One of the audit clients Airtel has presented the income statement below to the audit firm...

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One of the audit clients Airtel has presented the incomestatement below to the audit firm Earnest and Young where you workas an assistant auditor.

Airtel Income Statement for the year ended December 31,2018                                  ZMK

Revenue                                                                                                                         1,392,000

Cost of goodssold                                                                                                             680,480

Grossprofit                                                                                                                        711,520

Distribution Administrationexpenses                                                                               367,200

Profit fromOperation                                                                                                        344,320

Other income

Gain on sale ofequipment                                                                                                  56,000

Income beforetaxes                                                                                                          400,320

Incometaxes                                                                                                                     118,400

Netincome                                                                                                                        281,920

The audit partner has decided that 5% income before taxesbenchmark is appropriate for overall materiality and tolerablemisstatement has been estimated to be 60% of overallmateriality.

Required

a) Explain what overall materiality is and statesome factors that the partner would have considered in deciding the5 percent benchmark

b) Explain what tolerable misstatement is and statesome factors that the partner would have considered in deciding the60 percent benchmark.

c). Calculate the overall materiality, and tolerablemisstatement.

d). During the course of the audit, the auditorsdiscover that the revenue account has an invoice which wasmisstated by K8,200 explain the action that the auditors willtake

e) Further, the auditors discover that in thedistribution and Administration expenses account some invoices havebeen misstated by K17, 500.Explain the action that the auditorswill take

f) Taking into account the two errors in (d) and (e)above, state the recommendations and explain the final decisionthat the auditor will make

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a Materiality is the level that is judged by the auditor to represent what is significant to the financial statements as a whole the point at which it will effect the investment decision of the users of financial statement Factors to be considered in determining materiality include the following The effect which misstatements on profitability may cause Misstatements presenting a loss as an income or an income as a loss The potential effect of the misstatement on the companys compliance    See Answer
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