- Inspection year
- 2019
- Report date
- 21-Sep-2021
- PCAOB release
- 104-2021-176a
- Audits reviewed
- 3
- Audits w/ Part I.A deficiencies
- 2
- Part I.A deficiency rate
- 67%
- Part I.A deficiencies
- 5
- Part I.B deficiencies
- —
- Report
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Deficiencies (5)
Grouped by issuer and in the same order as the PCAOB report, so each item ties back directly to the source.
Issuer A3 deficiencies
| # | Area | Deficiency | Standard | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allowance for Credit/Loan Losses | The firm selected for testing a control that consisted of the issuer's review of certain loans based on risk indicators including an identification of problem loans which operated during the first seven months of the year. The firm did not evaluate the review procedures that the control owner performed including the procedures to identify items for follow up and the procedures to determine whether those items were appropriately resolved. (AS 2201.42 and .44) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 2201.42; AS 2201.44 | |
| 2 | Allowance for Credit/Loan Losses | The firm selected for testing a control that consisted of the issuer's review of certain loans based on risk indicators including an identification of problem loans which operated during the first seven months of the year. The firm did not identify and test any controls over the issuer's review of loans for the last five months of the year. (AS 2201.39) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 2201.39 | |
| 3 | Allowance for Credit/Loan Losses | The firm's approach for substantively testing the ALL was to review and test management's process. The firm did not perform sufficient procedures to evaluate the reasonableness of the ALL because the firm did not perform procedures to test certain factors and assumptions used by the issuer to determine the qualitative component of the ALL. (AS 2501.09 .10 and .11) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 2501.9; AS 2501.10; AS 2501.11 |
Issuer B2 deficiencies
| # | Area | Deficiency | Standard | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Investments | The firm selected for testing a control that included the issuer's review of the comparison of fair values of certain investments provided by external parties for one investment from each investment type held by the issuer. The firm did not evaluate whether the control could effectively prevent or detect a material misstatement as designed. Further the firm did not evaluate the review procedures that the control owner performed including the procedures to identify items for follow up and the procedures to determine whether those items were appropriately resolved. (AS 2201.42 and .44) ICFR audit only | AS 2201.42; AS 2201.44 | |
| 2 | Investments | The firm did not identify and test any controls over the appropriateness of the classification of investments. (AS 2201.39) ICFR audit only | AS 2201.39 |