HA3032 Auditing: Audit and Assurance Presentation on Schaffer Corp Ltd

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This presentation provides an analysis of Schaffer Corporation Limited's financial performance through audit and assurance testing, utilizing the audit risk model and sampling plans. It highlights the company's high profitability and low financial leverage, suggesting increased debt funding to lower the cost of capital. The presentation covers planning materiality, material account balances, and assertion testing, emphasizing the use of regression analysis to measure detention risk. It also evaluates the implementation of a sampling plan based on the audit risk model, noting high detention and control risks. Recommendations for Schaffer Group Ltd include strengthening liquidity, maintaining low financial leverage, and effectively managing capital deployment to increase returns. The conclusion stresses increasing financial leverage through debt, using assertion testing to lower audit risk, and following AASB 136 for accurate asset and liability valuation. The presentation references academic sources and company reports to support its analysis.
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Audit and Assurance
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Introduction
This presentation reveals the
financial performance and audit test
on the Schaffer Corporation Limited.
The audit risk model and sampling
plan have been used to analysis the
performance of company.
Schaffer Corporation Limited is
indulged in operating the branches,
being property, building materials
and automotive leather
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Analytical review
financial performance
Schaffer Corporation Limited has
high profitability and low financial
leverage.
Company should increase the
debt funding to lower down the
cost of capital.
Increased return on capital is
based on the cost of capital of
company.
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PLANNING MATERIALITY
MATERIAL ACCOUNT BALANCES


ASSETS LIABILITIES
Cash & short term deposits 1. Trade & other payable
Trade & other receivables 2. Interest bearing loans
Inventories & borrowings
Property, plant & equipment 3. Provisions
Investment properties 4. Non-current interest
Deferred income tax assets bearing loans &
Other financial assets borrowings
5. deferred income tax liabilities
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Financial performance of
company
High profitability.
Low efficiency ratio
Increased return on capital
employed.
Company should focus on issue
of debts if it wants to raise funds.
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MATERIAL ACCOUNT
BALANCES
Cash and other items-
Assertion Test
Bill receivables-
Completeness and assertion
The below format is used to
test materiality test
ACCOUNT
BALANCE
AMOU
NT
($)
ASSERTION AUDIT
PROCEDURE
AUDIT
EVIDENCE
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SAMPLING PLAN
Setting parameters for the
materiality planning.
Use of regression analysis to
measure the detention risk in
gathered information.
High inherent risk and detention
risk
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Evaluation and implementation
of Sampling plan
Sampling plan is based on the
audit risk model.
It will have high detention and
control risk.
These both risk will also increase
the audit risk of the organization.
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Analysing the audit and
assurance test
Materiality level calculated has
been amounting to $ 1,933.
Amount of $ 1,900, the asset and
liability account balance that
form the materiality zone are
listed in assets and liabilities.
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Recommendation to Schrole
Group Ltd is
Strengthening the liquidity position
and profitability.
Focused on keeping the financial
leverage low.
Manage the capital to increase the
effectiveness of capital deployment.
It will increase the return on capital
employed and also reduce the cost
of capital.
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Conclusion
Financial leverage should be
increased by increasing the debt
funding.
Use of assertion testing will lower
down the audit risk of company.
AASB 136 should also be followed
to identify the true and value of
the assets and liabilities in timely
manner.
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References
Raiborn, C., Butler, J.B., Martin, K. and Pizzini, M., (2017). The
Internal audit function: A prerequisite for good governance. Journal
of Corporate Accounting & Finance, 28(2), pp.10-21.
Schaffer Corporation Limited, (2018) Available at
http://www.schaffer.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2010-Annual-Repo
rt.pdf
., ., Accessed on 21st September. 2018
Sirois, L.P., Bédard, J. and Bera, P., (2018). The informational value
of key audit matters in the auditor's report: evidence from an Eye-
tracking study. Journal of Accounting Horizons. 14(2), 12-50.
Tepalagul, N. and Lin, L., (2015). Auditor independence and audit
quality: A literature review. Journal of Accounting, Auditing &
Finance, 30(1), pp.101-121.
Wu, C.Y.H., Hsu, H.H. and Haslam, J., (2016). Audit committees,
non-audit services, and auditor reporting decisions prior to
failure. The British Accounting Review, 48(2), pp.240-256.
Jones, P. (2017). Statistical sampling and risk analysis in auditing.
3rd ed, Australia: Routledge.
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