EXPLAIN THE RESPECTIVE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANAGEMENT AND AUDITORS IN THE PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF FRAUD. The primary responsibility for fraud detection lies with management. This arises due to a contractual duty of care. Directors are able to discharge their duty toward prevention and detection of fraud and error in many ways‚ for example: * Complying with the Combined Code on Corporate Governance * Developing a code of conduct‚ monitoring compliance and taking action against
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European Accounting Review 2000‚ 9:3‚ 371 385 Auditor liability rules under imperfect information and costly litigation: the welfare-increasing eŒ of liability ect insurance Ralf Ewert‚ Eberhard Feess and Martin Nell University of Frankfurt‚ Frankfurt am Main ABSTRACT This paper examines auditor liability rules under imperfect information‚ costly litigation and risk-averse auditors. A negligence rule fails in such a setting‚ because in equilibrium auditors will deviate with positive probability from
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Auditor Independence: An Impossible Dream In recent months there has been much discussion about the independence of CPA auditors; the leadership of the AICPA‚ the Auditing Standards Board‚ the Public Oversight Board‚ the Independence Standards Board‚ and most recently the proposed independence rules promulgated by the SEC have all attempted to clarify and strengthen auditor independence. Several newspaper and magazine articles have also addressed the issue. In my opinion‚ all the efforts to
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Auditor Responsibility The expectation is that an auditor should be held responsible for the quality of his/her work. This is because a major error or omission by the auditor can result in a false opinion. Auditors have a moral‚ professional and legal responsibility. In the Companies Act 2006‚ Section 507 prevents auditors knowingly or recklessly causing an audit report to include any matter that is “misleading‚ false or deceptive in a material way”. To be proved in cases of civil liability
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WHY IS AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE SO IMPORTANT? Auditing is the efficient critical examination done by one person or group of people’s independent from the system audited. To do an audit‚ confirmed information must be present and some standards by which the auditor can evaluate the information. Another is gathering and evaluating any information to determine whether the information being audited is identified in accordance with establish criteria to satisfy the purpose of the audit and also auditors must
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Appointment‚ Duties‚ Rights and Liabilities of Auditor Appointment: First Auditors a) The first auditors of a company shall be appointed by the directors within 60 days of incorporation of the company [252(3)] b) The first auditors will hold office till the first annual general meeting [252(3)]. c) If the directors fail to appoint the first auditors‚ the members shall appoint the first auditors‚ provided further that the auditors such appointed shall not be removed during the tenure expect
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Introduction The topic of the report is an exploration of a career option and a Tax Auditor at Canada Revenue Agency. The purposes of this report are to not only prepare myself for the position by examining and learning but also introduce a different field of work to colleagues All residents in Canada must pay a tax and Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)‚ formally known as Revenue Canada‚ is a federal agency that has as its main function the administration of Canadian tax laws for most of the provinces
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Auditor Quality 1. Introduction Over the past 20 years‚ research has been carried out to interpret audit quality and still no agreement on the method of measurement for audit quality. This is because audit quality depends on individual understandings‚ and those conceptions rely on whose perspectives are taken into consideration. The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board’s (IAASB) lately established Framework for Audit Quality (the Framework) in the purpose to systemize the
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Summary of The Auditor The Auditor by James K. Loebbecke tells a story about the life and career of an auditor named Jack Butler. The book shows Jack’s career from his education all the way to his promotion to partner. Loebbecke designed this story about Jack as a teaching tool to give students an understanding about the life of an auditor. The story begins with Jack’s promotion to partner and how it was bittersweet for him. Jack is excited for the promotion‚ but is also nervous about the
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Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Audit 1.2 nature of auditor independence 1.3 principle of auditor independence 2.0 The concept of auditor rotation 3.0 The history and current debates concerning auditor rotation 4.0 Different countries regimen should be considered 5.0 Conclusion 6.0 List of references 7.0 Appendices 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Audit Auditing is the analysis of the financial accounts or records‚ by a qualified accountant‚ and
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