memo from the past to: whom it may concern; sometime in the distant future FROM: CAMERON GERDES SUBJECT: WHAT IT WAS LIKE 100 YEARS AGO DATE: 4/30/2012 ________________________________________________________________________ I AM WRITING THIS LETTER ON THE 30TH OF APRIL 2012 ON A WARM SUNNY DAY IN HOUSTON‚ TEXAS. BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS LETTER I WILL HAVE LONG PASSED AND HOPEFULLY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT LIKE WOULD BE LIKE IN 2113; I AM NOT EVEN
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Question 1 Management audit is a term used to describe the kind of audit work carried out to look into the economy‚ efficiency and effectiveness of the organization and its component parts. Efficiency in this sense has to do with determining whether resources (personal and property) are being used optimally within the bounds of what is practically feasible. Effectiveness involves determining whether resources are being used to proper effect. Economy relates to the avoidance of unnecessary waste
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A Computerized Audit Practice Case Description of the Practice Case This case has two learning objectives. First‚ it provides the student an opportunity to apply auditing concepts to a “real-life” audit client. The client‚ Biltrite Bicycles‚ Inc.‚ operates within a unique business climate and internal control environment‚ and the student must assess inherent risk and control risk accordingly. The case contains modules involving sampling applications‚ risk assessment‚ audit documentation‚ analysis
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When you receive an IRS audit‚ it can be a scary event and it is difficult to find out what you should do next. For anybody who is not really an expert on taxes and audits‚ most of the tax terminology seems like it could be another language. Many people are unsure about how to safely proceed when they were selected for an IRS review. Should you simply go through the motions alone or do you require expert help? How can you properly evaluate your tax filings? Several such questions come up in your
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1.Identify FOUR (4) types of documents and its functions in Payroll and Personnel Audit Cycle 2. Give TWO (2) examples of each of Substantive Analytical Procedures in Payroll & Personnel Audit Cycle when auditing the accounts below: i- Payroll Expense Accounts ii- Payroll-Related Accrual Accounts 3. Describe the duties that are performed within the personnel‚ timekeeping‚ and payroll processing functions. 4.a. Describe what are the key authorisation points in a payroll system. b.Explain
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promote a client’s or employer’s position to the point that the professional accountant’s objectivity is compromised; (d) Familiarity threat – the threat that due to a long or close relationship with a client or employer‚ a professional accountant will be too sympathetic to their interests or too accepting of their work; and (e) Intimidation threat – the threat that a professional accountant will be deter from acting objectively because of actual or perceived pressures‚ including attempts to exercise
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To: Alexis Fairchild From: Marshall Peterson Date: February 8‚ 2015 Subject: Mandatory Mediation Mrs. Fairchild‚ I am writing you this memo in compliance with the mandatory mediation requirements issued by the court. I would first like to state to you my stance in this case. I have been dealing with this particular vendor for about six months now. The business relationship started after my wife and I visited Mrs. Doe’s Sunday school class in Huntsville‚ Alabama. I was there in support of my
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BRIEFING MEMO Disaster Recovery Importance and Solutions TO: DATE: April 30‚ 2014 SUBJECT: Disaster Recovery: The Importance and the Solutions INTRODUCTION: 1. In the information technology computer world Disaster Recovery (DR) plans are commonplace and have been around for many years. In general‚ a DR plan identifies the process a company or organization follows‚ to determine if and to what extent their data center has been adversely impacted by some kind of event and what actions can
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Reflective Memo #2 The Karing Kidz which consist of Brooke C‚ Brooke S‚ Tony‚ and Nick. Our task this week was to get our website rolling and to get in contact with our organization. Our logo has been finished and we also set up days in the next two weeks where we all can meet up and work on this together. We hope my next Tuesday to have our video‚ mission statement‚ and most of our website finished so we can knock out the rest of our paper. This week I contacted a high school counselor
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640 February 25‚ 2012 Asterand Memorandum: "What is the ultimate goal of Asterand’s quality control initiative?” Asterand clearly did not have an effective quality control system in process prior to accepting its contract with Amgen to supply human tissue samples. Although Asterand is a new supplier to the biopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical industry‚ it will need to immediately establish quality control methods that will allow them to process orders correctly and deliver the final product
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