Task details: Question 2
You are the audit senior with Howard & Associates and have been assigned to the audit of Beautiful Hair Ltd (Beautiful Hair). In early 2019. Beautiful Hair acquired a small manufacturer of high-quality organic hair-styling produced Shimmer Pty Ltd (Shimmer). Beautiful Hair's management had identified that Shimmer's line of products would fit extremely well with the Beautiful Hair business. and organized funding for the acquisition from Regional Bank. Shimmer uses special formulas to create i. product. Only the owner of Shimmer knows the secret ingredients for the formulas. These secret ingredients are apparently document. and held by Shimmer's solicitors. Beautiful Hair's management has been advised that the intellectual property related to the formulas has The potential to be both a material and valuable asset and has been recognize as an intangible asset arising from the acquisition in accordance with accounting standard AASB 3.
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(c) Explain the requirement of ASA 701 Communicating Key Audit Matters in the Auditors Report and the rationale for the auditing standard. Determine if each of the above matters are key audit matters. providing full rationale for the determination. If it is determined that they are Key Audit Motors. provide the disclosures which are required in Key Audit Matters Section of the Auditor's report as required under ASA 701.