Johnstone 9e Auditing Chapter 13 PPT FINAL

AUDITING
A RISK-BASED APPROACH TO
CONDUCTING A QUALITY AUDIT
9th Edition
Karla M. Johnstone | Audrey A. Gramling | Larry E. Rittenberg
CHAPTER 13
AUDITING DEBT OBLIGATIONS AND
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY TRANSACTIONS
Copyright © 2014 South-Western/Cengage Learning

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Identify the significant accounts, disclosures, and

relevant assertions in auditing debt obligations and
stockholders’ equity transactions
2. Identify and assess inherent risks of material
misstatement associated with debt obligations and
3. Identify and assess fraud risks of material
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
4. Identify and assess control risks of material

5. Describe how to use preliminary analytical
procedures to identify possible material
misstatements associated with debt obligations and
6. Determine appropriate responses to identified risks
of material misstatement in auditing debt
obligations and stockholders’ equity transactions
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
7. Determine appropriate tests of controls and

consider the results of tests of controls in auditing
debt obligations and stockholders’ equity
transactions
8. Determine and apply sufficient appropriate
substantive audit procedures in auditing debt
obligations and stockholders’ equity transactions
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
9. Apply the frameworks for professional decision

making and ethical decision making to issues
involving the audit of debt obligations and
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THE AUDIT OPINION FORMULATION
PROCESS
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PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT IN CONTEXT - DEFICIENCIES
IN AUDITING DEBT OBLIGATIONS AND STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY ACCOUNTS
• Debt Obligations
• It was identified that Soyo group was not in
compliance with three of its six debt covenants with
UCB as of December 31, 2007
• Audit team:
• Did not follow up on identified debt covenant violations
• Did not obtain evidence indicating whether a waiver had
been granted by UCB
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EQUITY ACCOUNTS
• Audit work papers did not provide any evidence that
audit team considered whether these violations could
impact the going concern status of Soyo
• Audit report for 2007 included an unqualified opinion
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EQUITY ACCOUNTS
• Adjustments to Stockholders’ Equity Accounts:
Delphi Corporation
• Accused of violations related to improperly accounting
for an increase in warranty reserves related to
warranty claims made by its former parent company
• Misclassification of the reserve (as a direct adjustment
to retained earnings) increase resulted in materially
overstating its net income for 2000 by $69 million
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EQUITY ACCOUNTS
• What are the risks of material misstatement
associated with debt obligations and stockholders’
equity accounts? (LO 2, 3, 4)
• What are the typical substantive procedures that
auditors should perform when auditing debt
obligations and stockholders’ equity accounts? (LO
8)
• How could a lack of appropriate professional
skepticism by auditors lead to material
misstatements related to debt obligations and
stockholders’ equity accounts? (LO 2, 3, 5, 6, 8)
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LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1
IDENTIFY THE SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTS, DISCLOSURES,

AND RELEVANT ASSERTIONS IN AUDITING DEBT
OBLIGATIONS AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
TRANSACTIONS

RELEVANT ACCOUNTS WHEN
AUDITING DEBT OBLIGATIONS
• Bonds payable
• Interest expense
• Gains or losses on refinancing debt
• Notes payable
• Mortgages payable
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AUDITING DEBT OBLIGATIONS
• Objective - Determining whether all obligations are

recorded and properly classified
• Relevant assertions
• Proper valuation of premium or discount
• Valuation of gains or losses on refinancing debt
• Proper presentation and disclosure, including
important restrictions contained in the debt
obligations
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ACTIVITIES RELATED TO DEBT
OBLIGATIONS
Bond issuance and amortization
schedules
Periodic payments and interest

expense
Debt covenants
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BOND INDENTURE
• Contract between an issuer of bonds and the

bondholder stating:
• Time period before repayment
• Amount of interest paid
• Bond being convertible (and if so, at what price or
what ratio)
• Bond being callable
• Amount of money that is to be repaid
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DEBT COVENANTS
• Restrictions in debt agreements aimed at protecting

