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PricewaterhouseCoopers spa
Italy · PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited · Triennially Inspected
- Inspection year
- 2023
- Report date
- 27-Mar-2025
- PCAOB release
- 104-2025-061
- Audits reviewed
- 3
- Audits w/ Part I.A deficiencies
- 1
- Part I.A deficiency rate
- 33%
- Part I.A deficiencies
- 6
- Part I.B deficiencies
- —
- Report
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Deficiencies (6)
Grouped by issuer and in the same order as the PCAOB report, so each item ties back directly to the source.
Issuer A6 deficiencies
| # | Area | Deficiency | Standard | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long-Lived Assets | The issuer utilized internal specialists (company's employed specialists) including reserve engineers to estimate its oil and gas reserves (“reserve estimates”) which were then used in the (1) calculation of depreciation depletion and amortization and (2) impairment analysis of long-lived assets. The issuer also engaged external reserve engineers (company's engaged specialists) to audit and evaluate its proven reserves on a rotational basis. The firm selected for testing certain reserve governance controls that included the issuer's (1) review and verification of the internal and external data including non-financial data future production volumes (“production profiles”) and other relevant data used to determine its reserve estimates (2) evaluation of the appropriateness of its reserve classifications and (3) evaluation of the consistency of its reserve estimates with the results of the review performed by the company's engaged specialists. The following deficiencies were identified: · The firm did not test aspects of the reserve governance controls that (1) addressed the accuracy and completeness of non-financial data produced by the issuer and (2) evaluated the relevance and reliability of non-financial data from external sources used by the control owners in their review of the production profiles. (AS 2201.42 and .44) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 2201.42; AS 2201.44 | Significant risk |
| 2 | Long-Lived Assets | The issuer utilized internal specialists (company's employed specialists) including reserve engineers to estimate its oil and gas reserves (“reserve estimates”) which were then used in the (1) calculation of depreciation depletion and amortization and (2) impairment analysis of long-lived assets. The issuer also engaged external reserve engineers (company's engaged specialists) to audit and evaluate its proven reserves on a rotational basis. The firm selected for testing certain reserve governance controls that included the issuer's (1) review and verification of the internal and external data including non-financial data future production volumes (“production profiles”) and other relevant data used to determine its reserve estimates (2) evaluation of the appropriateness of its reserve classifications and (3) evaluation of the consistency of its reserve estimates with the results of the review performed by the company's engaged specialists. The following deficiencies were identified: · The firm did not evaluate the specific review procedures that the control owners performed to evaluate the (1) reasonableness of the production profiles and (2) appropriateness of the methods used to determine the reserve estimates. (AS 2201.42 and .44) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 2201.42; AS 2201.44 | Significant risk |
| 3 | Long-Lived Assets | The issuer utilized internal specialists (company's employed specialists) including reserve engineers to estimate its oil and gas reserves (“reserve estimates”) which were then used in the (1) calculation of depreciation depletion and amortization and (2) impairment analysis of long-lived assets. The issuer also engaged external reserve engineers (company's engaged specialists) to audit and evaluate its proven reserves on a rotational basis. The firm's approach for substantively testing the reserve estimates was to test the issuer's process. The firm did not perform sufficient procedures to test the reserve estimates because the firm did not: · Test the accuracy and completeness of the non-financial data prepared by the issuer and used by the company's employed specialists to develop the reserve estimates; (AS 1105.A8a) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 1105.A8a | Significant risk |
| 4 | Long-Lived Assets | The issuer utilized internal specialists (company's employed specialists) including reserve engineers to estimate its oil and gas reserves (“reserve estimates”) which were then used in the (1) calculation of depreciation depletion and amortization and (2) impairment analysis of long-lived assets. The issuer also engaged external reserve engineers (company's engaged specialists) to audit and evaluate its proven reserves on a rotational basis. The firm's approach for substantively testing the reserve estimates was to test the issuer's process. The firm did not perform sufficient procedures to test the reserve estimates because the firm did not: · Evaluate the relevance and reliability of external data used by the company's employed specialists to develop the reserve estimates; (AS 1105.A8a) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 1105.A8a | Significant risk |
| 5 | Long-Lived Assets | The issuer utilized internal specialists (company's employed specialists) including reserve engineers to estimate its oil and gas reserves (“reserve estimates”) which were then used in the (1) calculation of depreciation depletion and amortization and (2) impairment analysis of long-lived assets. The issuer also engaged external reserve engineers (company's engaged specialists) to audit and evaluate its proven reserves on a rotational basis. The firm's approach for substantively testing the reserve estimates was to test the issuer's process. The firm did not perform sufficient procedures to test the reserve estimates because the firm did not: · Evaluate the reasonableness of the production profiles which were considered significant assumptions by the firm developed by the company's employed specialists and used to develop the reserve estimates; (AS 1105.A8b) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 1105.A8b | Significant risk |
| 6 | Long-Lived Assets | The issuer utilized internal specialists (company's employed specialists) including reserve engineers to estimate its oil and gas reserves (“reserve estimates”) which were then used in the (1) calculation of depreciation depletion and amortization and (2) impairment analysis of long-lived assets. The issuer also engaged external reserve engineers (company's engaged specialists) to audit and evaluate its proven reserves on a rotational basis. The firm's approach for substantively testing the reserve estimates was to test the issuer's process. The firm did not perform sufficient procedures to test the reserve estimates because the firm did not: · Evaluate whether the methods used by the company's engaged specialists to develop the reserve estimates were appropriate under the circumstances taking into account the requirements of the applicable financial reporting framework beyond inquiry of the methods used with the company's engaged specialists. (AS 1105.A8c) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 1105.A8c | Significant risk |