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Description
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ACRA published its 14th Practice Monitoring Programme (PMP) report in October 2020. The report highlights common audit deficiencies noted during engagement inspections, including the following broad themes:
(i) Accounting estimates, including fair value measurement;
(ii) Group audits;
(iii) Revenue recognition;
(iv) Audit reports
Programme Outline
This timely and practical workshop will draw issues and learning points from the audit deficiencies identified in the PMP report, including:
Accounting estimates
(i) Expected credit loss for receivables
(ii) Impairment for investment in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures
(iii) Construction contracts – revenue recognition over time
(iv) Impairment for goodwill
(v) Inventories - provision of slow-moving/obsolete inventories
Group audits
(i) Inadequate work performed to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the component auditor’s work over the financial information of significant components of the group
Revenue recognition
(i) Failure to sufficiently understand the terms and conditions of contracts/arrangements and the impact on the accounting of revenue
(ii) Failure to perform adequate/effective cut-off procedures to determine whether revenue was recorded in the appropriate period; and
(iii) Failure to adequately design and perform audit procedures to respond to the risk of fraud related to revenue recognition
Auditors’ reports
(i) Omission to opine on the group financial statement for a consolidated set of accounts
(ii) Basis for opinion paragraph being unclear such that the users of the financial statements might not understand how the auditor’s conclusion was reached
(iii) Inappropriate type of opinion issued
This workshop qualifies for 7 CPE hours in Auditing Standards, Pronouncements and Methodology (Category 3).
Target Audience
Auditors who would like to understand the audit deficiencies identified in the PMP report, and learn the practical pointers to avoid these errors in real life
Expert Speaker
Chee Hay Kheong Daniel
Daniel holds an Honours degree in Accountancy from the National University of Singapore and is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). He has more than 15 years of experience in the accounting profession, having worked for one of the Big 4 accounting firms both in Singapore and in the United Kingdom. He has also more than 5 years of senior management experience with MNCs, managing their operations in Singapore and Asia.
Daniel is a highly sought-after seminar trainer, and is currently an Adjunct Professor in the School of Business, Singapore University of Social Sciences. Prior to this, he was an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting of the NUS Business School. He served as a committee member of both the IT Committee and the Examination Committee of ISCA, and was a Committee member of the Disciplinary Sub-Committee of Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA).
This is a face-to-face event to be conducted on 26 January 2021.