CHAPTER 7 Revenue and Collection Cycle LEARNING OBJECTIVES Review Checkpoints Exercises‚ Problems‚ and Simulations 1. Discuss inherent risks related to the revenue and collection cycle with a focus on improper revenue recognition. 1‚ 2‚ 3 59 2. Describe the revenue and collection cycle‚ including typical source documents and controls. 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8 54‚ 55‚ 61‚ 63‚ 64‚ 66 3. Give examples of tests of controls over customer credit approval‚ delivery‚ and
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1. Auditor Liability in Canada A & B Is it reasonable for a potential investor or existing shareholder to rely on audited financial statements that a corporation makes available for public consumption? Should an investor be able to sue a corporation’s auditor if audited financial statements materially misrepresent the financial status of the company audited? a. Should a potential investor only be able to sue the corporation? b. Should there be any limit on the auditor’s liability?
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CAREER ESSAY What Do You Want to Be? D o you see yourself as the next great American inventor? Maybe you’re thinking about becoming a lawyer‚ an architect‚ a filmmaker or a photographer. There are as many career options out there as there are stars in the sky‚ so when it comes to your future — think big! You may change your mind about a career as you get older‚ but it’s important to have information about all types of careers as early in life as possible. Whatever you want to do‚ education
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The Collapse of Enron This case is about the collapse of Enron Corporation who at the height of their career was named by Fortune magazine as the most innovative company in America and was ranked seventh on the Fortune 500. At the topmost point of the company Enron employed 19‚000 people and retained annual revenues in surplus of $100 billion dollars. Enron was formed in 1985 through a merger of Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth of Omaha‚ Nebraska; the company’s core business was distributing natural
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What Is Revenue Management? The science and expertise of forecasting immediate consumer demand at the micro-market stage when optimizing cost and accessibility of your goods is called as revenue Management. The implementation of RM philosophy is indefinite‚ and has the prospective to yield remarkable stages of revenue. Enterprises that have used RM procedures have seen profits rising greatly by 7 percent exclusive of incorporating considerable sum of capital overheads‚ providing outcome in a revenue
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Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Enron Corporation was an energy‚ commodities‚ and service company out of Houston‚ Texas founded by Kenneth Lay in 1985. Lay built natural gas power energy in East Texas which helped Enron’s stock rise. Louis Borget‚ Andrew Fastow‚ and Jeffery Skilling were the top management executives from 1985 until 2001. Each helped to bring about the demise of the company in multiple ways. One of the first scandals in Enron involved President Louis Borget and two traders
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and the procedure(s) the firm should have carried out in determining whether it should accept the appointment as auditors to Gramjon Limited. The most general definition of an audit is an evaluation of a person‚ organization‚ system‚ process‚ project or product. Audits are performed to ascertain the validity and reliability of information‚ and also provide an assessment of a system ’s internal control. (Wikipedia‚ 2009) Auditors have to do a lot of research on a firm before accepting an appointment
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From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report‚ I found that the number of wage and salary workers belonging to unions is about 14.4 million. ("Bureau of labor‚" 2013) If you ask me‚ why would I join a union? The first reason why I choose to join a union is that the union can protect my rights. As we know‚ union is an important organization for employees. Employees can solve problems at work more effectively as a group. Through forming a union and negotiating a contract‚ employees can secure the
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1) What did Arthur Andersen contribute to the Enron disaster? Arthur Andersen (AA) contributed to the Enron disaster when it has failed to the management by failing to have Enron establish and enforce its own internal control. There has been flaws to AA‘s internal control. There has been assumption that AA partners were too motivated by revenue recognition thus‚ overlooking several criteria when providing their services to Enron. Additionally‚ AA also recognised the retention of audit clients
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I do agree that it was the "Greed Factor" which drives Enron employees to increase the profits through unethical methods‚ and ultimately causing its downfall. But could it be the opposite? I mean‚ could it be that it was Enron ’s culture and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)‚ which is to increase the profits and share price that "forced" Enron employees behave in an unethical manner? What circumstances caused them to be unethical‚ really? At first‚ the leader of Enron Finance Corp‚ Jeffrey Skilling
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