the lender by restricting the activities of the borrower
• Common Restrictions
• Maintenance of a minimum level of retained earnings
before dividends can be paid
• Maintenance of a minimum working-capital ratio
• Specification of a maximum debt-equity ratio
• Specific callable provisions identifying procedures for
calling and retiring debt at prespecified prices and dates
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RELEVANT ACCOUNTS FOR AUDITING
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Stock accounts (common, preferred,
and treasury)
Additional paid-in capital
Dividend accounts
Retained earnings
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TRANSACTIONS AFFECTING
New stock issuances
Purchase of treasury stock
Declaration and payment of dividends
Grants of stock options and warrants
Exercises and expirations of stock options and warrants
Transfer of net income to retained earnings
Recording of prior-period adjustments to retained earnings
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VALUATION ASSERTION FOR
• When issuing stock for noncash, difficulties arise in
determining
• Whether the market value of the stock issued or of the
asset acquired is a better representation of value
• The proper accounting for an exchange of stock to
acquire another business
• Stock options - Measured at the fair value of the
option
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PRESENTATION AND DISCLOSURE
ASSERTION FOR STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
• Requires proper description of:
• Each class of stock outstanding and number of shares
authorized, issued, and outstanding and special rights
associated with them
• Stock options outstanding and convertible features
• Existence of stock warrants
• Any restrictions or appropriations of retained earnings
• Prior-period adjustments and other comprehensive
income adjustments
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EXHIBIT 13.1 - BALANCE SHEET
DISCLOSURE OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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PRESENTATION AND DISCLOSURE
ASSERTION FOR STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
• Potential dilutive effect of following should be
disclosed in accordance with relevant accounting
guidance
• Convertible debt or preferred stock
• Stock options
• Warrants
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EXHIBIT 13.2 - INCOME STATEMENT DISCLOSURE
OF EARNINGS PER SHARE, ASSUMING DILUTION
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IDENTIFY AND ASSESS INHERENT RISKS OF MATERIAL

MISSTATEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH DEBT
TRANSACTIONS

PERFORMING RISK ASSESSMENT
PROCEDURES
• Obtaining information about inherent risks
• At financial statement level and at account and
assertion levels
• Fraud risks including feedback from audit team
brainstorming sessions
• Strengths and weaknesses in internal control
• Results from preliminary analytical procedures
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IDENTIFYING INHERENT RISKS - DEBT
OBLIGATIONS
Authorization of debt
•Incurring debt that is not properly authorized or reviewed
Receipt of funds
•New debt, debt extinguishments, or debt payment
transactions not being properly authorized
Recording of debt transactions

•Interest expense not being properly recorded or accrued
•Debt not being recorded in accordance with GAAP
Compliance with any debt covenants

•Risk of debt covenants not being calculate accurately
•Risk of compliance with debt covenants not being
appropriately reviewed and disclosed
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EXHIBIT 13.3 - INHERENT RISKS ASSOCIATED
WITH STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY ACTIVITIES
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EXHIBIT 13.3 - INHERENT RISKS ASSOCIATED
WITH STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY ACTIVITIES
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IDENTIFY AND ASSESS FRAUD RISKS OF MATERIAL

TRANSACTIONS

IDENTIFYING FRAUD RISK FACTORS -
DEBT OBLIGATIONS
Violations of debt covenants are not disclosed
Debt obligations are not properly authorized
Long-term or short-term debt is misclassified
Interest expense either not recorded, misclassified, or

recorded:
•In the wrong period
•At the wrong amount
Entire loan payments are charged to either principal or
interest
13-30
• Expenses charged directly to retained earnings rather
than to appropriate expense accounts
• Stock sales or issuances:
• Not authorized or recorded
• Violate debt covenants
• Stock options are:
• Not authorized or in accordance with terms of options
granted
• Backdated
13-31
• Dividends are paid:
• In violation of restrictive covenants
• To wrong parties or at incorrect amounts
• Proceeds from stock sales are misappropriated
13-32
IDENTIFY AND ASSESS CONTROL RISKS OF MATERIAL

TRANSACTIONS

IDENTIFYING CONTROL RISKS
• At entity-wide level, auditor considers:

• Control environment
• Commitment to financial accounting competencies
• Independence of the board of directors
• Other entity-wide components of internal control
• Risk assessment
• Information and communication
• Monitoring controls
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CONTROLS - DEBT OBLIGATIONS
• Board of directors approves all new debt

• Debt and interest accounts are updated and reconciled
to the general ledger on a monthly basis
• Review of draft financial statements prior to issuance
for proper disclosure of debt obligations
• A debt amortization schedule is:
• Prepared for each new debt obligation
• Updated as appropriate
• Reviewed by appropriate personnel
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CONTROLS - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
TRANSACTIONS
• Board of directors approves all stock transactions
• CEO and CFO authorize approved stock transactions
• Stockholders’ equity accounts are updated and
reconciled to the general ledger on a timely basis
• Top management and the board of directors review
draft financial statements prior to issuance for
proper disclosure of equity accounts
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CONTROLS - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
TRANSACTIONS
• An outside party maintains details of shares issued,
repurchased, and cancelled
• Accountant researches and analyzes proper
accounting for stock option grants
• Organization’s legal counsel and CFO review and
approve the analysis
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DOCUMENTING CONTROLS
• Can be done in any of the following formats

• Control matrix
• Control risk assessment questionnaire
• Memo
13-38
DESCRIBE HOW TO USE PRELIMINARY ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES

TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS ASSOCIATED
WITH DEBT OBLIGATIONS AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
TRANSACTIONS.

