- Inspection year
- 2020
- Report date
- 13-May-2022
- PCAOB release
- 104-2022-134a
- Audits reviewed
- 1
- Audits w/ Part I.A deficiencies
- 1
- Part I.A deficiency rate
- 100%
- Part I.A deficiencies
- 10
- Part I.B deficiencies
- 5
- Report
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Deficiencies (10)
Grouped by issuer and in the same order as the PCAOB report, so each item ties back directly to the source.
Issuer A10 deficiencies
| # | Area | Deficiency | Standard | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Revenue | The firm tested certain controls over revenue at an interim date. The firm did not perform any procedures to update the results of that testing from the interim date to year end. (AS 2201.55) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 2201.55 | |
| 2 | Revenue | The sample sizes the firm used in certain of its substantive procedures to test revenue were too small to provide sufficient appropriate audit evidence because these procedures were designed based on a level of control reliance that was not supported due to the deficiency in the firm's control testing discussed above. (AS 2301.16 .18 and .37; AS 2315.19 .23 and .23A) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 2301.16; AS 2301.18; AS 2301.37; AS 2315.19; AS 2315.23; AS 2315.23A | |
| 3 | Revenue | The firm performed certain substantive procedures to test revenue at an interim date. The firm did not perform any procedures to extend its audit conclusions from the interim date to year end. (AS 2301.45) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 2301.45 | |
| 4 | Inventory | The firm did not determine the likely sources of potential misstatements associated with certain inventory to identify and test controls that addressed the risks of misstatement for the relevant assertions for this inventory. (AS 2201.30 and .39) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 2201.30; AS 2201.39 | |
| 5 | Inventory | The issuer engaged an external specialist to estimate the quantity of certain inventory. The firm did not obtain an understanding of the methods and assumptions used by the external specialist to develop the estimate. (AS 1210.12) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 1210.12 | |
| 6 | Inventory | The firm did not perform any procedures to test the existence of certain inventory. (AS 2510.09) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 2510.9 | |
| 7 | Financial Reporting and Close | The firm identified a risk related to the manual consolidation process. The firm did not identify and test any controls over the issuer's financial statement consolidation process including controls over journal entries and other adjustments. (AS 2201.39) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 2201.39 | |
| 8 | Financial Reporting and Close | In addition the firm did not perform any procedures to identify and select journal entries and other adjustments for testing. (AS 2401.58) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 2401.58 | |
| 9 | Financial Reporting and Close | The firm used the work of the issuer's internal audit for certain testing of controls over the financial reporting and close process at certain components of the issuer. The firm did not assess the competence and objectivity of internal audit to support the extent to which the firm used its work. (AS 2201.19; AS 2605.09 and .10) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 2201.19; AS 2605.9; AS 2605.10 | |
| 10 | Evaluation of Control Deficiencies | The firm identified control deficiencies at certain of the issuer's components. The firm did not evaluate the severity of each identified control deficiency to determine whether the deficiency individually or in combination represented a material weakness. (AS 2201.62) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 2201.62 |