Beginning the Audit ACC 546 June 11‚ 2012 Anderson‚ Olds and Watershed Phoenix‚ Arizona 85003 Mr. Larry Lancaster Apollo Shoes Phoenix‚ Arizona 85003 Dear Mr. Lancaster‚ The purpose of this letter is to make sure we have an understanding as to what the audit of Apollo Shoes financial statements will consist of for the year ending December 31‚ 2011. The objective of this audit of the company’s financial statements is to confirm that all aspects of the company are in compliance
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Case 2.1 (Doughtie’s Foods‚ Inc.) In the late 1970s‚ William Nashwinter accepted a position as a salesman with Doughtie’s Foods‚ Inc.‚ a publicly owned food products company headquartered in Portsmouth‚ Virginia.1 The ambitious young salesman impressed his superiors with his hard work and dedication and was soon promoted to general manager of the Gravins Division of Doughtie’s‚ a promotion that nearly doubled his salary. The Gravins Division was essentially a large warehouse that wholesaled frozen-food
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time to see if they are reasonable. Most auditors should have detected this kind of material misstatement in company’s financial results‚ because this defalcation is caused by a personal factor. c) We should forecast its audit procedure in order to eliminate the risks in audit progress. Thus‚ control procedure would have been effective in preventing or detecting the defalcation could have been a separation of duties. 2. a) Since the purchasing agent usually set up wrong purchase orders to factious
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Information System Audit Information technology (IT) has become increasingly sophisticated and complex‚ escalating the ongoing change within Kudler Fine Foods. As IT information is adopted within the organization‚ automation controls many processes within the Kudler’s environment. As Kudler has become more virtualized‚ a need for increased trust and assurance in the relationships with consumers‚ partners and suppliers. The swell of e-commerce business has created new ways of conducting an audit. Statement
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Audit Proposal Audit Proposal Kudler Fine Foods has many different types of audit to consider that could be used for each functional areas of AP‚ AR‚ inventory management and payroll. This brief has the purpose to distinguish among the types of audits that could be used for each process; to recommend the audit most appropriate for each process; to explain how the audits will be conducted; and to identify events that could prevent reliance on auditing through the computer. Types of Audit
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you on the Altamesa audit engagement. Would you handle this situation any differently than Tommy did? Explain We would begin the audit engagement the same as Tommy‚ but after realizing that Carl’s work might not uphold the auditing standards of the engagement‚ bring it to the attention of Morrison. According to the AS 10 p.5 (b)- Supervision Of Engagement Team Member- direct engagement team members to bring significant accounting and auditing issues arising during the audit to the attention of
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preparers. Auditors of financial reports need to be trained accountants with detailed knowledge about the complex technical accounting and disclosure issues required to assess the choices made by the financial report preparers. When undertaking an audit‚ the auditor should use professional scepticism‚ professional judgement and due care. Auditors should be independent of the client. Independent auditors have no incentives to aid the entity in presenting their results in the best possible light. They
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years‚ but the company began internet sales in 2010‚ which increased sales by about $19 million in 2010 over 2009. The commodity business for peanuts‚ however‚ is very competitive and seven to eight major companies vie for US sales. JFF’s has annual audits for lending requirements and for family purposes. The family members are paid a modest salary. Prior to 2012‚ JFF management was composed mainly of closely related family members who started the business more than 30 years ago. Over the last two
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statements give a true and fair view. As the Statement on auditing Practices issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India states‚ an auditor should bear in mind the possibility of the existence of frauds or errors in the accounts under audit since they may cause the financial position to be mis-stated. Fraud refers to intentional misrepresentation of financial information with the intention
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subsequently discovers its new investment is significantly over-valued or its loan is irrecoverable. Having no recourse to B‚ A then takes a case against the auditors claiming that the only reason it entered into its contract with B was because the audit report appeared to indicate B ’s state of
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