Auditing Problems Summary
Auditing Problems Summary
Auditing Problems Summary
Uberita
1. CORRECTION OF ERRORS
Where the requirement is the effect of errors in Net income:
1. Consider all the current period error (counter balancing or non-counter balancing)
2. Consider all immediate Prior Year Counter Balancing errors
3. Ignore all Prior Year Counter Balancing errors.
** The effect of a COUNTERBALANCING ERROR in net income of the year of incurrence and the year following the
year of incurrence shall be:
Where the requirement is the effect of errors in the Retained Earnings, beg (January 1 or RE before closing)
1. Ignore all Current Period Errors (Counter Balancing and Non-Counter Balancing)
2. Consider all Immediate Prior Year Counter Balance Errors (as they affected last years’ income)
3. Consider all Prior Year’s Non-counterbalancing Errors (as they affected the prior year’s net income)
Where the requirement is the effect of errors in the Retained Earnings, end (December 31 or RE after closing)
1. Consider all Current Period Errors (CB or NCB)
2. Ignore all Prior Year Counter Balancing Errors
3. Consider all Prior Year’s Non-counterbalancing Errors (as they affected the prior year’s net income)
Where the requirement is the effect of errors in the working capital (current assets – current liabilities)
a) Consider all errors affecting current assets and current liabilities as of the end of the current period
only.
b) The errors in the current asset is directly related to the WC (overstated current asset
means overstated WC, and vice versa)
c) The error in current liability is inversely related to the WC (overstated liability means understated WC ,
and vice versa)
For CASH-ACCRUAL PROBLEMS related to item of income and expenses (e.g. rental income and
expense, royalty income and expense and other similar items)
Accrued Income/Unearned Income Prepaid Expense/Accrued Expense Beg. Bal. (Prep.) XX XX Beg. Bal. (Acc. Exp) Payment of cashRecog. of Exp. (Cash ba
End Bal. (Prep.)
Beg. Bal. (Acc. Inc.) XX XX Beg. Bal (Unear. Inc) Recog. IncomeCollection XX XX
of cash End Bal.
(Accrual (Acc. Exp.)
Basis)XX XX (Cash basis)
End Bal. (Acc. Inc.) XX XX End Bal. (Unear. Inc)
Note: If the problem indicates increase or decrease in the related balance sheet accounts, instead of the beginning
and ending balances, simply place in the beginning balance if it is net decrease (since this indicates that the
beginning is higher than ending balance) or place In the ending balance if it is net increase (since this indicates
that ending is higher than the beginning balance).
2. CASH
Cash Count Problems
1. Identify the accountability first:
a. If Petty Cash Fund, the accountability is the Imprest Balance
b.If Undeposited Collections, the accountability is total undeposited collections per books/records
adjusted further for any unrecorded collections (based on additional information of the
problem)
If there is no direct information about collections per records, accountability is collections per
Official Receipts, Cash receipt vouchers or other documents evidencing collections.
2. Identify valid supports to the accountability as presented in the problem
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a. For Petty Cash Fund
-Bills and Coins, Replenishment Check, Valid Accommodation Checks
-Unreplenished PC Expense Vouchers (Adjusted to Various Expense)
-Employee IOUs (Adjusted Receivable)
-Post-dated/NSF Accommodation Checks (Adjusted to Receivable)
* unused postage is not a valid support where the accountability is the Petty Cash
** return of an expense advances (e.g. excess from travel advance) is added to the
accountability to get the total accountability and not added to valid supports
b. For Undeposited Collections
-Bills and Coins
-Customer Collection Checks (not technically defective)
-Copies of expense vouchers evidencing the use of the collection to pay certain expenses
-Unused postage stamps (valid support where accountability is undep. Coll.)
*Post-dated and other technically defective checks are not valid support for Undep. Coll.)
4. RECEIVABLES
For Aging of Accounts Receivable Problems.
-the aging schedule should be based on and should agree with the subsidiary ledger
-the aging schedule should be adjusted first with all possible adjustments before a required allowance is
computed. Possible adjustments include.
a. Adjustment to both the GL and the SL (thus to aging)
-Additional write –off of accounts
-unrecorded sale over recorded sale
-Unrecorded collections
-credit balance in account with one costumer
b. Adjustments to SL only (no adjusting entry required, but aging schedule should be adjusted)
-sales/collections already recorded in the GL but not yet in the SL
-posting errors.
