Introduction This report will try to identify what changes can be made by the audit firm if a substantial reduction in audit fees is agreed with the client‚ considering current economic climate. Furthermore it will discuss whether these changes could risk the quality of the audit. The research was carried out in Aldrich library and is based on various research articles‚ articles in professional magazines and the financial press. The current economic climate The current
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2003 rules on the topic of audit partner rotation states that an audit partner must be rotated off the audit engagement if he/she has worked (been responsible for the issuance of the audit report reflecting the reporting of the financial statements and the dealings with the audit committee and management) on the engagement for the prior five consecutive years and be subject to a five year “time-out period” from the registrant. Previously‚ this rule was that the lead audit partner was to be rotated
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ACCA Paper F 8 AUDIT AND ASSURANCE SERVICES (INTERNATIONAL STREAM) Lecture 2 Audit Planning and Risk Assessment DATE: December 2012 TUTOR: Feroza Cooper ISA 300 AUDIT PLANNING Auditors should plan the audit so that the engagement is conducted in an effective manner. The objectives of planning include:- • Directing appropriate attention to the different areas of the audit such as assessing materiality‚ so that when
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Case 2.1 (Doughtie’s Foods‚ Inc.) In the late 1970s‚ William Nashwinter accepted a position as a salesman with Doughtie’s Foods‚ Inc.‚ a publicly owned food products company headquartered in Portsmouth‚ Virginia.1 The ambitious young salesman impressed his superiors with his hard work and dedication and was soon promoted to general manager of the Gravins Division of Doughtie’s‚ a promotion that nearly doubled his salary. The Gravins Division was essentially a large warehouse that wholesaled frozen-food
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Watershed Certified Public Accountants Littleton‚ CO 80123 Audit Committee Apollo Shoes‚ Inc 100 Shoe Plaza Shoetown‚ ME 00001 Anderson‚ Olds‚ and Watershed (AOW) has completed the audit of the financial statements for the year ended December 31‚ 2007 for Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. The financial statements include the balance sheet‚ the income statement‚ the statement of retained earnings‚ and the statement of cash flows. The audit has been performed in accordance with generally accepted auditing
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the application system so the test transactions are not counted in the application system’s control totals. This third approach is the most expensive‚ but it is often the most effective. System Control Audit Review File With a system control audit review file (SCARF)‚ auditors embed audit routines into an application system and collect data on events that are of interest to them. This data is then written to a file (hence the name of the technique) for subsequent review or subsequent use in
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Background of the company Ray-Ban‚ irremovable leader in the sunglasses and eyeglasses market‚ is an American company. It has been founded by Bausch&Lomb in 1937 when the US Army Air Corps asked them to come out with a new model of lenses able to guarantee to avoid headaches and sickness when pilots fly high in the sky. Obtaining the patent and the copyright for this new sunglasses technology‚ the first “Ray-Ban Aviator” came out. Following this powerful flow and the popularity reached with
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Question 1 - Risks surrounding the identified accounts The Audit of TNO Ltd has highlighted number of risks. The risks highlighted in the audit are discussed throughout the report. Below is a table of the risks and tests to carry out‚ based on the five accounts highlighted as being of risk. The common assertion that is common to the five accounts is valuation and allocation. Account Assessment of Risk Substantive audit procedure Accounts Receivable Account Receivable has increased while sales
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Microenvironment This section will focus on the factors within the company that effect its ability to serve its customers and follow its strategy successfully. The factors that will be looked at are: The company‚ suppliers‚ intermediaries‚ customers‚ competitors and publics. The Company HSBC is one of the world ’s largest and most successful banks. To have an idea of its magnitude have a look at the organisational structure (appendix 1). In the UK alone it has 1700 branches‚ approximately
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Physical environment Store Location Woolworth’s stores are situated around Central business districts. Most of their stores are located in places that are busy such as Shopping malls. However for the convenience of customers Woolworths introduced Woolworth’s food outlets near Engen Garages for the convenience of shopping a limited Woolworth’s food offering‚ 24 hours a day at a convenient location .This was to cater for the consumer who shop for convinience.These kind of consumers are always on
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