAN_Firstname_Lastname and uploaded.


Date: 21 OCT 2020 00:42:35 +0000
From: "Darlene Wardlaw" <[email protected]>
Subject: Upcoming Apollo Shoes Engagement
 
 
Well, first let me congratulate you on your recent promotion. Although we have not worked on an engagement togeth
before, I have heard many good things about you. I look forward to working with you on the new Apollo Shoes engag
Things have already gotten started so you’ll see that I’ve done quite a bit of the work but I really need your help. I hav
client acceptance form on my desk but I haven't put it in the binder yet.

 
I understand that this is your first engagement to work as an in-charge. Arnold Anderson will be the engagement partn
is pretty sharp so you’ll have to stay on your toes. As engagement manager, I’ll try to help out as much as I can. Und
however, that I am managing four other busy season engagements, so my interaction time with you will be limited. T
Crump is the staff associate assigned to the audit. For now, I want you to familiarize yourself with Apollo Shoes. I ask
Taylor to complete a materiality memo, but it may be useful for you to do it as well as a way to get familiar with Apol
have a few questions for you to answer, it may seem basic but I find its the best way to get your feet underneath you. I
included all necessary documents in the binder.

Read over the 2019 10-K then please answer the following questions:
1) List three relevant facts about Apollo Shoes that you think might have an impact on the financial statement audit. 
2) Define what is meant by a significant account or disclosure.
3) Identify at least two significant accounts or disclosures from the financial statements of Apollo Shoes. What makes
item significant?
4) Define what is meant by a relevant assertion. 
5) Identify at least one relevant assertion for each of the significant accounts or disclosures previously identified from
financial statements of Apollo Shoes. What makes each assertion relevant?

You can write up your thoughts and answers in an email, then send it to me (response form below).

I have addressed a good portion of things on the planning program, I've highlighted in yellow anything I need you t
address.

Finally, since most of our interaction will be by e-mail, please forgive me if I give you too much detail. Since we hav
worked together before, I’d rather give you too much than too little until we get used to working together.

 
DW

Date: 30 OCT 2020 14:42:35 +0000


To: "Darlene Wardlaw" <[email protected]>
Subject: Apollo Shoes Familiarity

Darlene,
I have read over the Apollo PY 10-K and below are the responses to the questions you suggested:

1) List three relevant facts about Apollo Shoes that you think might have an impact on the financial statement audit.

1. Existence
2. Occurence
Subject: Apollo Shoes Familiarity

Darlene,
I have read over the Apollo PY 10-K and below are the responses to the questions you suggested:

1) List three relevant facts about Apollo Shoes that you think might have an impact on the financial statement audit.

1. Existence
2. Occurence
3. Exist
 
2) Define what is meant by a significant account or disclosure.
As per PCAOB, section A10.   An account or disclosure is a significant account or disclosure if there is a reasonable
possibility that the account or disclosure could contain a misstatement that, individually or when aggregated with ot
a material effect on the financial statements, considering the risks of both overstatement and understatement. The
determination of whether an account or disclosure is significant is based on inherent risk, without regard to the effec
controls.

3) Identify at least two significant accounts or disclosures from the financial statements of Apollo Shoes. What makes
item significant?

Inventory
Notes receivables

4) Define what is meant by a relevant assertion. 


List of managements financial statements assertion and some of the key questions the audit team must address.

5) Identify at least one relevant assertion for each of the significant accounts or disclosures previously identified from
financial statements of Apollo Shoes. What makes each assertion relevant?

-PCAOB Assertions:Existence or occurrence, Completeness, Valuation or allocation, Rights and Obligations


-Assertion about events and transactions: Occurence, Cutoff, accuracy, classification
-Assertion about Account Balances:Existence, Completeness, valuation and allocation, rights and obligations
-Assetion about Presentation and footnote disclosure:Accuracy, rights and obligation, classification, completeness
These emails are NOT
workpapers. Rather they are
useful communications for
completing your case. They do not
get a workpaper reference.
on an engagement together
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out as much as I can. Understand,
ith you will be limited. Taylor
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to get familiar with Apollo. I
our feet underneath you. I have

nancial statement audit. 

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previously identified from the

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when aggregated with others, has
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without regard to the effect of

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and Obligations

s and obligations
ication, completeness
Apollo Shoes, Inc. A-0
AUDIT PLAN-FLAVIA BORJA
FYE 12/31/2020
Workpaper Performed
Related Assertion (s) Comments
Reference by
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The PY 10K is included in the
Review correspondence files, prior year audit workpapers at A-3, the PY workpapers
workpapers, permanent files, financial statements and NA DW are not available per Apollo. See board
auditor's reports. of director meeting minutes for more
information A-3.
2
3
4
5

Review the minutes of the board of directors and


committee meetings for the year and any new
agreements, leases, contracts, or other important
documents. Obtain copies of the minutes or
A-3
agreements for the current or permanent workpaper
files. Highlight matters relevant to the related
audit area or for which disclosure will be required
in the financial statement or notes.
6
Apollo Shoes, Inc
2019 10-K and assorted documents
31-Dec-20

This WP includes several documents


considered critical to the audit planning
Apollo 2019 10-K process.
Apollo 2019 10-K

The following items are noted by the


auditor to be of significance to the audit:

A - item one...
B - item two...
Apollo CEO Letter to
C - item three...
Shareholders CEO Letter to
Shareholders

Apollo Organization
Chart Apollo Org Chart

Board of Directors and


Audit Committee
BOD Meeting
Meeting Minutes
Minutes

Email from CAE and


info about new Info about new IT
computer system system
A-3
Prepared by: DW/
Reviewed by:

des several documents


ical to the audit planning

items are noted by the


significance to the audit:

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