*Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy 1. What are the factors that likely explain the difference between Microsoft’s market value of equity and its reported book value of equity? The most obvious reason for the difference between the market value of equity and the book value of equity is the inability to record certain intangible assets such as brand value‚ customer loyalty‚ and perhaps most importantly‚ human capital. These intangible assets are likely to provide tremendous earnings
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Appendix D Checklist for Review of Attestation Engagements Performed by the Office of Inspector General This Appendix includes guidance for reviewing the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG’s) attestation engagements conducted in accordance with Government Auditing Standards (GAS)‚ Chapter 6‚ and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (AICPA’s) Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE). When an auditor conducts an attestation engagement under generally accepted
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External Marketing Audit HYPO Group Wageningen‚ October 2012 Charne Annandale Jessica Backes Lilian Bakker Caitlin Buenting Lydia van Dam External Marketing Audit HYPO Group (Hippodam) A company description of the external market of Hippodam. Wageningen‚ October 2012 Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences Client: Supervisor: Students: Class: Group: HYPO Group Hans van Tartwijk Charne Annandale Jessica Backes Lilian Bakker Caitlin Buenting Lydia van Dam ELS1a
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Answer 1. SWOT analysis of The Fashion Channel The Fashion Channel (TFC) is a 24*7 cable TV network which is exclusively dedicated to fashion. It was found in 1996 and since then it has been witnessing continuous upswing. According to an annual demographic survey‚ TFC is having approximately 110 million subscribers of cable & satellite television. But‚ due to increasing competition with other fashion channels‚ it is in the need for developing a modern and updated brand strategy. SWOT analysis
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be identified by the help of external auditor in order to meet corporate governance objective. In my point of view‚ I found out that the article has mentioned about the case of Enron in Europe has make the corporate governance require the involvement of intermediaries such as external auditors. From the author study of Enron case‚ it simplifies that Enron collapse because of ‘substance of the transaction’ rather than others reason (legal form‚ transparency and management risk). So‚ the use of the
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RESEARCH PROPOSAL TITLE OF THE STUDY: A STUDY ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HR AUDIT TO INCREASE THE PRODUCTIVITY OF AN ORGANIZATION’S FUNCTIONS INTRODUCTION OF THE STUDY: The concept of HR audit has emerged from the practice of yearly finance and accounting audit‚ which is mandatory for every company‚ to be done by external statutory auditors. This audit serves as an examination on a sample basis of practices and systems for identifying problems and ensuring that sound accounting principles are followed
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Question 11. 25 Your firm has been engaged to audit the financial statements of Haven Ltd. In obtaining an understanding of internal control relating to credit sales‚ the following questionnaire is used: 1 Does the company evaluate the customer’s credit history‚ and is amount of available credit checked before a sale is authorised? Select a sample of credit order and inspect credit history and other supporting documents. Review the policy/procedure for customer approval and setting of
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Under attestation engagement‚ an evaluation of subject matter would have already been conducted by the responsible party against a set criteria. As this evaluation is usually given in the form of a report issued to the intended users by the responsible party. This report is actually a claim by the responsible party of a fair evaluation of subject matter. On that assertion made by the responsible party practitioner is asked to confirm whether such assertion of evaluation is fair or not. An engagement
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Case Study 6 One of the main causes of the housing bubble “bursting” in the mid-2000’s was largely due to the sub-prime mortgages. A sub-prime mortgage is generally classified as a mortgage loan to a borrower with a low credit score‚ with a small down payment‚ or high debt to income ratio. The market for sub-prime mortgages was 37.6 percent of total mortgages by the end of 2005. In 1994 sub-prime mortgages accounted for only 6 percent of total mortgages. To a great extent the “bubble burst” is
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opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We did not audit the financial statement as of and for the year ended Dec 31‚ 2006 of Oceanview Marine Company. Those statements were audited by other auditors whose reports have been furnished to us‚ and our opinion‚ insofar as it relates to data included for Oceanview Marine Company‚ Dec 2007‚ is based solely on the report of the other auditor-Talbert and Johnson‚ PC. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally
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