**adjustments to GL only – will not affect the aging schedule anymore (e.g. sales/collections
not yet recorded by the GL but already posted to the SL)
-The adjusted balance of the subsidiary ledger shall ultimately be the correct/adjusted balance of the
accounts receivable gross of the required allowance.
-If the general ledger ultimately does not coincide or equal to the subsidiary ledger, an additional
adjustment should be in place to correct the general ledger to equal the adjusted balance of the
subsidiary ledger. The adjustments is either debited or credited to SALES account.
-To compute for the bad debt expense for the period, the adjustments balance per computation is
compared to the adjusted balance. (Do not forget to consider interim provisions, if there are any)
*in considering the validity of the sale or purchase transaction, considering the following items:
1. As a rule of thumb assumption, a Sale is valid upon delivery and a purchase is valid upon receipt
2. Goods in transit
-FOB shipping point/FOB Buyer or Buyer’s Location include as inventory of buyer(plus freight in)
-FOB Dist. /FOB Seller or Seller’s location include as inventory of seller (exclude freight out)
-Cost of insurance and freight (CIF) include as inventory of buyer upon delivery to carrier (plus cost of
insurance and freight)
-Free Alongside (FAS) the vessel include as inventory of buyer upon possession of the carrier (exclude
freight cost to vessel, include freight cost from vessel to costumer)
3. Goods in consignment-include as inventory of the consignor or seller
4. Sale on approval-include as an inventory of seller, unless information identified that a manifestation of
approval has already been made.
5. Inventory financing/park sale/product financing – include as inventory of seller
6.Sale with right of return – include as inventory of seller, not unlessthe right of return is considered
normal in the industry (e.g. retail) or time for right of return has already lapsed for the return.
7. Instalment sales – goods considered sold upon delivery, therefore inventory of buyer.
8.Segregated goods – mere segregation of goods does not exclude the same from the seller’s inventory
unless the problem identified that sale is covered by a special sale agreement (BILL AND HOLD) as in
when goods were already billed and waiting the pick-up of the costumer.
**All deliveries (on sale) made on or before the count date areexcludedfrom the count, all deliveries
made after the count date are included in the count.
**All receipts (on purchase) of goods on or before the count date shall be included in the count; all receipts
after the count date are excluded from the count.
2. Retail Method
Cost of Goods Available for Sale (at Retail)(a) XX
Less: Cost of Sales (at retail)=Gross Sales(b) (XX)
Estimated ending inventory (at Retail) XX
Multiply by: Cost rate (LCA or Ave)(c) x%
Estimated ending inventory (at Cost) XX
Cost Retail
Beginning Inventory XX XX
Add: Purchases XX XX
Freight-in XX
Less: Purchase allowance (XX)
Purchase discount (XX)
Purchase returns (XX) (XX)
Add: Departmental transfer-in or Debit XX XX
Less: Departmental transfer-out or Credit (XX) (XX)
Add: Mark-ups, net of cancellations XX
(c) COGAS under CONSERVATIVE/LCA XX / XX x% Cost rate under LCA
Less: Mark-downs, net of cancellations (XX)
(c) COGAS under AVERAGE APPROACH XX / XX (a) x% Cost rate under Ave
Retail
Gross Sales XX
Less: Sales Return (XX)
Add: Special Discounts (Employee Disc) XX
Normal Spoilage/Breakages/Shoplifting losses XX
Sales/ Cost of Sales at Retail XX (b)
*For FIFO Conservative or Average, simply disregard in the computation of % the beginning inventories. If
the problem is silent, use FIFO Average (consider both mark-up and mark-down)
Note: Difference between cost and NRV, if NRV is lower becomes the required allowance for inventory write-
down (like allowance for bad debts) to determine how much the loss is during the period, determine the increment
from the unadjusted balance of the account. Thus, if cost is lower the NRV, required balance is zero/nil; any
unadjusted credit balance of the account shall generally be recognized as gain from recovery in the income
statement.
6. INVESTMENTS
Equity Method(At cost adjusted for post-acquisition changes in the net assets of the associate)
Beginning Balance (Cost of Acquisition) XX
Dividends (XX)
Share in net income/(net loss)** XX(XX)
Ending Balance XX
**Share in net income or net loss:
**If the acquisition cost is lower than the FMV of identifiable asset, the negative excess
shall be included (added) in the share in the net income in the year of acquisition.
