Assignment 1 Name: Leung Hiu Ting Student no.10348622 Course : Auditing a. Outline the main reasons for a company requiring an external audit. Nowadays‚ a lot of company’s ownership and management is separated. It had major influences for auditing. Shareholders were concerned that their funds may not be used in proper ways to maximize the value of the company by appointed managers. For example‚ management may distort or withhold material information in their financial statements for personal
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balances are appropriately disclosed. Therefore of the 5 assertions and audit objectives listed above the 3 assertions applicable to direct test of cash balances are Existence‚ Completeness and Valuation. b) List 4 audit procedures to use in auditing cash. (4 marks) SOLUTION: Because of the large volume of transactions and the small account balance‚ the audit strategy is invariably to concentrate on verifying the account balance rather than the transactions. Moreover‚ because of the significance
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5-52 Trend analysis‚ common-size financial statements‚ and ratios are presented for the Brody Corporation in Figure 5.4. Assume that you are auditing Brody ’s financial statements for the year ended 12/31/X8. You have performed tests of controls over the recording of gross sales and believe that the system is operating effectively and that 7 percent represents an accurate estimate of the increase in gross sales for 20X8 over the amount for 20X7. You should also assume that the financial statements
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ACC621 Midterm review Internal auditing is an independent objective assurance and consulting acitivity designed to add value and improve an organizations operations. Adding value is provided by improving opportunities to achieve organizational objectives identifying operational improvement reducing risk through exposure through both assurance and consulting. Auditing has its key components - accomplish objectives -evaluate and improve effectiveness of risk management -assurance and consulting
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1.26 Value of auditing Required: Would you obtain an audit for this company? Explain the reasons for your decision. Yes‚ audits exist because of regulatory mandate (required by government). There are three theories which propose reasons why demand for audits might exist without regulatory mandate: 1. Agency theory (The focus of the agency demand for auditing is more related to the stewardship role of accounting- which is more an examination of what has happened.) The separation of ownership
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International Accounting – Chapter 1 1. Explain why an individual investor might want to invest in an international growth fund. An individual investor might want to invest in an international growth fund if they are seeking to become more diversified. During times when the US stock market is poorly performing‚ it is likely that its foreign counterparts will be doing well because the two markets often have an inverse relationship. An investor might also want to invest in an international growth
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"Pattems of Research Productivity and Knowledge Creation at The Accounting Review‚" Accounting Historians Journal‚ Vol 23‚ No. 1:51-88. Stigler‚ S.M. (1994)‚ "Citation Patterns in the Joumal of Statistics and Probability" Statistical Science‚ Vol. 9‚ No. 1: 94-108. 56 Accounting Historians Joumal‚ June 2011 Vasarhelyi‚ M.‚ Bao‚ D.‚ and Berk‚ J. (1988)‚ "Trends in the Evolution of Scholarly Accounting Thought: A Quantitative Examination‚" Accounting Historians Joumal‚ Vol. 15‚ No. t: 45-64. Weaver
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Hoang Thi Thanh Ha – 13200154 Auditing Assignment 2: 1.What are the factors to consider Inherent Risk? Inherent risk is a measure of the auditor’s assessment of the likelihood that there are material misstatements in a segment before considering the effectiveness of internal control. Factors affecting assessment of inherent risk include: Nature of the client’s business : Industry practices Non-routine transactions Makeup of the population Audit experience : Results of previous audits Initial vs
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References: Gray‚ I and Mason‚ S (2008)‚ The Audit Process: Principles‚ Practice and Cases‚ (4th ed.)‚ London: Thomson Learning Ch 1 Millichamp & Taylor (2008) Auditing Thomson Learning; 9th Revised edition Ch 4 and Ch 13 - 15 Whittington‚ R and Pany‚ K (2009) Principles of Auditing and Other Assurance Services‚ London: McGraw-Hill Ch 6
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ACCG 340 group Assignment Reflective assay ACCG 340‚ auditing and assurance service is one of the subjects that interest me most among other units. One of the assessments of ACCG 340 is a group assignment for Qantas case study. Basically‚ we act like an auditor in determine and establishing any necessary control test to discover any potential financial risks associated with Qantas group. As an international student I have learned to appreciate the group working style more‚ even sometime I have
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