Audit case You are the engagement partner in a firm of chartered accountant and are reviewing the audit fire of a client ABC ltd. the audit manager has recommended that the audit option is qualified because he is in dispute with the directors of ABC ltd. The audit manager wishes the directors to create a large doubtful debts provision against a major debtor that is over six months old. The directors do not witch to alarm the public about the current liquidity problems of their major costumer because
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Additional Cases for the Course The case readings have been developed solely as a basis for class discussion. The case readings are not intended to serve as a source of primary data or as an illustration of effective or ineffective auditing. Reprinted by permission from Jay C. Thibodeau and Deborah Freier. Copyright © Jay C. Thibodeau and Deborah Freier; all rights reserved. 1••• ( Case 61 ® Enron Enrori’s First Few Years hi~ 1985 Enron had assets along the three major stages of the supply
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Definitions (2) 1. An examination and verification of a company’s financial and accounting records and supporting documents by a professional‚ such as a Certified Public Accountant. 2. An audit is an IRS examination of an individual or corporation’s tax return‚ to verify its accuracy. There are three types of audits: correspondence audits (the IRS mails a request for additional information)‚ office audits (an interview is conducted at a local IRS office)‚ and field audits (an interview is conducted
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Is the demand for auditing a regulatory artifact or market driven? Pre SEC era: There is evidence that before legislation on auditing existed there were still forms of auditing. In the medieval times there were the guilds‚ later audits were conducted by directors or shareholders of a company. In the 19th century US companies voluntarily contracted for audits. Current data on non-SEC companies In 1977‚ 80% of corporate audit clients of PwC are non-SEC-registrants (Biegler 1977). Privately owned
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92When audit risk is at an appropriately low level 83The possibility that the auditors may unknowingly fail to appropriately modify their opinion on financial statements that are materially misstated 49Investigate the identities and reputations of the client’s directors‚ officers‚ and major stockholders 51The reputation of management 81The company’s financial strength and credit rating. 85Make inquiries of the client’s banker‚ legal counsel‚ and predecessor auditor. 26Determine that independence
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cAst 2.1 Yourl040Return.com Evoluoting eBusiness Revenue Recognition‚ lnformstion Privocy‚ ond Eledronic Evidence lssues -’u ’-:; s. Brasr‚nv’FnaNrA. Bucruess . srsvsx M. Gr‚ovnn.Doucr‚as F. pnawrrr [.EARNING OBJECTIVES .*-::: :ompleting and discussing this case you should be able to [5] Recognize issues surrounding the privacy of customer information [6] Describe audit implications when transaction evidence is solely electronic [7] Recognize threats to eBusiness strategies
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Chapter 8 Audit Planning and Analytical Procedures PLANNING Why auditor should properly plan engagements: a. To enable the auditor to obtain sufficient appropriate evidence for the circumstances b. To help keep audit costs reasonable c. To avoid misunderstanding with the clients Acceptable Audit Risk is a measure of how willing the auditor is to accept that the F/S may be materially misstated after the audit is completed and an unqualified opinion has been issued. When auditor decides on a lower
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Coyote‚ located in Phoenix‚ Arizona and centers around three personnel members. Yancy Corliss is a new partner with the firm that is summoned into the managing partner’s office‚ Sharon Rules. Rules indicates that Jost Furniture is looking for a new auditing and she has been approached to submit a bid. Before committing to a bid Rules would like Corliss to conduct a background check to assess the potential risk of obtaining Jost as a client. The contract could prove to be quite lucrative for the firm
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Auditing Chapter 3 Homework 3-27 a. These are the items that should be included in the auditor’s report: 1. Normal receivable confirmation procedures‚ although not used‚ should not be listed here since it was not material‚ and the auditor was able to gain a satisfactory opinion from the client’s use of them. 2. The change in the accounting method for long-term construction doesn’t need to be included here since it is discussed in the footnotes. 3. Lawsuits are normally included
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AUDIT EVIDENCE Audit Evidence Definition : All the information used by the auditor in arriving at the conclusions on which the audit opinion is based. This includes the information contained in the account records underlying the financial statements and other information. Additionally‚ audit evidence should be persuasive‚ rather than convincing. There are different levels of reliability of audit evidence‚ some providing more evidence than others. There are nine types of audit evidence
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