Bush

99 Bush-Baby Hotels 39 mins

1. 1. Describe FIVE types of procedures for obtaining audit evidence; and

2. For each procedure, describe an example relevant to the audit of property, plant and equipment.

Note: The total marks will be split equally between each part. (10 marks)

Bush-Baby Hotels Co operates a chain of 18 hotels located across the country. Each hotel has bedrooms, a restaurant and leisure club facilities. Most visitors to the restaurant and leisure club are hotel guests; however, these facilities are open to the public as well. Hotel guests generally charge any costs to their room but other visitors must make payment directly to the hotel staff.

During the year, senior management noticed an increased level of cash discrepancies and inventory discrepancies, and they suspect that some employees have been stealing cash and goods from the hotels. They are keen to prevent this from reoccurring and are considering establishing an internal audit department to undertake a fraud investigation.

Required

2. Explain how the new internal audit department of Bush-Baby Hotels Co could assist the directors in preventing and detecting fraud and error. (3 marks)

3. Describe the limitations of Bush-Baby Hotels Co establishing and maintaining an internal audit department (2 marks)

The directors would like the internal audit department to have as broad a role as possible, as this will make the decision to recruit an internal audit department more cost effective.

Required

4. Describe additional functions, other than fraud investigations, the directors of Bush-Baby Hotels Co could ask the internal audit department to undertake. (5 marks)

(Total = 20 marks)