The firm of Anderson‚ Olds‚ and Watershed is pleased to receive your notification to proceed with the audit and look forward to working with you. From the Audit Committee meeting minutes‚ we understand that Apollo Shoes requires help with the yearly audit because the former CPA firm withdrew unexpectedly (University of Phoenix‚ n.d.). Anderson‚ Olds‚ and Watershed will conduct the audit and “prepare the state franchise tax returns as well as the federal tax returns” (University of Phoenix‚ n
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Apollo Shoes Audit Report Anderson‚ Olds and Watershed Certified Public Accountants 123 Main Street Upper Saddle River‚ NJ 00712 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT To the Stockholders Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. as of December 31‚ 2008‚ and the related statements of income‚ comprehensive income‚ shareholders’ equity‚ and cash flows for the year ended‚ and related notes to the financial statements. We have also audited management’s assessment
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Beginning the Audit ACC 546 June 11‚ 2012 Anderson‚ Olds and Watershed Phoenix‚ Arizona 85003 Mr. Larry Lancaster Apollo Shoes Phoenix‚ Arizona 85003 Dear Mr. Lancaster‚ The purpose of this letter is to make sure we have an understanding as to what the audit of Apollo Shoes financial statements will consist of for the year ending December 31‚ 2011. The objective of this audit of the company’s financial statements is to confirm that all aspects of the company are in compliance
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The company’s total losses/expenses as management has estimated are $11 million. The total amount that the auditor might suggest would be about $18.6 million. This means that the materiality threshold is broken for materiality of misstatement of net income‚ even though as shown below‚ each entry itself does not break that threshold by itself. The deferred costs can be divided over the next 2 years. So this year’s entry would be as follows and there should be a disclosure note about the remaining
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Notes on Apollo Shoes Audit Case Task #1 (Overview/Intro) Go to the “Weekly Materials” folder and locate the “Apollo Shoes Files” folder‚ between the week 1 and week 2 folders. Under this menu you will find a file entitled Apollo Shoes Case Study.doc. This file gives you all of the details and evidence that you will need for the case. We will only be completing specified sections of this case as discussed below. Review the table of contents in the case document (page 4.) This will tell you
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completion of auditing the financial records of Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. it has been confirmed that there has been sufficient evidence obtained to support the audit opinion. There is a concern pertaining to the results of last year’s audit‚ because the audit was conducted last year by Smith and Smith CPA’s and VP of finance Mr. Unum has requested that we do not contact Smith and Smith. After careful review it has been determined that the issuance of an unqualified audit report would be appropriate. There were
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Based on what Bradley found‚ there looks to be some serious problems in Sales and A/R. You need to write a memo identifying and explaining the significance of the qualitative features indicated by these deviations. Some things you may want to think about: * If the control performance were uniform for the year‚ the deviations would be evenly distributed by month. * Apollo Shoes faced financial problems in the fourth quarter of the year. * Sales transactions with missing bills of
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GA-3 Prepared K.E;M.B.(1/13/2012) Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. Relevant Matters Based on Minutes (December 31‚ 2011) Information Relevant to 2010 Audit 1. Remarks by Apollo Shoes Inc. CEO Larry Lancaster in regards to the 10% projected increase in sales for the 2011fiscal year. (“Well they better increase by that much or heads will roll.”) GA-3.1 2. Majority vote by members of the board to internalize
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Apollo denied our request to speak with the predecessor auditors because of “litigation concerns.” I’ve looked at the 8-K filed by Apollo and the auditors referenced in the 10-K. I didn’t attach a copy because it didn’t say much‚ just something about “incongruent goals‚” blah‚ blah‚ blah. Against my advice‚ Arnold decided to accept the engagement anyway. Keep your eyes open! The good news is that the predecessor auditors‚ Smith and Smith‚ CPAs‚ have a good reputation‚ so you can use last
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Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. Potential for Fraud Memo September 24‚ 2014 There are a few “red flags” that have come to my attention while reviewing the minutes provided to me from Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. For starters‚ in our first meeting we requested to meet with the predecessor‚ and was told by Mr. Unum who is the Vice President of finance‚ they would rather we not speak to them. When a company refuses to have the current auditor speak with the previous auditor this always throws up a red flag. Another red
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