PRELIMINARY ANALYTICAL
PROCEDURES
• Help identify areas of potential misstatements
• For debt obligations
• Trend analysis of:
• Balances in notes payable
• Interest expense
• Accrued interest with prior periods
• Estimate interest expense based on average interest
rates and average debt outstanding
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PRELIMINARY ANALYTICAL
PROCEDURES
• Calculate debt-to-equity ratios and perform a trend
analysis with prior periods
• Calculate the times interest earned ratio and perform a
trend analysis with prior periods
• For stockholders’ equity accounts
• Compare current year account balances with prior-
year account balances
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DETERMINE APPROPRIATE RESPONSES TO IDENTIFIED

RISKS OF MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT IN AUDITING DEBT
TRANSACTIONS

DETERMINING APPROPRIATE AUDIT
PROCEDURES
• Debt accounts - Substantive procedures are typically
appropriate because:
• Number of transactions is relatively small
• Dollar amounts involved are usually quite material
• Stockholders’ equity transactions - Substantive
approach using only tests of details is typically
appropriate
• Number of equity transactions with outside parties is
normally small
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DETERMINE APPROPRIATE TESTS OF CONTROLS AND

CONSIDER THE RESULTS OF TESTS OF CONTROLS IN
AUDITING DEBT OBLIGATIONS AND STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY TRANSACTIONS

OBTAINING EVIDENCE ABOUT INTERNAL
CONTROL OPERATING EFFECTIVENESS
• Involves testing both entity-wide and transaction
controls
• Tests of transaction controls
• Inquiry of personnel performing the control
• Observation of control being performed
• Inspection of documentation confirming that the
control has been performed
• Reperformance of the control by the auditor testing
the control
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DETERMINE AND APPLY SUFFICIENT APPROPRIATE

SUBSTANTIVE AUDIT PROCEDURES IN AUDITING
DEBT OBLIGATIONS AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
TRANSACTIONS

SUBSTANTIVE ANALYTICAL
PROCEDURES - DEBT OBLIGATIONS
• Involves developing an independent expectation of
interest expense
• Expectation based on:
• Average debt outstanding
• Average interest rates
• Use data disaggregated by type of debt
• If test of controls are not performed
• Information used to perform analytical procedure is
confirmed with an independent outside party
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EXHIBIT 13.4 - PANEL A: SUBSTANTIVE ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES
APPROACH TO OBTAINING AUDIT EVIDENCE FOR COMPLETENESS
OF INTEREST EXPENSE
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EXHIBIT 13.4 - PANEL B: SUBSTANTIVE ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES
AND TESTS OF DETAILS APPROACH TO OBTAINING AUDIT
EVIDENCE FOR COMPLETENESS OF INTEREST EXPENSE
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SUBSTANTIVE TESTS OF DETAILS - DEBT
OBLIGATIONS
Reading new loan agreements
Determining any changes that have

been made to prior loan agreements
Confirming with relevant outside

parties the significant factors and
transactions that have occurred
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EXHIBIT 13.5 - RELEVANT MANAGEMENT ASSERTIONS
AND SUBSTANTIVE PROCEDURES FOR DEBT OBLIGATIONS
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SUBSTANIVE PROCEDURES - DEBT AND
BOND COVENANTS
• Auditor should:
• Obtain an understanding of the procedures the client
uses to determine whether they are in compliance
with their debt covenants
• Then independently determine if the client is in
compliance
• If not in compliance, auditor should assess the effects
of the violation
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SUBSTANTIVE TESTS OF DETAILS -
• Reviewing a copy of client’s articles of incorporation
• Preparing, or asking client to prepare, an analysis of all
capital stock transactions
• Inspecting documentation related to client’s record
keeping of capital stock and contributed capital
maintained by the client or held by a transfer agent
• Transfer agent: An organization used by a client to:
• Maintain records of investors and account balances and
transactions
• Cancel and issue certificates and process investor mailings
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• Obtaining evidence related to the valuation of capital
stock
• Reviewing the minutes of the board of directors
meetings
• Examining the stock records books
• Obtaining evidence for all capital stock transactions
• Tracing proceeds to cash receipts journal and reviewing
documentation
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• For stock issued in a nonmonetary transaction
• Determining that client has properly recorded issuance in
accordance with GAAP
• For clients with treasury stock
• Examining documentation supporting changes in
number of shares since prior year
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AUDITING IN PRACTICE - DEFICIENCIES IN SUBSTANTIVE
PROCEDURES RELATED TO EQUITY TRANSACTIONS:
INSIGHTS FROM THE PCAOB
• Auditors failed to:

