my recent promotion; I look forward to working with you on the new Apollo Shoes engagement. I have read all the information you sent me about Apollo Shoes to gain a better understanding of the company‚ and I feel like I have a firm grasp of the company structure and environment. After reviewing the company’s last three board of directors meetings‚ I determined what expertise would be necessary to carry out the audit on Apollo Shoes. If you can assign these staff to our audit team‚ the productivity
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Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. Potential Problem Areas December 31‚ 2011 The following refers to the Comparative Trial Balances‚ GA-7.1 through GA-7.5: Accounts Receivable‚ Other Receivables‚ Allowance for Doubtful Accounts‚ Bad Debt ExpenseInventories and Reserve for Inventory Obsolescence Prepaid Insurance and Insurance Expense Machinery‚ Equipment‚ and Office Furniture Accounts Payable Taxes Payable Line of Credit Sales‚ Sales Returns‚ Net Sales – Relationship to Inventory Research & Development
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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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While evaluating Apollo Shoes‚ there are some areas of concern that are potential fraudschemes. The fraud can lead to the entire collapse/demise of the company if not corrected.These will also affect the share value and investor confidence. An overview of the process of investigation along with recommendations for the company.As with any company‚ revenue recognition is an important part of operations of a ApolloShoes. As stated in GAAP standards‚ revenue generated must be realistic and recognizable
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Design tests of controls‚ substantive tests of transactions‚ and analytical procedures for the following Apollo Shoes cycles: o Inventory and warehousing cycle o Cash cycle 1. Abstract‚ Inventory and warehousing cycle (tests of controls) YOLANDA 2. Intro‚ Inventory and warehousing (substantive tests of transaction) AMY 3. Conclusion‚ Inventory and warehousing cycle (analytical procedures) JUSTINIA 4. Cash cycle (Test of controls) ANNABELLE 5. Cash cycle (substantive tests of transactions
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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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Receivable and Notes Receivable Audit Procedures Audit Objectives W/P Ref. Initials Comments Accounts Receivable 1. Obtain an aged trial balance of individual customer accounts. Recalculate the total and trace to the general ledger control account. 2. Review the aging for large and unusual items. 3. Send confirmations to all accounts over $X. Select a random sample of all remaining accounts for confirmation. a.i.1.a.i.1.a. Investigate exceptions reported by customers. a.i.1.a.i
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Internal Control Risks Identified in Apollo Shoes Assessing control risk is the process of evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of a company’s internal controls as to how it prevents or detects material misstatements in the financial statement assertions of management (Hayes‚ Dassen‚ Schilder‚ & Wallage‚ 2005). The conclusion reached as a result of assessing control risk is referred to as the assessed level of control risk. When assessing controls the auditor looks for weaknesses
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considered evidence that the account is stated fairly. With the positive confirmations‚ we are trying to find information on account balances or specific invoices. We sent positive confirmations to Neutralizer‚ Mall-Wart‚ Run For Your Life Shoes‚ Paul Bunion Footwear‚ Sassy Shoes‚ and International Soccer Federation. We sent a negative confirmation to Tread. The ones that we sent a positive confirmation to‚ we were wondering about some discrepancies in the numbers and needed confirmation that payments were
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