Fax It To Me (FITM) Inc., is a software company that has developed technology that allows for faxing documents using your personal computer and has been audited by a local firm in Montreal, QC, Stanislov and Pang, LLP. The audit firm has just promoted Jan Majorowicz to the position of Audit Manager. The responsibilities of the Manager include planning the audit, reviewing the working papers of the staff and drafting the overall audit opinion.

Jan is working on the year end financials for FITM which has a June 30, 2016 year end.

Key financial information is in Appendix A.

Required:

Use the Case Facts above to outline the answers for the following. Any answer with no application to the case will be awarded zero marks

A) In reviewing the financial statements, perform four (4) analytical procedures. Outline the specific account balance or presentation/disclosures that require follow-up and discuss the rationale for specific account balances, presentation/disclosure that would warrant further follow-up based upon the results of your calculations. Show all calculations. Use the following table format: (12 marks)

Analytical procedure (1 mark)

Specific account balance or presentation/disclosure requiring follow-up (1 mark)

Rationale for further follow-up (1 mark)

B) Provide three (3) control weaknesses using the case facts. Use the format of Weakness, Impact and Recommendation. Provide different recommendations for each weakness. (9 marks)

Weakness (1 mark)

Impact (1 mark)

Recommendation (1 mark)

C) Identify two (2) audit tests of controls that you could perform and the related specific financial statement audit assertion to validate licensing revenue. Use the table format below: (4 marks)

Tests of control (1 mark)

Specific financial statement audit assertion (1 mark)

APPENDIX A KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR FITM

Statement of Earnings (000s CAD)	Unaudited	Audited
	June 30,2016	June 30, 2015
Revenue
Licensing revenue	105,682	203,006
Costs and expenses
Research & Development Costs	15,365	36,383
Salaries & Wages (Note 1)	62,780	97,690
Commissions (Note 2)	22,455	27,790
Bad Debts (Note 5)	1,650	328
Interest Expense (Note 3)	800	650
Administrative expense	15,731	38,810
Total costs and expenses	118,781	201,651
Income (Loss) before income taxes	(13,099)	(1,355)
Income taxes (recovery)	(5,405)	(215)
Net earnings (Loss)	(7,694)	(1,140)
Extracts from the Statement of Financial Position (000s CAD)
Cash and Marketable Securities	110	891
Accounts receivable	39,256	14,117
Fixed Assets (Note 4)	48,785	40,772
Accrued Liabilities	49,573	38,524
Bank Indebtedness (Note 3)	15,259	5,902

Other Financial Information

1. Sales have dropped significantly as the market for fax software is shrinking rapidly due to the use of web-based document sharing. The company restructured in 2016 by significantly cutting costs and laying off 75% of its workforce. No other products are in development in the R&D pipeline.
2. FITM advances commissions to its salespeople each month based on 25% of their salary. When commissions are earned, advances are deducted from the earned salary. Salespeople are not required to repay advances when they leave FITM.
3. FITM is in the midst of re-negotiating its financing as it defaulted on its last monthly payment due August 2016. No further financing has been secured and Jan estimates that the company only has enough cash to sustain operations until March 2017.
4. With the decline in sales, FITM is canceling plans to build a research lab on a piece of land purchased in 2014. The land has appreciated in value from $10M in 2014 to $18M in 2016.
5. In 2016, FITM began a program for customers to pay in 6 monthly installments using their credit card. However, payment defaults increased as customers would cancel their credit cards or exceed their credit card limits during the 6 month period. With the reduced workforce, FITM has been unable to collect these default accounts.

Mohan, the Accounting Supervisor, has informed Jan that the Canada Revenue Agency has filed a claim against FITM for unreported and unpaid Harmonized Sales Taxes (HST) since the companys inception. Mohan has not accrued anything as he is not trained in IFRS and is unsure what the proper accounting treatment is.