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Beauty Tech Limited ("BT") operates a chain of beauty salons in Hong Kong which is owned by its two founders Joyce Lam and Johnson Ko. Joyce and Johnson are the executive directors of BT and are responsible for setting the business strategy and making all key business decisions for BT. BT operates five beauty salons which offer facials and skin care treatments, spa and massages, nail treatments, and various types of beauty services. The services provided and the respective fee charges are listed in the price list which can be found on BT's website and at the reception of the salons. Joyce and Johnson believe that if BT can offer effective treatments and excellent customers services, regular customers will continue to use their services, hence BT does not offer any pre-paid packages or vouchers. Customers are charged on every visit and based on the treatments performed in that visit. Over 85% of customers pay with credit cards while the rest pay cash. Most of the accounts receivables represent outstanding amount due from credit card companies. The accounting team of BT is supervised by a newly recruited accounting manager who has five years of accounting and auditing experience mainly in Hong Kong. BT uses a packaged software to keep track of the sales and accounting records. Access to the accounting software is restricted to designated cashier staff in each salon and the accounting team of BT. Sales transactions are recorded into accounting software with sales receipts that are generated simultaneously. All sales receipts are pre-numbered. The cashier staff provide customer with sales receipts after payments. Extract of the financial information of BT for the year ended 31 December 2020 and 2019: Extract of the financial information of BT for the year ended 31 December 2020 and 2019: Services revenue Cost of revenue Gross profit Other operating expenses Net profit Accounts receivables Inventories Cash and bank 2020 (unaudited) HK$'000 198,085 102,532 95,553 43,978 51,575 21,790 2,900 36,500 2019 (audited) HK$'000 177,540 109,670 67,870 44,980 22,890 18,630 2,600 33,700 Question 1 (continued) Required: (a) Evaluate the risk of material misstatements at each of the assertion of accounts receivables. (12 marks) (b) Propose relevant audit procedures in addressing the risk of material misstatements identified in Question 1(a) above. (8 marks) [Total for Question 1: 20 marks]