Fair Market Value Method:
- If the share rights are sold, gain or loss shall be computed depending on whether the shares are
categorized as trading or AFS (see above table)
- If share rights expires without exercise, the carrying value (if TS) or cost (if AFS) is simply written off
as a loss.
Available-for-Sale Held-to-Maturity
At Fair value (fair value of
At Fair value plus any transaction
consideration given up) plus any
a) Initial recognition costs incurred, net of any accrued
transaction costs incurred, net of
any accrued interest. (a) interest. (a)
Fair Value @ Balance Sheet Date
Less: Amortized Cost
b) Balance sheet measurement At Amortized Cost. (b)
Unrealized gain/loss – BS
*if Fair value is provided through a prevailing interest rate, simply get the present value of all cash flows from the bonds
using the said prevailing interest rate.
a) If bonds were acquired or sold in between interest payment dates, the acquisition price or the selling price
includes accrued interest not unless specifically expressed by the problem (e.g. at 105 plus accrued interest)
b) If bonds were acquired at a premium (acq. price > face value), the premium is a loss to be allocated over the remaining
term of the bonds by deducting the same to the related interest income.
If bonds were acquired at a discount (acq. price < face value), the discount is a gain to be allocated over the remaining
term of bonds by adding the same to the related interest income
In summary:
Amortization of premium, decreases carrying value of investment and interest income.
Amortization of discount, increase carrying value of investment and interest income.
c) Computation of impairment loss on investment in HTM is actually the same with the computation of impairment of
loans and receivables.
Property Investments:
- Initial measurement shall follow the same rules on initial recognition of PPE (PAS 16)
- Balance sheet measurement shall either based on Fair Value Method or Cost Method
Cost Method
- Similar valuation of PPE under (PAS 16), Cost, net of accum.depr. and impairment
If the Cost Method is used for Investment Property, transfer into and out of the Investment
Property be at carrying value, unless asset is impaired, where the asset shall be transferred at the impaired
value, recognizing the impairment loss in the income statement.
7. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUPMENT
INITIAL MEASUREMENT at Cost. Cost of PPE shall include:
a. Cost of acquisition**
b. Incidental cost in bringing the asset to its present location and condition necessary for use.
c. Initial estimate of dismantling, removal or site restoration cost (to the extent that the
company has incurred an obligation over these future costs, credit to a provision account –
asset retirement obligation)
**Cost of acquisition depends on the mode of acquisition:
a. Cash purchase
b. On account
c. Instalment/Deferred payment basis
d. Share/Bond issue
e. Exchange with commercial substance
f. Exchange without commercial substance
g. Donation where the donor is a related party
h. Donation where the donor is a non-related party(e.g. Govt. Grant)
SUBSEQUENT MEASUREMENT
a. Cost method: At cost, net of accumulated depreciation, and impairment
b. Appraisal/Revaluation method: At fair market value
Depreciation Methods
1. Uniform/Fixed Charge Method
straight line = Depreciable cost/Useful life
2. Variable Charge Methods
Working Hours = Depreciable cost/ life terms of working hours * actual hours used
Output method = Depreciable cost/ life terms of total output * actual output
3. Diminishing balance methods
SYD = Depreciable cost * SYD rate
Declining balance = Cost*DB rate (consider salvage value only on the last year of depr.)
4. Others (useful for depreciating small tools and similar items)
Inventory method = Beg tools + Purchases – End tools – Proceeds from disposal of tools
Replacement method = Tools disposed * Cost of latest purchases – proceeds from disposal
Retirement method = Tools disposed * Cost of earlier purchases – proceeds from disposal
*For the computation of depreciation, where there are several transactions happening during the period
- List down all the items which became outstanding at one time or another during the period:
Disposed (depreciate from Jan. 1 to date of disposal)
Newly Acquired (Depreciate from Date of acquisition to Dec. 1)
Outstanding during the entire year
- Impairment loss
An asset is impaired if only if the Carrying value is > that the Net recoverable value
*Net recoverable value is the higher between the Fair Value less Cost or the Sell or the Value in use
*Fair value less Cost to Sell = Estimated Selling Price – Estimated Cost to Sell
* Value in use = PV of the future net cash flows from the continued use of the asset and
from its ultimate disposal using a pre-tax discount rate.
8. INTANGIBLES
INITIAL MEASUREMENT
a. Separate Acquisition: Cash Purchase, installment basis, share/ bond issue
b. Grants
c. Business Combination
d. Exchange
e. Internally Developed
Intangibles SUBSEQUENT MEASUREMENT
For Intangibles without definite life (including GOODWILL), no amortization but test for impairment.