• Evaluate whether clients had appropriately determined
the fair values assigned to equity-based transactions
• Test reasonableness of fair values
• Evaluate adequacy of disclosure of equity transactions
in the notes to the financial statements
• Determine whether the equity transactions were
recorded in the proper period
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AUDITING IN PRACTICE - DEFICIENCIES IN SUBSTANTIVE
PROCEDURES RELATED TO EQUITY TRANSACTIONS:
INSIGHTS FROM THE PCAOB
• Address and evaluate the substance, business purpose,
or significant terms of the equity arrangements
• Consider the accounting principles potentially
applicable to the equity transactions
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DIVIDENDS
• Examine minutes of board of directors meetings for
authorization of dividend per share amount and
dividend record date
• For clients maintaining their own records and paying
the dividends
• Auditor need to recalculate the amount of the
dividends and agree that amount to the cash
disbursements journal
• For client using a transfer agent:
• Trace the payment to a cash disbursement made by
the client to the agent 13-58
RETAINED EARNINGS
• Examine transactions recorded in retained earnings
account during audit period
• Common entries include net income or loss
• These amounts tested through substantive audit
procedures related to revenues and expenses
• Other common entry includes dividends
• Auditor should review documentation for any
additional entries
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FRAUD-RELATED SUBSTANTIVE
PROCEDURES FOR DEBT OBLIGATIONS
Search public records to identify debt obligations
Vouch and trace loan proceeds and debt payments
Send confirmations to lenders and creditors, and

confirmation of compliance with any debt covenants
Require original supporting documents
Agree detail of debt terms to authorization in minutes

of board meetings
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FRAUD-RELATED SUBSTANTIVE PROCEDURES
FOR STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY ACCOUNTS
• Confirm terms of equity arrangements and shares

held directly with shareholders
• Confirm with shareholders regarding any side
agreements
• Employ an appropriate level of professional
skepticism and carefully analyze transactions
• Confirm with the transfer agent information on
issued stock
• Account for and vouch all proceeds from stock issues
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DOCUMENTING SUBSTANTIVE
PROCEDURES - FOR DEBT OBLIGATIONS
• Copies of the debt agreements
• Identification of specific items tested
• Schedule of debt obligations and interest
• A summary of the calculations supporting
compliance with debt covenants
• Confirmations or documentation of alternative
procedures performed
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DOCUMENTING SUBSTANTIVE PROCEDURES -
FOR STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY TRANSACTIONS
• Client’s articles of incorporation

• A summary of changes in equity accounts
• Verification of authorization with respect to any
changes in capitalization or declaration of dividends
• Confirmations with transfer agent or shareholders
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AUDITING

Karla M. Johnstone | Audrey A. Gramling | Larry E. Rittenberg

Copyright © 2014 South-Western/Cengage Learning

1. Identify the significant accounts, disclosures, and

4. Identify and assess control risks of material

7. Determine appropriate tests of controls and

9. Apply the frameworks for professional decision

IDENTIFY THE SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTS, DISCLOSURES,

Copyright © 2014 South-Western/Cengage Learning

• Objective - Determining whether all obligations are

Periodic payments and interest

• Contract between an issuer of bonds and the

• Restrictions in debt agreements aimed at protecting

Additional paid-in capital

Purchase of treasury stock

Declaration and payment of dividends

Grants of stock options and warrants

Exercises and expirations of stock options and warrants

Transfer of net income to retained earnings

Recording of prior-period adjustments to retained earnings

IDENTIFY AND ASSESS INHERENT RISKS OF MATERIAL

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Recording of debt transactions

Compliance with any debt covenants

IDENTIFY AND ASSESS FRAUD RISKS OF MATERIAL

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Debt obligations are not properly authorized

Long-term or short-term debt is misclassified

Interest expense either not recorded, misclassified, or

IDENTIFY AND ASSESS CONTROL RISKS OF MATERIAL

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• At entity-wide level, auditor considers:

• Board of directors approves all new debt

• Can be done in any of the following formats

DESCRIBE HOW TO USE PRELIMINARY ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES

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DETERMINE APPROPRIATE RESPONSES TO IDENTIFIED

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DETERMINE APPROPRIATE TESTS OF CONTROLS AND

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DETERMINE AND APPLY SUFFICIENT APPROPRIATE

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Reading new loan agreements

Determining any changes that have

Confirming with relevant outside

• Auditors failed to:

Vouch and trace loan proceeds and debt payments

Send confirmations to lenders and creditors, and

Require original supporting documents

Agree detail of debt terms to authorization in minutes

• Confirm terms of equity arrangements and shares

• Client’s articles of incorporation

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