Section B – TWO questions ONLY to be attempted 2022-01-07 (a) You are an audit manager in Weston & Co which is an international firm of Chartered Certified Accountants with branches in many countries and which offers a range of audit and assurance services to its clients. Your responsibilities include reviewing ethical matters which arise with audit clients, and dealing with approaches from prospective audit clients. 2022-01-07 You are a senior manager in Macau & Co, a firm of Chartered Certified Accountants. In your capacity as engagement quality control reviewer, you have been asked to review the audit files of Stanley Co and Kowloon Co, both of which have a financial year ended 31 December 2015, and the audits of both companies are nearing completion. 2022-01-07 You are a manager at Chennai & Co, a firm of Chartered Certified Accountants. One of the partners has asked you to investigate and respond to a number of issues which have arisen with two different companies. 2022-01-07 You are a manager in the audit department of Nidge & Co, a firm of Chartered Certified Accountants, responsible for the audit of Darren Co, a new audit client operating in the construction industry. Darren Co’s financial year ended on 31 January 2015, and the draft financial statements recognise profit before tax of $22·5 million (2014 – $20 million) and total assets of $370 million, including cash of $3 million. The company typically works on three construction contracts at a time. 2022-01-07 Section B – TWO questions ONLY to be attempted 2022-01-07 You are a manager in Ryder & Co, a firm of Chartered Certified Accountants, and you have taken on the responsibility for providing support and guidance to new members of the firm. Ryder & Co has recently recruited a new audit junior, Sam Tyler, who has come across several issues in his first few months at the firm which he would like your guidance on. Sam’s comments and questions are shown below: 2022-01-07 Section B – TWO questions ONLY to be attempted 2022-01-07 Section B – TWO questions ONLY to be attempted 2022-01-07 You are a senior manager in the audit department of Raven & Co. You are reviewing two situations which have arisen in respect of audit clients, which were recently discussed at the monthly audit managers’ meeting: 2022-01-07