For Intangibles with definite life, amortize over the useful life or legal life (if applicable) whichever is
shorter.
Historical Earnings XX
Adj: Nonoperating (gains)/losses X(X)
Historical Earnings from operations XX
Divided by: Number of year (usually 5 years) xYears
Average Earnings XX
Add/Ded: Incremental/ Decremental expenses X(X)
Entity Average Earnings XX
Less: Industry Normal Earnings (XX)
Excess Earnings XX
9. LIABILITIES
-Refinancing and Breach of Contract
Refinancing: Generally, a currently maturing obligation has to be presented as current liability. A currently
maturing obligation may be presented as a long term liability under refinancing agreement, only if:
1. The company has the prerogative/ option/ unconditional right to refinance the liability OR
2. If there is no prerogative but the refinancing agreement was completed before or at the balance
sheet date.
NOTE: Refincing mabe thru: a. extension of maturity date, b. issuance of stocks or bonds the
proceeds of which is used to settle the currently maturing obligation.
Breach of Contract: Generally if the company breaches a covenant or contract the long-term obligation becomes
due and demandable, thus is presented as short-term liability. The obligation may still be presented as long-term
only under the following conditions:
1. If the creditor agreed to give the debtor a grace period for at least 12 months after the balance sheet
date AND
2. The said grace period should have been provided on or before the balnce sheet date.
Note: for premiums, expense and liab shall be net cost (cost of prem. + additional processing cost
– collections made prior to distribution if there are any)
*Before accruing liability at year end, consider if all provision / estimated liability are still valid, that
is, are still probable to be settled in the next period (e.g. if, warranty, consider warranty period, if
GCP consider validity period, etc.)
REIMBURSEMENTS – these are amounts to be expected to be received as reimbursements if entity settles the
provision. Reimbursements shall be accounted for as follows:
1. If the entity has no obligation for the part of the expenditure to be reimbursed, the reimbursable amount
shall be deducted against the losses recognized in the income statement. The liability shall be presented
in the balance sheet net of the reimbursable amount.
2. If the obligation for the amount expected to be reimbursed remains with the entity and reimbursement is
Virtually Certain, the reimbursements shall be accrued as an asset (receivable) in the balance sheet any
maybe offset against the losses recognized in the income statement. The amount recognized for the
expected reimbursement should not exceed the liability.
3. If the obligation for the amount expected to be reimbursed remains with the entity and the
reimbursement is not virtually certain, the expected reimbursement may be disclosed.
CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
1. Possible obligation whose existence is to be determined in the future contingent upon the happening of a future
event; or
2. Present obligation, but is not accrued because it is either remotely possible that economic benefits will be
required to settle the obligation and/ or the amount of the obligation is not capable of being reliably measured.
BONDS PAYABLE
Bonds issued at a discount (Proceeds < Face value; Effective interest > Normal Interest)
Discount is a transaction loss (amount received/ proceed is lower than the amount to be paid/face value) to
be amortized over the remaining term of the bonds using the EFFECTIVE INTEREST METHOD .
The amortization is added to the related expense- INTEREST EXPENSE
As a result of the amortization, the interest expense recognized in the income statement is higher than the
interest paid and/ or accrued. The difference is the amount of amortization.
correct interest is computed as: (Carrying value of Bonds * Effective interest)
Normal interest is computed as: (Face value of Bonds * Normal interest)
Bonds issued at a Premium (Proceeds > Face value; Effective Interest < Normal interest)
Premium is a transaction gain (amount received/proceed is higher than the amount to be paid/face value) to
be amortized over the remaining term of the bonds using the EFFECTIVE INTEREST METHOD.
- the amortization is deducted from the related expense – INTEREST EXPENSE
As a result of the amortization, the interest expense recognized by the income statement is lower than the interest
paid/ accrued. The difference is the amount of amortization.
Bonds Issued Costs- are deducted from net cash proceeds, thus in the process are deducted from premium or added to
discount on bonds payable (after which a new effective interest rate shall be computed)
Retirement Bonds – if bonds are retired prior to their maturity dates, gain or loss shall be recognized in the profit or loss
(difference between the retirement price and updated amortized cost of bonds)
Accrued interest – in accounting for bond issuance and retirement, consider inclusion of accrued interest specially if bonds
were issued or retired in between interest payment dates.
