Internal control is a process designed to guarantee the achievement of the objectives of reliable financial reporting‚ compliance with laws and regulations and ineffective and inefficient operations. FALSE 2. Auditing standards require that the auditor exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the planning and performance of the audit. TRUE 3. If internal controls are not enforced they are useless and can lead to waste and fraud. TRUE 4. If an organization
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relatively low cost. There is also evidence of voluntary differential audit quality (above the legal minimum) along a number of dimensions such as firm size‚ industry specialization‚ office characteristics‚ and cross-country differences in legal systems and auditor liability exposure. The evidence is very positive although there is some indication that audit quality may have declined in the 1990s‚ in which case there could be merit in recent reforms such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in the US. However‚
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THE BENEFITS OF SARBANES-OXLEY AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MEASURED AGAINST THE COSTS Salim Motala A research project submitted to the Gordon Institute of Business Science‚ University of Pretoria‚ in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration. 14 November 2007 ABSTRACT The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) is the only legislated corporate governance structure‚ and is aimed at increasing investor confidence in public companies by forcing them
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“The auditor fails to obtain sufficient information to form an overall opinion on the matters contained in the financial statements.” In the light of the above statement briefly explain the circumstances and opinion expressed by an auditor‚ where he is unable to obtain sufficient audit evidence. 2. Auditors of M/s Santa Banta (P) Ltd. were changed for the accounting year 2010-11. However there was no change in the position of closing stock which remained at ` 400 lacs . The auditors of the
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as they found the government’s reasoning for opting out sufficient. Proving the point Bastmeijer and Verschuuren makes within the article. The three pieces of the triangle is needed‚ and NGOs with the backing of large stakeholder groups‚ act as watchdogs‚ and tend to put organizations (governments and companies) under pressure to deliver. National law alone may not be enough‚ there may be loopholes or limitations which participants of an agreement may use to evade
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durhamInternational Auditing and Assurance Standards Board Exposure Draft December 2007 Comments are requested by April 30‚ 2008 Proposed International Standard on Auditing ISA 265‚ Communicating Deficiencies in Internal Control and Related Conforming Amendments to Other ISAs REQUEST FOR COMMENTS The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB)‚ an independent standardsetting body within the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)‚ approved the exposure draft
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Happiness Express Inc. 1. a) The primary audit objectives of confirming a client’s year-end accounts receivable include occurrence and accuracy of realizable value. Auditors would like to make sure that the transaction generating the accounts receivable actually occurs‚ and that the receivables are recorded at accurate value for the current reporting period. Usually they will send accounts receivable confirmations to client’s customers directly. b) The primary audit objectives of performing
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Ethics Team Case: The Auditor TEAM 4 Jaclyn Cancelliere Nicole Contu Linda DellaPia John McCool Introduction As presented by a young auditor working for a large public accounting firm‚ a Fortune 500 company has been exposed to some sizeable inconsistencies to their compensation procedures regarding a specific senior manager. The auditor discovers that the manager in question‚ referred to as Charles‚ is exclusively responsible for setting
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independent auditors. There are six audit principles that are prerequisites that should be adhered with to achieve consistent audit results. The six principles are integrity‚ fair presentation‚ due professional care‚ confidentiality‚ independence and evidence based approach. Integrity The auditor should perform the work with honesty‚ diligence and responsibility. By using this method to perform the audit‚ the auditee will be confident the result of the audit is fair and accurate. The auditor must
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Evaluate the auditors’ current responsibility to detect corporate fraud. What factors should be of consideration when deciding on the appropriate level? Prepared for Professor Brenda Porter Course Co-ordinator‚ BEA 2004 Auditing Author Ho Jian Hong‚ Shawn BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance University of Exeter Tutor Dr Amama Shaukat Tutorial (Wednesday 11am) Date 1st May 2011 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Corporate fraud is a problem within society that has been on an upward trend over
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