The article is devoted to the study of the audit of income, expenses, and financial results of agricultural enterprises in Ukraine during the martial law. The main problems of the domestic agricultural industry, caused by the specifics of the industry, are identified: deterioration of economic conditions, economic difficulties, competition problems, infrastructural limitations, personnel problems, difficulty in obtaining permits and certification, limited access to modern technologies. It is substantiated that the problems of the organization of accounting and management of agricultural enterprises are represented by insufficient automation of accounting and control processes, insufficient investment attractiveness of these enterprises in reporting, the complexity of accounting for supply processes, production and formation of costs, the complexity of obtaining loans, the complexity of tax accounting. The identified problems of the functioning of domestic enterprises in the conditions of martial law: the threat of security for workers and resources, the complication and increase in the price of the supply and implementation process, the loss of qualified labor, economic difficulties, the instability of legislation, the cancellation of benefits. It was established that the state of war in Ukraine causes additional problems for auditing: changes in the conditions of audit activity and audit risks, the complication of forecasting and assessment of financial results, the need to assess the impact on financial reporting of changes in accounting policies and management strategies, the need for additional audit procedures to determine and settlement of new risks. The work analyzes the peculiarities of the audit process of financial reporting of an agricultural enterprise, its income, expenses, and results of activity. The study showed that the main factor influencing the quality of the audit is the use of effective audit procedures. The work presents directions for optimizing the audit due to its digitalization, identifies problems that may arise, and suggests ways to solve them.
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