This document is to be completed by local engagement teams in connection with the THAI HUAWEI BATTERY CO., LTD Group audit. The completed document should be sent back to Uniwin International CPA Limited (“Group auditor”). The purpose of this document is to assist Group auditor in identifying new material transactions, significant events or other considerations that may affect the financial statements of the statutory audit locations.
This workpaper should NOT be provided to client management for completion. The purpose of this workpaper is to guide the inquiries of management performed by component auditor’s personnel.
Country Name: [Ms. Kingkan Wichiarotmuthon]
Completed by: [engagement manager]
A. General
Please provide the following details:
1. The background of the company and its operation (such as company history, registered capital; legal representative; governance structure and organizational structure, in which the industry; business scope and the main operation)
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2. Brief introduction of your audit methodology (for example: the degree of reliance on the internal controls of the audited entity, audit area that has implemented high-risk audit procedures and conclusions, etc.
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3. Any significant accounting and auditing problems and respective solutions.
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4. Brief analytical review on the income statement and balance sheet.
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5. During the course of audit, whether you find significant issues that need to notify the Group auditor.
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6. Whether the financial statements, including statement of income and statement of financial position as at 31 December, 2014, for THAI HUAWEI BATTERY CO., LTD had no material different from the financial statement as at 31 December, 2014.
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7. Describe the reasons to modify the audit opinion (if applicable).
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8. Other major issues found during the course of audit.
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B. Accounting
Please check each box with “Yes/No” to indicate your answer. For multi-part questions, please indicate yes or no for each part of the question, (a) through (e), if applicable. Please provide a description of the matter if applicable.*
Question 1 Yes/ No Comments
General
- Is the books and records complete? If not, please indicate the impact to your audit.
- The financial statements/reporting package have been reviewed/approved by management?
Question 2 Yes/ No Comments
Accounting policy
- The accounting policies adopted by the Company are consistent with the Group’s accounting policies? If not, please provide details and the impact of such differences.
- The accounting policies are consistent with last year? If not, please provide details and the impact of such differences.
Question 3 Yes/ No Comments
Accounting framework
The financial statements/reporting package have been prepared in accordance with Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standards for Private Entities (“HKFRS-PE”)? If not, please provide details of variations and the impact of such differences.
Question 4 Yes/ No Comments
Other major events
Please provide the following details:
(a) Any significant change in accounting estimates? If yes, please provide details.
(b) Any prior year adjustment? If yes, please provide details.
(c) Any events that need to draw Group auditor’s attention?
C. Auditing
Question 1 Yes/ No Comments
General
(a) Any difficulties or limitation encountered during the course of audit? If yes, please describe.
(b) The audit teams are competent and familiar with the audit methodology.
(c) The audits of the Companies are completed by Ernst and Young itself? If no, please provide scope of works performed by other parties.
(d) Do you relay on the work of internal control functions? If yes, please provide details.
(e) Engagement of other audit specialists? If yes, please provide details.
Question 2
Internal control
(a) Performed assessment on the internal control in order to determine the degree of reliance on internal control? If yes, please describe the tested internal control cycle and the details of audit procedures (including sample size.)
(b) In performing the assessment describe in (a), have you consider the below factors:
(i) Management understands the potential business risks;
(ii) Management is component and have sufficient information of the Company in order to perform effective internal control;
(iii) Appropriate internal policies have been implemented to ensure the Company operate under control;
(iv) Management has incentive and chance to report wrong or misleading financial information;
(v) Appropriate internal policies have been adopted to ensure the financial statements/reporting packages are prepared based on the underlying books and records?
(c) Please describe the IT control of the Company and the degree of reliance to the IT control.
(d) Any deficiencies in internal control process noted during the course of audit? If yes, please describe the follow up actions.
(e) Please provide internal control report.
(f) Are you satisfy with the assessment of the internal control system?
Question 3
Bank balances, cash in hand, overdraft and bank loan
(a) Performed cash count for cash balance greater than [AMPT]
(b) and performed reconciliations for any variances?
(c) Bank loans were secured by assets (if any)? If yes, please provide details of the secured assets.
(d) Circulated bank confirmations for all bank accounts? If not, please describe the coverage to the total bank balances.
Is the bank confirmations were sent and received directly to and from respective banks?
Bank confirmations sent for those bank accounts closed during the year.
(e) Review bank reconciliations and checked to supporting documents for reconciling items greater than [AMPT]?
(f) Any bank deposits with maturity greater than three months? If yes, please provide details and supporting documents.
(g) Any pledged or restricted deposits? If yes, please provide details and respective supporting documents.
(h) Any demand clauses in the bank loan agreement? If yes, please provide details.
Question 4
Bills receivables
(a) Sufficient audit evidences have been obtained and appropriately presented in the reporting package?
Question 5
Trade and other receivables and prepayment
(a) Any cut-off issues noted for the year ended 31 December 2014? If yes, please describe the details.
(b) Have you consider the impact of returned goods subsequent to 31 December 2014 to the revenue for the year ended 31 December 2014?
(c) Performed subsequent settlements? If yes, please provide detail workings.
(d) Circulate debtor confirmations? If yes, please provide the list of confirmations sent and the sampling basis. Please describe the alternative procedures for unreturned confirmations.
(e) Any variances noted between the books records and returned debtor confirmations? If yes, have you perform additional procedures to verify such variances?
(f) Any pledged receivables noted as at 31 December 2014? If yes, please provide details.
(g) All receivables from related parties have been identified and appropriately classified in the reporting package.
(h) Any written-off of receivables noted during the year? If yes, please provide the rationale and amounts.
(i) -Please describe the provision policy of receivables (e.g. base on ageing);
-The provision policy is consistent with prior year?;
-The provision is adequate by not excessive;
-All provisions made are in accordance with the policies and appropriately approved by management.
(j) Please describe the details and rationale for any specific provision made (if any)?
(k) Please describe the details and rationale for written back of provision (if any)?
(l) Any debtor overdue for 1 year? If yes, the reason for no impairment.
Question 6
Inventory
(a) Please describe the audit procedures to verify the amount of inventory (e.g. inventory count);
(b) Inventory count performed at least once per year;
(c) Roll forward/backward procedures have been performed if the inventory count is not performed as at 31 December 2014.
(d) Any inventory stored outside the client’s warehouse? If yes, please describe the audit procedures to verify of such inventory?
(e) Are you satisfactory with the process and control applied during the inventory count?
(f) Reconciliations or adjustments have been performed for variance noted during the inventory count?
(g) Any cut-off issues noted inventory during the course of