Auditing and Assurance in Australia Issue 2022

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Memorandum
To: William Albanese
From: The Audit Manager
Date: 5th August 2019
Subject: Audit Expectation Gap and Threats to Audit Independence
The main purpose of memo is that to provide details of information in regards of aspects of
audit engagement for auditing of Bletchington Limited.
Question - 1
Expectation Gap in Audit – It one of the most important aspects in the audit engagement as it
show the difference between how the user of financial reports and public is able to keep the
responsible the auditor as it is responsibility of the auditor to know that the company is able
to meet fair and value of the company financial statement (Ruhnke & Schmidt, 2014). As per
SBF is concern they have a proper client is Bletchington. The company carry its operation of
as a large manufacturing company as it involves dealing with demographically elected
government as it only carries its business with the same (Litjens, van Buuren & Vergoossen,
2015). As the company Bletchington is concern is have a very special financial report as they
are the one who are dealing in government trading countries, investors and owners.
It can said that the their will be audit expectation gap as it seen that there will be a difference
in between the auditor assurance and the expectation of the user, as it can be said that the
company is not able to have a proper difference so it can affect the company financial
statement as a whole. The gap which is there in the audit shows that there is an alignment in
between the auditor performance and the belief of financial user. This same problem can also
be there in Bletchington as it can happen that the auditor is not able to provide as per the

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expectation of company user so that it can happen that its user is not able to proper satisfy the
financial statement. It can be said that it will be impartially as some expectation are not real
and impossible. The points are shown below:
 Bletchington auditor can have proper assurance to company
 The future feasibility is been guarantee by the auditor
 Auditor will able to give unqualified audit opinion to the company as the company is
able to have a proper financial statement and is able to have true and fair view in
company financial statement (Litjens, van Buuren & Vergoossen, 2015).
 Bletchington’s is having any fraud and error than it will able to get by the auditor
procedure.
 Auditor is able to check all the transaction properly and effectively.
As per the above the points are been concern, it is the auditor not able to meet expectations of
user as the auditor is more responsible as for the points
 Auditor is always responsible for proper assurance
 Auditor is not able to provide proper guarantee of company future entities.
 If the company is able have proper transaction and rules than the auditor unqualified
audit opinion in the company and able to have proper annual report.
 Auditor is able to have proper process but it is not proper than the company is not
having any fraud as it is having any fraud in the company.
 Auditor is able to check all company financial transaction so that it able to perform to
financial statement.
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