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Financial Reporting and Ethics - The Institute of Chartered ...

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FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ETHICSMay= 4,32012,300x 100 = 35.1%(B)From: Audit ManagerTo: PartnerSubject: <strong>The</strong> Ice-cream parlour (year ended 31st May 2008)Our Client’s trading account for the year ended 31st May 2008 is as follows:NSales 144,000Cost <strong>of</strong> Sales 90,720Gross Pr<strong>of</strong>it 53,280<strong>The</strong> result <strong>of</strong> this trading account shows a gross pr<strong>of</strong>it <strong>of</strong> 37%, which when compared to theindustry average <strong>of</strong> 40%, has a short fall <strong>of</strong> 3%.<strong>The</strong> effect <strong>of</strong> this difference indicates that sales <strong>of</strong> approximately N7,200 have been omittedfrom the records. That is, 90,720/0.6 less 144,000 = 7,200. <strong>The</strong> total cost <strong>of</strong> N90,720needsto be analysed into its constituent parts <strong>and</strong> the sales estimate based on that analysis.Purchase invoices will need to be obtained for this purpose <strong>and</strong> sales mix compared withthat <strong>of</strong> other companies in the same industry. <strong>The</strong>re could be a reconciliation <strong>of</strong> physicalstock movements to identify whether there has been any misallocation <strong>of</strong> sales to producttype.Yours faithfully,Aminu Ranger284

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