CONVERTIBLE BONDS
1. ISSUANCE – Proceeds from the issuance of Convertible Bonds should be allocated between the dept component (bonds
payable) and the equity component (Share Premium from Bond Conversion Privilege) using the RESIDUAL APPROACH. To
wit, the pro-forma entry to record issuance is:
Dr: Cash XX
2. CONVERSION – if convert bonds are converted into ordinary shares, the carrying value of the bonds (updated
amortized bonds payable) shall be cancelled out. The difference between the carrying value of the bonds and the
aggregate par value of the converted shares shall be credited to share premium account. An allowed alternative
is the cancel out the equity component originally credited to share premium account upon issuance of the bonds.
The same shall be added to the amount credited to the share premium account upon conversion. To wit, the pro-
forma entry to record the conversion is:
ALTERNATIVE 1 ALTERNATIVE 2
3. EARLY RETIREMENT – if convertible bonds are retired prior to maturity date, the retirement price shall be
allocated between the bonds and the equity component, consistent with how the original issue price was allocated
(Residual Approach). The difference between the retirement price allocated to the equity component and the
original share premium from bond conversion privilege shall be credited to share premium account.
COMPOSITION:
SHARE ISSUE
Issuance of Share Capital for Preference or Ordinary shares is credited equal to par and the excess to
additional paid in capital.
Share Issuance Costs- include registration fees, underwriter commissions, legal fees, accounting fees,
share certificate cost, promotional costs and postage.
Generally, for subsequent issuances- charged to APIC relative to that particular issue.
For initial issuance- charged to Organizational Expense
Issuance of Preference and Ordinary Shares for Lump sum Price- This is accounted as follows:
a. If Preference are effectively equity securities, use pro rata approach in reference to the
aggregate market value of [reference and ordinary shares.
b. If preference are effective debt securities (e.g. redeemable), use approach assigning the fair value of
the preference shares first with residual value assigned to the ordinary shares.
Issuance of Share Capital on a Subscription Basis- The agreed purchase price is debited to Subscription
Receivable, Share Capital Subscribed is credited at par and the difference is credited to APIC. Upon full payment,
The Share Capital Subscribed is closed to Share Capital.
The Subscription Receivable is presented as current asset if collection is expected within one year of the
balance sheet date. If there is no definite due date set for subscription receivable, it is shown as a contra to
stockholder’s equity, an offset against the Ordinary Shares Subscribed Account.
Default on Subscriptions:
a. Shares are offered in auction.
b. The entire amount collected is returned to the defaulting subscriber
c. The entire amount collected is returned to the defaulting subscriber less any costs incurred
by the corporation in reissuing the shares.
d. A corresponding number of shares are issued to the defaulting subscriber based upon the
total amount collected, or
e. The entire amount collected is forfeited
Issuance of Share Capital for NON-Cash Consideration (PFRS 2)
Non cash consideration (Asset or Services) received shall be valued at their fair market value, unless the
fair value of shares are more clearly determinable (as when the shares are actively traded in the market)
TREASURY SHARES
Cash XX
Treasury Shares (at cost) XX
APIC TSTransactions/ Reacquired Shares XX
Cash XX
(1)APIC from Treasury Shares
Transactions (until balance is exhausted) XX
(2)Retained Earnings XX
Treasury Shares (at cost) XX
*Note: When treasury shares are acquired at different costs, specific shares may be identified. Otherwise a
FIFO or average cost per share is used to determine the cost of the treasury shares sold.
b. If Original Issue Price (carrying value) < Cost of TS: “capital loss”
PROPERTY DIVIDEND
IFRIC 17 on “Distributions of NON-cash Assets to Owners”, effective 1 July 2009 states that the following guidelines in
accounting for property dividends:
A dividend payable should be recognized only when the dividend is appropriately authorized and is no longer at
the discretion of the entity.
An entity should measure the dividend payable a Fair Value of the assets to distributed
At the end of each reporting period and at the date of settlement, the entity shall review and adjust the
carrying amount of the dividend payable, with any changes in the carrying amount of the dividend payable
recognized in equity as adjustments to the amount of the distribution.
Upon distribution, an entity should recognize the difference between the dividend payable and the carrying
amount of the assets distributed in the profit or loss.
SCRIP DIVIDENDS
A corporation may issue scrip dividends by issuing promissory notes called scrip. This arises when the corporation
may have adequate retained earnings to meet the legal dividend requirements but has insufficient funds to disburse. If the
promissory note bears interest, this is charged to Interest Expense.