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Audit thinking logic
What are we going to audit - revenue, trade receivables, unquoted equity investments, trade payables, etc What audit procedures (nature, timing) to be performed to ascertain each of the assertions What contents inside the evidence to be obtained from the audit procedures and why it can ascertain the assertions in accordance with FRS and SSA What sampling to be applied (extent) and why applying such sampling methodology and in accordance with SSA Evaluate the evidences obtaine

Thomas Tsang
Jan 151 min read
Audit schedule provided by client in audit
Before we place reliance on audit schedule provided by client in an audit engagement, we are required to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the audit schedule. In order to address the issue, we need to document the process of how the client prepares the audit schedule, then we perform substantive test on the completeness and accuracy of the audit schedule or test of control on the client prepared the schedule. We need to document the objective of the audit schedule and w

Thomas Tsang
Nov 29, 20251 min read
Enterprise value
In business valuation, enterprise value is the value of the business. It includes any intangible assets not booked such as goodwill,...

Thomas Tsang
Mar 8, 20251 min read
Walk through in audit
To perform walk through in audit with the objective to ascertain the audit assertions. We need to understand the control or process in...

Thomas Tsang
Feb 25, 20251 min read
Fair value measurement after initial recognition of investment in equity instruments
Per FRS 109, para 5.1.1, financial assets such as equity instruments shall be initially measured at fair value. And subsequently measured...

Thomas Tsang
Sep 12, 20241 min read
Timing for impairment test on goodwill
In Singapore FRS 36, paragraph 96 ”The annual impairment test for a cash-generating unit to which goodwill has been allocated may be...

Thomas Tsang
Jun 17, 20241 min read
Prior year error
When there was a judgement made in prior year without concrete evidence of support. The audit should have qualified it. When in...

Thomas Tsang
Mar 30, 20241 min read
Impairment test under US GAAP
Under US GAAP, the carrying amount of the assets is compared to the undiscounted future cash flow of the assets generated. If the amount...

Thomas Tsang
Nov 20, 20231 min read
Discount on enterprise value
When apply discount on lack of marketability (DLOM) and lack of control (DLOC) on enterprise value (EV), it is a multiple of EV x...

Thomas Tsang
May 29, 20231 min read
Equity instrument
In accordance with SFRS109, investment in equity instruments must be subsequently measured at fair value. In limited circumstances, cost...

Thomas Tsang
Jan 29, 20231 min read
Budget cost in contract using input method
In contract revenue to recognise using input method, one of the key audit procedures is to ascertain the budgeted cost of the project...

Thomas Tsang
Mar 28, 20221 min read
Change in PPE from cost model to revaluation model
For change of accounting policy for PPE from cost model to revaluation model. It is not follow FRS 8 as exempted from prior year...

Thomas Tsang
Nov 30, 20211 min read
Financial assets classified from current to non-current
When receivables classified from current to non-current, it needs to be measured at fair value upon reclassification. The different will...

Thomas Tsang
Oct 11, 20211 min read
ESOS
For start up company, issue of Employee Share Option Scheme (ESOS) is a common remuneration package to employee. For accounting purpose,...

Thomas Tsang
Sep 18, 20211 min read
Revenue recognise over time
Per FRS115, para 35, there are 3 criteria for revenue should be recognised over time if one of the criteria is met as mentioned in 35...

Thomas Tsang
Jul 20, 20211 min read
Subsequent event for next financial year
In the case when we issue a financial statements on a date after the next financial year end. There may be an event happened after the...

Thomas Tsang
Jul 13, 20211 min read
Accounting for equity instruments
When there is an investment in equity instrument, it is required to measure it subsequently at fair value per FRS109. It is also required...

Thomas Tsang
Jun 11, 20211 min read
Completeness of FX gain in money changer or payment service
In the money changing and payment services provider, the completeness in FX gain is always a challenge to auditor. We have to rely on...

Thomas Tsang
May 13, 20211 min read
Accounting is crucial
Company’s directors always misunderstood that audit is more important than proper accounting. Auditor will fix everything for the...

Thomas Tsang
May 1, 20211 min read
Completeness and cut off
Completeness assertion is transaction should have been recorded have been recorded. We need to ascertain transaction happened have been...

Thomas Tsang
Apr 24, 20211 min read
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