Chapter 7: Case 7-25 – New Client Acceptance‚ Comprehensive Case: Mt. Hood Furniture‚ Inc. Company Background Information: Your employer‚ Reddy & Abel‚ LLP‚ Certified Public Accountants (who is registered with the PCAOB and audits public companies)‚ has been approached by a prospective client‚ Mt. Hood Furniture‚ Inc.‚ about your firm taking on their account. The firm has adopted procedures for the acceptance and retention of clients following the AICPA guidelines for quality control in an accounting
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AUDIT ENGAGEMENT LETTER May 16‚ 20X4 Robert S. Saws Mt. Hood Furniture‚ Inc. 555 S. Bend Rd Dear Mr. Saws: This will confirm our understanding of the arrangements for our examination of the financial statements of Mt. Hood Furniture‚ Inc. for the year ending December 31‚ 20X3. We will examine Mt. Hood Furniture’s balance sheet as of December 31‚ 20X3‚ and the related statements of income‚ retained earnings‚ and cash flows for the year then ended‚ for the purpose of auditing them. Our audit will
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MT HOOD FURUNITURE MINI AUDIT PROJECT Advanced Auditing 367904 Semester 2 2014 AIMS: The aims of this case study are. 1. 2. 3. To demonstrate the different phrases of an audit. To illustrate specific audit techniques. To work as an audit team in discussing issues and solving problems OBJECTIVES: On completion of this case study‚ you should be able to: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Evaluate audit risks exposure. Critically analyse situations which will impact on the audit process. Analyse
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(Mt. Hood Furniture—PPS sampling problem) You have been assigned the task of testing the accuracy of the final inventory compilation for Mt. Hood Furniture. You may assume that you have separately observed the inventory and that you are satisfied that the inventory was accurately counted. However‚ you need to test that quantities were accurately transcribed to the final accumulation and valuation of inventory and that the inventory is correctly priced and accumulated. The table beginning on
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Reddy & Abel Certified Public Accountants LLP. June 9‚ 2012 Mr. Conrad P. Saws Mt. Hood Furniture Inc. 1234 Dream Lane Little Saw‚ Oregon 45210 Dear Mr. Saws‚ This letter is to confirm the services we will be providing for Mt. Hood Furniture Inc.‚ for the year ending December 31‚ 2012. Our staff will examine and audit Mt. Hood Furniture Inc.’s balance sheet as of December 31‚ 2012 and the income‚ retained earnings‚ and cash flows statements as well. The audit that our company completes
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Case 1.1 Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc.: The New Client Acceptance Decision Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc. is recommended as a prospective audit client of Barnes and Fischer‚ LLP. I believe that Barnes and Fischer should accept the client because of Barnes and Fisher’s opportunities in consulting and information technology (IT) development‚ Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc.’s sound management/business model and past successful audits‚ and primarily‚ the growth potential of Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc. following
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Client Acceptance 1 C a s es inc lu de d in t his Se ction 1.1 Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc. The New Client Acceptance Decision Instructor Resource Manual — Do Not Copy or Redistribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Instructor Resource Manual — Do Not Copy or Redistribute Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc. C a s e 1.1 The New Client Acceptance Decision Mark S. Beasley · Frank A. Buckless · Steven M. Glover · Douglas F. Prawitt
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reasons on a new audit client acceptance. The process of accepting a new client is not a simple procedure especially during this phase where the public accounting environment is changing drastically. Intense competitive pressures among audit firms in selecting the best clients and increased exposures of litigation have driven auditors to be more prudent in the process of making decisions when accepting a new audit client. (James‚ 2012). Therefore‚ the procedures and factors of considering new prospective
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Carrington Furniture‚ Inc. (CFI) is employing a “push” strategy. CFI uses its sales force to persuade intermediaries to carry‚ endorse and sell its products to consumers. Most decisions to buy furniture is made spontaneously‚ in the store‚ and brand loyalty is hardly ever present in the decision making process. Furniture is a product that is well understood by all‚ therefore‚ there is less need for the sales force to explain or describe the benefits of using a particular piece of furniture. (2) The
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Haverwood Furniture Inc. (B) Background on the merger In April 2008 Haverwood Furniture merged with Lea-Meadows‚ a manufacturer of upholstered furniture for living and family rooms. The merger was not planned in any conventional sense. The merger proceeded smoothly since the two firms were located on adjacent locations and the two companies would maintain as much autonomy as was economically justified. The only real issue that still remained was merging the selling efforts. The question was straight-forward
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