Official stamps were also "clearly tampered with". Grant Thornton‚ the auditor’s in charge of auditing Parmalat’s financial statements‚ were seemingly asleep at the wheel in confirming account amounts as well as their mere existence. The firm did not confirm the forged documents with outside third parties such as banks and other creditors. It also made questionable ethical decisions by auditing Bonlat‚ a spin-off of Parmalat SpA. Despite being within Italian law‚ Thornton gave up its status of
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Ge Lin Mini Case1 Something Went Sour at Parmalat Discussion Questions: Question 1 (1)When confirming cash balances held on deposits‚ the auditor should list as the “balance per bank” on the top of the bank reconciliation for each bank account from each bank that the client utilizes in the business. And a confirmation letter is to be sent by the auditor and received in the mail directly back from each bank at offices of the public accounting rim. (2)The auditor should observe the opening of the
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History of Auditing Profession in Bangladesh Report on History of Auditing Profession in Bangladesh Institute of Business Administration Jahangirnagar University Date – 07.07.2014 Table of contents contents Page number Executive summary 4 Introduction 5 Audit in brief: 6 History of auditing profession in Bangladesh 6-10 Ending summary 10-11 conclusion 11 Executive summary: The development of auditing profession in an emerging economy Bangladesh is analyzed here. This
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objectives. Key words: In house internal audit vs. outsources internal audit‚ independent and objectivity of Internal audit‚ staff competence‚ management support and tone at the top‚ scope of services and planning Chapter 1 Introduction Internal auditing (IA) serves essentially crucial in connecting and linking the business and financial reporting processes of corporations and not-for-profit providers (Reynolds 2000). Control mechanism is needed to be set up to monitor and direct‚ promote or even
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outsourcing services. Auditors are no longer allowed to offer such services while auditing a company because they would be auditing their own work or be put in a situation where they would want to alter an audit based on their other work with the company. 3. Andersen’s involvement in the decisions concerning Enron’s accounting and financial reporting did violate professional auditing standards. Andersen violated the auditing standard of independence. Andersen was involved in other areas of Enron’s company
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Introduction The concept of materiality is important in the context of auditing. Materiality is a function of the time‚ the situation‚ and the people involved. Below I will explain why certain accounts have to be audited 100 percent and why materiality is allocated only to those accounts that are sampled. I will also explain if there is any component of audit risk within the control of the auditor. Lastly‚ I will explain how the three risks that make up audit risk inter-relate. Simulation
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inconsistent Year: August‚ 2007 The report suggests that internal auditing needs to identify areas of high and moderate risk that are part of the internal audit plan but have been deferred or cancelled because of the organization’s focus on Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404. It recommends that chief audit executives (CAEs) revisit the budgets‚ skills‚ and capabilities needed to achieve a comprehensive‚ balanced‚ and risk-based approach to auditing‚ as well as develop a process to advise the audit committee and
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that were found in a particular auditing period. This important document embodies several benefits starting from the planning of the auditing process and continuing beyond when no engagement exists. If the company had been audited‚ a new auditing team can refer to these workpapers to assess the effectiveness of internal controls. In addition‚ managers can review these workpapers to evaluate the performance of the audit team. By evaluating the progress of the auditing team through these workpapers
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Phar-Mor was known as one of the major discount chain retailers in the late 1980’s - early 1990’s. It was founded by Mickey Monus‚ a gambler in nature‚ who with the help of senior management was “cooking the books” for years to cover up his loses. The reason why senior management agreed to do this fraud is the belief in unique ability of their leader to fix everything later on. This case is known as one of the biggest accounting frauds in the corporate history of the U.S. This paper will analyze
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auditors to the extent that if a firm provides auditing services for a company they cannot really provide any other types of services. This limitation was put into place in order to maintain the independence of auditors and the companies that they audit. If an accounting firm was allowed to provide auditing services as well as tax services to a company‚ the independence‚ in such a case‚ of the firm would not be maintained because the firm would be in part auditing some of its own work. The provisions of
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