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, AUE3761 Assignment 3_2021
ASSIGNMENT 03: WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT
UNIQUE ASSIGNMENT NUMBER FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER:
799318
DATE OF SUBMISSION:
23 August 2021
QUESTION 100 marks
The following information relates to the audit of Living Well (Pty) Ltd (Living Well):
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
You are a third-year trainee accountant employed at a medium-size audit firm namely ISA
Incorporated. Most of the audit firm’s audit clients operate in the retail sector and none of them
are listed companies.
Living Well is in the business of selling natural and organic health products from a warehouse in
Tshwane. The company has been in business for the past decade and has been consistently
profitable over the past financial years. Living Well’s turnover for the 2021 financial year is
reported as R5 million (budgeted for 2021: R4.9 million; reported for 2020: R4.5 million). The
gains in the current financial year are attributed to South Africans wanting to be healthier during
the coronavirus pandemic and therefore buying organic health products. The company is not
capital intensive and does not own the warehouse from where they operate. The company
sources its products from both local and international wholesalers and therefore also has to
comply with various local and international laws and regulations. To make sure that all laws and
regulations are adhered to, Living Well has an exceptional team of legal advisors who advises
them on all legal requirements and changes thereto on a regular basis.
In order to deliver products to some of Living Well’s major customers, the company owns a fleet
of mini trucks of which most of them are between two and three years old. Some mini trucks were
purchased in the current financial year. The account balance of mini trucks as part of the property,
plant and equipment account balance is included as R3 million in the statement of financial
position for the 2021 financial year (budgeted for 2021: R3.1 million; reported for 2020: R3.8
million). The mini trucks are carried on the financial statements, at cost, less accumulated
depreciation and impairment losses. Depreciation on mini trucks is charged on a straight-line
basis over their estimated useful lives which is indicated as five years according to Living Well’s
accounting policy. During the 2021 financial year, it became very popular for customers to request
that products are delivered to them and therefore, Living Well decided to include delivery of
products to the customer’s premises as part of their customer service. Due to this decision, the
frequency of trips that the fleet of mini trucks made to deliver products to customers, increased
substantially, which caused mini trucks to break down more often due to overuse. As these trucks
might have to be replaced or undergo major maintenance in the next financial year, there is
uncertainty whether the depreciation and impairment losses have been calculated correctly.
As part of a Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE deal), Living Well is planning
to expand considerably in the 2022 financial year. The deal will involve a listed company which
requires Living Well to be audited externally for the first time for the 28 February 2021 year-end.
As Living Well had a public interest score of less than 100, the company was independently
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