A professional judgment is a key factor in auditing. As a result of development of auditing and accounting industry‚ especially after a series of accounting fraud and auditing failure cases‚ such as Enron and Arthur Andersen‚ in the last decade‚ professional judgments is becoming a more and more important aspect for the independent auditing industry. Recently‚ many countries and professional bad issued more strict auditing standards to emphasize to this point. It means the auditor should be required
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Presentation of the CEO’s Position Michael J. Medley ACC/260 RonricoMiller Presentation of the CEO’s Position COE’s Report For the past several months‚ we the Board of Directors at Kardell Paper Co. have been scrutinizing over the possible health issues taking place in the community of Riverside possibly do to the Sonox discharge from the plant. As everyone knows the plant uses Sonox in the manufacturing process of our Kraft paper. We at Kardell Paper have been conducting test of the Cherokee
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From looking at the ratio calculations Luna has a few things they could work on to help their profitability problems. I’ll start with looking at their operating profit margin which is steadily declining while gross profit is consistent indicating a large increase in operating expenses that have grown more than the percentage increase in sales‚ which in turn affects overall profit. Luna’s net profit margin return on assets is suffering consistently as well‚ but this is part of the decline in operating
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Chapter 1 Assurance Services The broad range of information enhancement services that are provided by CPAs There are two types: -Increase reliability of information -Putting information into a form or context that facilitates decision making Types of Services Assurance Services -Attestation Services Example: Audits of Financial Statements‚ Examinations of Internal Control -Other Assurance Services Example: CPA ElderCare Prime Plus Services Non Assurance Services -Tax Services -Management
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Ethics ACC/291 August 4‚ 2012 Ethics The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was approved in order to keep corporations form scamming the government. The law was a consequence of many corporate scams. This law was to protect the investors and give them the correct information and to make the corporations reveal all information which may impact an investor’s judgment of the corporation. This act/law will make corporations complete an internal audit from time to time as to keep all the information correct
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Case Study 5-4 Audit Client Considerations The Ethics Environment ACCT 530 Week 5 Date: October 5‚ 2013 Audit Client Considerations With this particular case study I will discuss several questions and facts regarding audit client considerations. 1) A brief summary of the case. 2) Identify key behaviors‚ attitudes and ethical dilemmas (if any) faced by the auditors. 3) Assess the philosophical and practical alternatives summarized in the case questions and evaluations of those solutions
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ACC/291 March 25‚2012 Liquidity Ratios Current Ratio: Current Assets/Current Liabilities 2005 $14‚555‚092/ $6‚974‚752= 2.09:1 2004 $14‚643‚456/ $6‚029‚696=2.43:1 Acid Test Ratio: Cash+ Short-Term Investments + Receivables (Net)/ Current Liabilities 2005 $305‚563 + $283‚583 +$6‚133‚663/ $6‚974‚752= .96:1 2004 $357‚216 + $133‚504 + $5‚775‚104/ $6‚029‚696=1.04:1 Receivables Turnover: Net Credit Sales/ Average Net Receivables 2005 $50‚823‚685/ ($6‚133‚663 + 5‚775‚104/2) $50‚823‚685/
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5 reflections related to auditing standards and each case was extracted from internet sources. The purpose of this report is to reflect and understand each case. REFLECTIONS First reflection is on China sky case for its non-compliances with SGX. Next is the case on corporate governance where new rules were proposed to improve risk management and risk control. Third will be the extracted information of executives’ compensation in Australian companies. Then‚ the forth reflection
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Based on Fortune Global 500 data‚ Walmart is the third largest corporation and employs more than 2.2 million associates and is the largest retailing company in the world. The company was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton and became incorporated and made its debut in late 1969. Walmart was first publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange in 1972. The company is headquartered in Bentonville‚ Arkansas. To this day‚ the organization possesses the distinction of being America ’s largest retail store. Market
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Assignment: Critiquing Philosophical Approaches to Ethical Decision Making When it comes to making ethical decisions there are many different approaches to reach a decision. There is an ethical decision making (EDM) framework which incorporates traditional requirements for profitability and legality‚ as well as requirements shown to be philosophically important to stakeholders. The EDM framework asses the ethicality of a decision or action by examining the consequences or well-offness created in
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