investors’ next step was to sue the auditors of Stanford Financial Group. BDO‚ the accounting firm that was responsible for auditing Stanford’s financial statements‚ is currently the target of a major lawsuit. BDO did not act in accordance with the responsibilities of an auditor and thus led to audit risk‚ lack of independence‚ and various violations of the PCAOB’s auditing standards regarding investment securities. BDO consistently issued unqualified reports when there were material misstatements
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Chapter 10 Auditing the Revenue Process SEC SAB101: Revenue recognition 1. 有persuasive evidence 有证据 2. Delivery occurred‚ service rendered，东西给了服务于需求 3. Price is fixed/determinable 价格固定 4. 有collectability钱收的回来 Fraud Risk in Revenue cycle: 欺诈风险 1. Side agreement: off-book‚ adjust record to entice customer 2. Channel stuffing: 填塞分销渠道，造成销售假象 inflate sales by forcing product through a distribution channel 3. Related party transaction: 实质重于形式原则substance over form是指企业应当按照交易或事项的经济实质进行会计核算，而不应当仅仅按照它们的法律形式作为会计核算的依据
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Assignment 1 Name: Leung Hiu Ting Student no.10348622 Course : Auditing a. Outline the main reasons for a company requiring an external audit. Nowadays‚ a lot of company’s ownership and management is separated. It had major influences for auditing. Shareholders were concerned that their funds may not be used in proper ways to maximize the value of the company by appointed managers. For example‚ management may distort or withhold material information in their financial statements for personal
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violating the Act. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium 10. The use of engagement letters is generally designed to prevent lawsuits by third parties against the auditors. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Multiple Choice Questions 11. A CPA issued an unqualified opinion on the financial statements of a company that sold common stock in a public offering subject to the Securities Act of 1933. Based on a misstatement in the financial statements‚ the CPA is
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Title | Examining Different Arguments Related to the Choice of a Career | Assessment Part A: Critically Evaluating an Argument | Arts and Sciences (Advantage): Lots of flexibility in career choices | Logically Sound | | Arts and Sciences (Disadvantage): Leads to a career in food service – ’Do you want fries with that?’ | Oversimplifying | | Education (Advantage): The best way to make a difference in the world | Shifting the Burden of Proof | | Education (Disadvantage):
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balances are appropriately disclosed. Therefore of the 5 assertions and audit objectives listed above the 3 assertions applicable to direct test of cash balances are Existence‚ Completeness and Valuation. b) List 4 audit procedures to use in auditing cash. (4 marks) SOLUTION: Because of the large volume of transactions and the small account balance‚ the audit strategy is invariably to concentrate on verifying the account balance rather than the transactions. Moreover‚ because of the significance
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How will your career choice assist livestock? (Please explain in an essay 150 words or less) I am going to be a veterinary technician. As a vet tech I will not be in charge of a farm but making sure other people’s livestock stay healthy. This is crucial because without healthy livestock diseases can spread quickly and not only harm and kill a single person’s livelihood but other farms within close proximity to the infected animals. Animals that are infected are limited or can not probuse to their
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ACC621 Midterm review Internal auditing is an independent objective assurance and consulting acitivity designed to add value and improve an organizations operations. Adding value is provided by improving opportunities to achieve organizational objectives identifying operational improvement reducing risk through exposure through both assurance and consulting. Auditing has its key components - accomplish objectives -evaluate and improve effectiveness of risk management -assurance and consulting
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Theresa Golding BA 418 – Auditing Dr. Charles Pineno April 25‚ 2010 PART 1: “Small Firms May Face Audit Music” (published in The Wall Street Journal on April 19‚ 2007) addresses the ending of the delay in applying portions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to smaller companies. At the time of the article‚ some 6‚000 smaller public companies had yet to be required to “make an annual assessment of their internal financial-reporting controls with further review by the company’s outside auditor of
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1.26 Value of auditing Required: Would you obtain an audit for this company? Explain the reasons for your decision. Yes‚ audits exist because of regulatory mandate (required by government). There are three theories which propose reasons why demand for audits might exist without regulatory mandate: 1. Agency theory (The focus of the agency demand for auditing is more related to the stewardship role of accounting- which is more an examination of what has happened.) The separation of ownership
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