The partner has requested you to prepare a preliminary analytical review on the information provided by your company. The partner suggests that, as a minimum, you address key balance sheet and profit and loss horizontal analysis, vertical analysis and ratios over the period 2017to 2020. Based on these results and the nature of your company’s business and its markets, outline the apparent trends and changes in these ratios, the key risk areas for the audit and the matters that will have to be addressed in the audit plan. Give examples of relevant assertions and at least one audit procedure for each assertion.

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