- Inspection year
- 2023
- Report date
- 22-Feb-2024
- PCAOB release
- 104-2024-051
- Audits reviewed
- 1
- Audits w/ Part I.A deficiencies
- 1
- Part I.A deficiency rate
- 100%
- Part I.A deficiencies
- 8
- Part I.B deficiencies
- 5
- Report
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Deficiencies (8)
Grouped by issuer and in the same order as the PCAOB report, so each item ties back directly to the source.
Issuer A8 deficiencies
| # | Area | Deficiency | Standard | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Revenue | To test certain revenue the firm selected transactions from certain months during the year. The firm did not perform procedures beyond performing year-end cut-off procedures to test the population of sales transactions from the remaining months. (AS 1105.27; AS 2301.08 and .13) Financial statement audit only | AS 1105.27; AS 2301.8; AS 2301.13 | |
| 2 | Revenue | The sample sizes the firm used in its substantive procedures to test certain other revenue were too small to provide sufficient appropriate audit evidence because the firm did not take into account the relevant factors in determining its sample size including tolerable misstatement for the population the allowable risk of incorrect acceptance and the characteristics of the population. (AS 2315.16 .19 .23 and .23A) Financial statement audit only | AS 2315.16; AS 2315.19; AS 2315.23; AS 2315.23A | |
| 3 | Accounts Receivable | To test accounts receivable at one of the issuer's components the firm performed confirmation procedures for a sample of balances at an interim date. The firm obtained a rollforward of accounts receivable from the interim date to year end and selected transactions that exceeded a monetary threshold to test. The firm did not perform procedures to test the remaining population of transactions. (AS 1105.27; AS 2301.08) Financial statement audit only | AS 1105.27; AS 2301.8 | |
| 4 | Accounts Receivable | To test accounts receivable at one of the issuer's components the firm performed confirmation procedures for a sample of balances at an interim date. The firm obtained a rollforward of accounts receivable from the interim date to year end and selected transactions that exceeded a monetary threshold to test. To test the related allowance for doubtful accounts the firm developed an independent expectation of the estimate. The firm did not perform procedures to test or in the alternative test any controls over the accuracy and completeness of certain data it used to develop its independent expectation. (AS 1105.10) Financial statement audit only | AS 1105.10 | |
| 5 | Accounts Receivable | To test accounts receivable at a second component and certain accounts receivable at a third component the firm selected balances for testing that exceeded a monetary threshold. The firm did not perform procedures to test the remaining population of accounts receivable. (AS 1105.27; AS 2301.08) Financial statement audit only | AS 1105.27; AS 2301.8 | |
| 6 | Accounts Receivable | To test certain other accounts receivable at the third component the firm selected balances for testing at an interim date that exceeded a monetary threshold. The firm did not perform procedures to test the remaining population of accounts receivable. Further the firm did not perform procedures to extend its conclusion from the interim date to year end. (AS 1105.27; AS 2301.08 and .45) Financial statement audit only | AS 1105.27; AS 2301.8; AS 2301.45 | |
| 7 | Accounts Receivable | The firm did not perform procedures to test or test any controls over the accuracy of certain data that it used to test the allowance for doubtful accounts at the second and third components. (AS 1105.10) Financial statement audit only | AS 1105.10 | |
| 8 | Inventory | The issuer engaged a specialist to determine the valuation of certain inventory. The firm did not perform substantive procedures to test the reserve for this inventory beyond obtaining and reading the valuation report prepared by the company's specialist. Further the firm did not perform any procedures with respect to its use of the work of the company's specialist as audit evidence. (AS 1105.A1 - .A10; AS 2501.07) Financial statement audit only | AS 1105.A1; AS 1105.A10; AS 1105.A2; AS 1105.A3; AS 1105.A4; AS 1105.A5; AS 1105.A6; AS 1105.A7; AS 1105.A8; AS 1105.A9; AS 2501.7 |