Reference no: EM132543654
Question - Tony Nolan, owner of Video Electronics Ltd. (VEL), an electronic retail outlet, recently decided to change accounting firms. His decision was based on an advertisement he read in a local newspaper. The advertisement suggested that Jarvis & Co., Chartered Professional Accountants perform superior work in the areas of audit, accounting and tax, and that the firm guarantees a fixed fee for any potential client. This attracted Mr. Nolan Brown whose company is facing cashflow problems and he felt that his current fee was too high.
Given VEL's poor operating results for the past two years, the bank once again requested an audit for the year ended January 31, 2020. It is now February 5, 2020.
Mr. Nolan arranged to meet with Lily Jarvis, the sole partner of Jarvis & Co., Chartered Professional Accountants, late Monday afternoon. During the meeting, Mr. Nolan stressed the need for a clean audit opinion to satisfy the bank. Lily agreed to have her staff begin the audit first thing the next day.
The next morning, Lily called two of his junior staff into her office to discuss his meeting with Tony Nolan. She requested the juniors to begin the audit immediately and return in four weeks with a draft set of financial statements, including notes. The juniors, having had only limited auditing experience in the retail industry gladly accepted this new challenge. They were particularly excited about it as they felt it would help them in their preparations for the final CPA exams.
During the testing of inventory at December 31, 2019 several items in the sample were overstated due to errors in pricing and obsolescence but the combination of all errors in the sample were considered immaterial. Accordingly no extra testing was completed in the area of inventory.
It was decided that it was more efficient to perform 100% substantive testing on the five financial cycles rather than to rely on the controls. There was no attempt to document the controls or test those controls considered strong.
Required - Discuss the Rules of Professional Conduct violated and the nature of the violations. In addition discuss any actions taken during the audit that has resulted in the failure to comply with generally accepted auditing standards (the standards currently set out in CAS 200).