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You have been appointed the auditor of United Millers Company Limited, a medium manufacturing company which is quoted on the stock exchange.

      

You have been appointed the auditor of United Millers Company Limited, a medium manufacturing company which is quoted on the stock exchange.
Required:
a) List the important matters which must be included in the letter of engagement.
b) Explain the purpose of such a letter

  

Answers


Wilfred
a) According to ISA 210, the principal contents of an engagement letter include reference to:-
a) The objective of the audit of financial statements.
b) Managements responsibility for the financial statements
c) The scope of the audit, including reference to applicable legislation, regulations, or pronouncements of professional
bodies to which the auditor adheres.
d) The form of any reports or other communication of results of the engagement.
e) The fact that because of the test nature and other inherent limitations of an audit together with the inherent
limitations of any accounting and Internal Control System, there is an unavoidable risk that even some material
misstatement may remain undiscovered.
f) Unrestricted access to whatever records, documentation and other information requested in connection with the audit

(b) The engagement letter serves the following purpose:-
i) The letter defines the scope of work to be carried out and the respective responsibilities of the auditor and the client under the engagement. This helps in avoiding misunderstandings between the client and the auditor as regards to the scope of the work to be carried out and the respective responsibilities of both parties.
ii) The letter documents and confirms the auditor‘s acceptance of the appointment
iii) It explains the forms of any reports to be issued under the engagement
iv) To educate the client on: -
- His duty to maintain proper books of accounts and to prepare financial statements that show a true and fair view.
- His duty to prevent errors and frauds.
- His duty to provide all the necessary information
- That the audit should not be relied upon to detect errors and frauds.
- To explain that the audit will be carried out on a test basis.
- Basis of charging his fees.
v) Minimise auditor‘s liability to third parties. The auditor may include a clause in the engagement letter limiting the client from distributing the audit report to parties other than those agreed on an identified in the engagement letter.
Wilfykil answered the question on February 21, 2019 at 11:16


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