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Question 5
Company A, a local company, is a subsidiary of Company X, an international financial institution.
Based on the preliminary audit strategy, the local audit team will rely on the results of a test of control performed by the primary team. The control operated at the parent level is assessed to be common and is also performed for transactions at the local level. This is the only control tested for derivative assets valuation assertion.
The local audit team received the results from the primary team and the control was assessed as Effective. During one of the EDAP’s for Company A, the local team concluded that they can rely on the controls covering the valuation assertion of Company A’s derivative assets.
During the substantive testing, the local audit team noted that the derivative transactions of Company A are all below the threshold used in performing the controls for Company X. The TE used in Company’s A audit is at 75,000 CU. The controls tested at the group level indicates that the CFO performs a review control for transactions above 100,000 CU. However, the local entity’s transactions during the year are all below 100,000 CU.
How will this information impact the team’s audit strategy for Company A?
根据企业会计准则第33号——合并财务报表(2014)-第二章 合并范围-第八条,投资方应当在综合考虑所有相关事实和情况的基础上对是否控制被投资方进行判断。在这个案例中,虽然Company A是Company X的子公司,且控制测试在母公司层面被评估为有效,但本地审计团队发现Company A的衍生资产交易均低于母公司设定的控制阈值(100,000 CU),而本地审计的风险评估阈值(TE)为75,000 CU。
这一信息表明,尽管母公司层面的控制被评估为有效,但由于本地实体的交易规模和性质与母公司不同,本地审计团队可能需要重新评估依赖母公司控制测试结果的适当性。特别是,由于本地实体的交易均低于母公司设定的控制阈值,本地审计团队应考虑是否需要对本地实体的衍生资产估值进行额外的控制测试或实质性测试,以确保审计证据的充分性和适当性。
因此,本地审计团队可能需要调整其审计策略,包括但不限于: 1. 对本地实体的衍生资产估值进行额外的控制测试,以验证在较低交易阈值下的控制有效性。 2. 增加实质性测试的范围和深度,以确保对本地实体衍生资产估值的准确性和完整性有充分的审计证据。 3. 重新评估风险评估阈值(TE)是否适当,并考虑是否需要调整以更好地反映本地实体的风险状况。
总之,本地审计团队应确保其审计策略能够适应本地实体的具体情况,并提供足够的审计证据以支持对Company A财务报表的审计意见。