ExpertACCA · Question 03 · Audit Framework and Regulation
CASE SCENARIO: AquaPure Utilities Co
AquaPure Utilities Co is a recently privatized water utility company. You are an audit manager at Blue & Co, responsible for the audit of AquaPure for the year ended 31 December 20X5. AquaPure operates highly specialized water treatment facilities. Management has requested that Blue & Co provide a valuation service for a newly constructed, complex water filtration plant, as AquaPure lacks the internal expertise to value it for inclusion in the financial statements. The filtration plant represents 15% of AquaPure's total assets. Furthermore, during the year, AquaPure was fined by the environmental regulator for a minor chemical spill, which the financial controller has refused to disclose in the financial statements, arguing it is not material by size.
QUESTION:
Regarding the environmental fine, which of the following statements correctly describes the auditor's responsibility under ISA 250 (Consideration of Laws and Regulations in an Audit of Financial Statements)?
CASE SCENARIO: AquaPure Utilities Co
AquaPure Utilities Co is a recently privatized water utility company. You are an audit manager at Blue & Co, responsible for the audit of AquaPure for the year ended 31 December 20X5. AquaPure operates highly specialized water treatment facilities. Management has requested that Blue & Co provide a valuation service for a newly constructed, complex water filtration plant, as AquaPure lacks the internal expertise to value it for inclusion in the financial statements. The filtration plant represents 15% of AquaPure's total assets. Furthermore, during the year, AquaPure was fined by the environmental regulator for a minor chemical spill, which the financial controller has refused to disclose in the financial statements, arguing it is not material by size.
QUESTION:
Regarding the environmental fine, which of the following statements correctly describes the auditor's responsibility under ISA 250 (Consideration of Laws and Regulations in an Audit of Financial Statements)?
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The auditor is responsible for preventing non-compliance with environmental regulations.
The auditor must report all instances of non-compliance directly to the environmental regulator, regardless of confidentiality.
The auditor must consider if the non-compliance has a material effect on the financial statements, including qualitative materiality.
The auditor can ignore the fine since the financial controller has confirmed it is not material by size.
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