Auditing Sample Case Study Memo Team D (Wayne Brown‚ Melissa Ginez‚ Matthew Gourlie‚ Juel Rypka) University of Phoenix ACC/491 Alisa Dumond December 19‚ 2011 ------------------------------------------------- interoffice memorandum to: John Smith‚ CEO Key west company from: Audit Team D subject: Audit Findings for Key West Company date: 12/18/2011 ------------------------------------------------- Dear Mr. Smith The purpose of this memo is to communicate to you the results
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Bradley sent me a copy of his test of controls work that he did on sales transactions. (Please tell him to send his work to you‚ rather than me.) Based on what Bradley found‚ there looks to be some serious problems in Sales and A/R. You need to write a memo identifying and explaining the significance of the qualitative features indicated by these deviations. Some things you may want to think about: * If the control performance were uniform for the year‚ the deviations would be evenly distributed
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Audit Evidence This chapter deals with the types of evidence decisions auditors make‚ the evidence available to auditors‚ and the use of that evidence in performing audits. NATURE OF EVIDENCE • Evidence is any information used by the auditor to determine whether the information being audited is stated in accordance with the established criteria. • Evidence includes information that is highly persuasive‚ such as the auditor ’s count of marketable securities‚ and less persuasive information
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Memo To: John Doe From: Team C Date: February 20‚ 2012 Subject: Auditing‚ share-based payment and SPE reporting A publically traded company offers challenges to auditing when it comes to shared-based payment reporting and special-purpose entities (SPE) reporting individually. The most basic principle of GAAP at risk is the qualitative characteristic of reliability. Shared-based payment and SPE reporting individually has been broken down to better equip the audit for our client. It is important
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AUDIT PLANNING Audit planning procedures are the first and perhaps the most important step in carrying out a successful audit. Without adequate planning‚ the likelihood of missing a significant risk area or encountering engagement-related problems increases considerably. As baseball great and noted philosopher‚ Yogi Berra puts it‚ “If you don’t plan on where you are going‚ you could end up someplace different!” All too often the auditor does not give adequate attention to audit planning for a vast
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Chemistry II lab Why do liquids evaporate at different rates? Section1: Have you ever left a container with some type of liquid in it and wondered how it could it evaporate so quickly? The evaporation of an unpredictable liquid is an endothermic process that results in a temperature decrease. The amount of temperature decrease is related to the strength of intermolecular forces of attraction. The rate of evaporation can be described as the change of temperature divided by the time it takes to
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QANL 2216 Homework #1 Due date: 9/8/14 Requirement: Use MS-Word to complete the homework. Copy and paste any Excel output to your WORD file‚ print it and staple all pages. Un-stapled homework is NOT acceptable. Problem #1 The following data represent energy consumption and renewable energy consumption in the United States in 2005: Energy Source %* Renewable Energy Source %* Coal 23.0 Ethanol
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To: Pharma Co. From: Chao Sun Re: Restructuring Costs Date: Sep 28‚ 2014 Background Pharma Co. is a U.S. subsidiary of a U.K. entity that prepares its financial statements in accordance with (1) U.S. GAAP for reporting to its U.S.-based lender and (2) IFRSs in reporting to its parent. Pharma Co. is considering the relocation of a manufacturing operation from its present location to a new facility in a different geographic area as part of the restructuring a business line. The relocation plan
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MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: DATE: October 16‚ 2012 SUBJECT: Assignment In response of your assignment due to childhood obesity‚ this is the information we found about the rising problem in society. First‚ we looked at articles on childhood obesity and the negative effects of marketing of unhealthy food towards children. Here we found that marketers use more intense and pervasive methods as compared to before. It was later explained that young children are exposed to fast food advertisements
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Dear Team Members‚ I anticipate that you all are fine and taking pleasure from your work at Byblos restaurant which is in Ultimate Resort and Spa.Since beginning‚ we are enjoying great client feedback‚ excellent customer service and have loads of satisfied customers. This is because of your hard work and enthusiasm to perform your individual tasks. I‚ as a Owner of restaurant‚ observed that cleanliness in our restaurant during closing timeis not top of things. As per our hotels food
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