二、2017年12月P7考前复习重点题目
1. Necessary focus points for each sitting (about 80-100 marks)
(1) Ethical/professional/practice issues: (15 marks)
✦ Ethical issues: independence threats and safeguards;
✦ Professional issues: auditor’s professional liability under statute law and tort law;
✦ Practices issues: advertising, tendering, publicity, obtaining professional work and fees, professional appointments, quality control
(2) Identification and explanation of audit risk or/and business risk (15 – 18 marks)
(3) Specific accounting issues about items in FSs, i.e. evaluation and review (i) (ii) (iii): risks, materiality, specific accounting standards, audit procedures, impact on audit report. (40 marks)
(4) Audit-related service or other assurance service: interim financial information review; due diligence; PFI; forensic auditing; social and environment auditing; internal auditing. (10 -20 marks)
(5) Group auditing: (10-15 marks)
Other areas which are likely examined
(1) Regulatory environment: corporate governance code; money laundering; law and regulations
(2) Current issues and development: auditor’s responsibility about these issues