Case #3 The Lakeside Company: Auditing Cases Analysis of a Potential Audit Client · Benjamin Rogers is president of the Lakeside Company‚ a retailer/ distributer of consumer electronics. · Rogers is unsatisfied with King and Company’s CPAs‚ and has been in contact with Abernethy and Chapman. · Abernethy and Chapman has never had a client in this field and they look forward to breaking into a new market. · Lakeside has grown at a steady rate in the last decade
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The Lakeside Company: Analysis of a Potential Audit Client Benjamin M. Rogers is the president of the Lakeside Company‚ a retailer and distributor of consumer electronics (such as televisions) based in Richmond‚ Virginia. Although King and Company CPAs‚ a Richmond firm‚ had previously audited Lakeside‚ Rogers has recently become aware of the CPA firm of Abernethy and Chapman from reading several advertisements. His interest in the firm was heightened when he discovered that Abernethy and Chapman
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Exercise #2………………………………………………………………………………..8 Discussion Questions 1. The owners of Lakeside as well as the company’s bank may require that an independent CPA firm perform an annual audit because the CPA firm could have an independence issue. The CPA firm in that Lakeside wants to hire is also the auditors for Lakesides main financial bank. The bank is a “main” user of the report put out by Lakesides auditor and in this case would be that banks auditor too. The connection is too close for the
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February 7‚ 2013 Abernathy and Chapman Wallace Andrews Lakeside 1235 Sentry Drive Richmond‚ Virginia 66266 Dear Mr. Wallace‚ We have researched the issues that were discussed regarding the possibility of Lakeside Company going public and the ramifications this action would have on their desirability as a client. We have also analyzed Lakeside Company’s financial statements to evaluate the possibility of misstatements. Attached‚ you will find our report discussing these issues. Please
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principal shareholders and controlling directors for the company. The company expands into provision of engineering services as part of their business diversification and expansion plans. The company had maintained a very lean organization with basic functional positions. DESB employed their own family members to work in the company with minimal education background and some of them did not have the necessary job experience. In May 2006‚ the company had employed Cik Amy‚ a fresh graduate from local university
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Discussion Questions- Case 8 2) An over count of ending inventory would lead to a decrease in costs of goods sold which leads to an increase in net income. Anytime a company wants a higher net income there is the potential for over counting of inventory. This potential problem is especially significant in the audit of the Lakeside stores because manager’s of the each store get a bonus based on the store’s net income. They are also the same people who count the inventory. It would be very tempting
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Why would the owners of Lakeside‚ as well as the company’s banks‚ require that an annual audit may be made by an independent CPA firm? Auditing in general‚ is necessary because of the existence of Information risk or the risk of unreliable information. Owners of lakeside may own the company but they are not closely involved in managing the business with the exception of Rogers‚ the only owner involved actively in the business’ day to day operations. So‚ an independent audit for non-managing owners
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Masafi Company. The company was found in 1976 and now it is a unique brand that has become a generic name for bottled and mineral water in the entire Gulf region. Such a status was acquired because of their high quality products known all over the world for their pure natural freshness. Today Masafi Company can offer a great number of products‚ ranging from bottled mineral water to soft facial tissues‚ cups‚ juices and chips. Gulfbusiness website writes that the main aim of Masafi Company is to
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2014 RE: Renal Dialysis of Lakeside Hospital Approximately twenty years ago‚ at Dr. Newell’s initiative‚ Lakeside Hospital had opened the dialysis unit‚ largely in response to the growing number of patients with chronic kidney disease. The most common treatment for end-stage renal disease was hemodialysis. Since more and more independent dialysis centers were modern‚ attractively designed‚ and could offer psychological advantages to patients‚ they became Lakeside Hospital’s strong competitors
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