2. Audit Findings – Control Deficiency
As a result of the above audit misstatement, the engagement team concluded that a control deficiency exists as the accrual process for goods received not invoiced is not effective in all instances and may indicate an inability to detect a material misstatement in the completeness assertion.
We concluded that this would not be a significant deficiency since we did not identify any other instances of a similar deficiency. In addition, the amount of the invoice noted in the deficiency is well below performance materiality. Given these factors, the likelihood that a material misstatement exists in the untested population of invoices has been reduced to an acceptably low level.
Furthermore, we have evaluated the procedures that management have committed to implementing to remediate this deficiency and concluded that they are sufficient, appropriate and designed adequately. Therefore, we are comfortable that the likelihood of a future misstatement occurring has been reduced to an acceptably low level.