engagements but would be required for audits of companies involved in live theatrical productions‚ such as Livent. 2. Compare and contrast the responsibilities of an audit partner of a major accounting firm with those of a large public company’s CFO. Which work role do you believe is more important? Which is more stressful? Which role would you prefer and why? 3. Explain why some corporate executives may perceive that their independent auditors are a “necessary evil.” How can auditors combat
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questionable accounting practices. To misrepresent its true financial condition‚ Andrew Fastow‚ the Enron’s CFO‚ takes his role involving unconsolidated partnerships and special purpose entities. Taking advantage from the SPEs’s main purpose‚ which provided the companies with a specific way to raise money for various needs without having to report the debt in their balance sheets‚ Enron’s CFO directly ran these partnerships and designed them to purchase the underperforming assets. 4. There are
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Officer (CFO) because this person would have access to information needed such as the company’s financial condition that is needed to decide how to invest the companies money taking into consideration any risks and liquidity. To support my position‚ in the class book Baker (2011) states that a chief financial officer of an organization is usually responsible for guiding decisions about any proportion of debt. Since the chief will take into account various sources of capital I suppose that the CFO will
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13. List four issues from the summary information on p. 2 that could impact IR at Gamma Answer: a. There is a potential element which will increase the inherent risk because it is easier to commit fraud if the CFO wants to get the bonus. b. Majority of the accounting staff do not have the Accounting degrees. According to the General Standards‚ the audit is to be performed by a person or person having adequate technical training and proficiency as an auditor. will increase the mistakes
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Running head: CASE STUDIES: ENRON’S FALL AND TYCO INTERNATIONAL’S LEADERSHIP CRISIS Case Studies: Enron’s Fall and Tyco International’s Leadership Crisis Grand Canyon University BUS 604 November 4‚ 2009 Case Study: Enron’s Fall and Tyco International’s Leadership Crisis The tight Federal regulations now governing businesses and their accounting practices came about because one corporation‚ Enron‚ took risks their company could not withstand without taking some rather extreme measures in
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The Excello Telecommunication has been a very successful business until shortly there were some issues with the competition within the companies industry. The CFO of the Excello Telecommunication is Terry Reed‚ who has realized that the business will be short on the earnings this year. With this going on will cause problems with the financial responsibility toward the stakeholders. Mr. Reed located a transaction within the business that will work for the businesses financial responsibility‚ but with
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end of last year were $315‚000 and its net income after taxes was $22‚750. What was its return on total assets? a. 7.22% b. 7.58% c. 7.96% d. 8.36% e. 8.78% 15. Pace Corp.’s assets are $625‚000‚ and its total debt outstanding is $185‚000. The new CFO wants to employ a debt ratio of 55%. How much debt must the company add or subtract to achieve the target debt ratio? a. $158‚750 b. $166‚688 c. $175‚022 d. $183‚773 e. $192‚962 16. Heaton Corp. sells on terms that allow customers 45 days to pay
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BU283 OC 2014 Midterm Exam Facts The midterm exam covers everything covered in the course up to the mid-point of stocks. That is‚ everything up to and including page 8.3.21 in chapter 8 of CFO. (i.e.‚ CFO Chapters 1‚ 3‚ 4‚ 7 and first part of 8.) Of course‚ short-term financing is also included. Both the supplemental reading (in document sharing) and LO5 in Chapter 15. The topic break-down by number of marks is (approximately): 8% markets and institutions; 13% annuities; 19% loans; 9% short-term
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understanding of the costs. Companies frequently underestimate those costs‚ as well as the time and complexity associated with this event. According to the results of a recent PwC survey1 on managing the costs of going public‚ as many as 48% of participating CFOs with firms that had gone public in the United States in the past several years said that the one-time costs associated with their IPOs had exceeded their expectations. The magnitude and scope of IPO costs can vary significantly from offering to
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