the documentation. He noted the exceptions in his working papers and brought them to the attention of the senior-in-charge. Relying on prior experience with the client‚ the senior-in-charge disregarded Kenny’s comments and nothing further was done about the exceptions. Subsequently‚ it was learned that one of the client’s purchasing agents and an accounting clerk were engaged in a fraudulent scheme whereby they diverted the receipt of materials to a public warehouse while sending the invoices to
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Assessing Materiality and Risk Simulation Assessing Materiality and Risk Simulation Why do certain accounts have to be audited 100%? Because there is only four months to complete the audit the auditor cannot sample more than three accounts. Inventory‚ accounts payable‚ and property‚ plant‚ and equipment have numerous transactions so they would be very time consuming to audit 100%; therefore‚ the auditor should only sample these accounts. However‚ the auditor should audit accounts like cash‚
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Auditor Quality 1. Introduction Over the past 20 years‚ research has been carried out to interpret audit quality and still no agreement on the method of measurement for audit quality. This is because audit quality depends on individual understandings‚ and those conceptions rely on whose perspectives are taken into consideration. The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board’s (IAASB) lately established Framework for Audit Quality (the Framework) in the purpose to systemize the
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Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Audit 1.2 nature of auditor independence 1.3 principle of auditor independence 2.0 The concept of auditor rotation 3.0 The history and current debates concerning auditor rotation 4.0 Different countries regimen should be considered 5.0 Conclusion 6.0 List of references 7.0 Appendices 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Audit Auditing is the analysis of the financial accounts or records‚ by a qualified accountant‚ and
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Audit Risk and Materiality MULTIPLE CHOICE: 1. An auditor compares 2002 revenues and expenses with those of the prior year and investigates all changes exceeding 10%. By this procedure the auditor would be most likely to learn that a. An increase in property tax rates has not been recognized in the client ’s accrual. b. The 2002 provision for uncollectible accounts is inadequate‚ because of worsening economic conditions. c. Fourth quarter payroll taxes were
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In this simulation‚ our team did an audit process by selecting a base to calculate Planned Materiality. We allocated the Materiality to the relevant accounts and set a Tolerable Misstatement for each account. Then‚ we assessed Audit Risk‚ Inherent Risk‚ and Control risk to derive Detection Risk. As a result of these decisions‚ we derived Sample Size and Sampling Interval‚ and set an Expected Misstatement. We learned that certain accounts have to be audit 100 percent. Some of these accounts are
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WHY IS AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE SO IMPORTANT? Auditing is the efficient critical examination done by one person or group of people’s independent from the system audited. To do an audit‚ confirmed information must be present and some standards by which the auditor can evaluate the information. Another is gathering and evaluating any information to determine whether the information being audited is identified in accordance with establish criteria to satisfy the purpose of the audit and also auditors must
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SUMMARY OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF NIGERIAN ENAMELWARE PLC. NAME OF THE COMPANY: Nigerian Enamelware Plc. NAME OF THE AUDITORS: Akintola Williams Deloitte‚ Charted Accountant‚ Lagos Nigeria. SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Annual Report & Accounts 2012. SCOPE: The financial statement audited by the auditors include; the balance sheet‚ profit and loss account‚ statement of cash flow‚ value added statement‚ financial summary‚ significant accounting policies and other
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Auditor Independence: An Impossible Dream In recent months there has been much discussion about the independence of CPA auditors; the leadership of the AICPA‚ the Auditing Standards Board‚ the Public Oversight Board‚ the Independence Standards Board‚ and most recently the proposed independence rules promulgated by the SEC have all attempted to clarify and strengthen auditor independence. Several newspaper and magazine articles have also addressed the issue. In my opinion‚ all the efforts to
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definition of materiality has been brought into question. In the past‚ your rule for determining materiality was based solely on quantitative data‚ where an event was only material if its impact was more than a given percentage of the income statement amounts. Using a quantitative measure is effective because it keeps the process objective; however there are also times when the quantitative difference doesn’t adequately demonstrate the true effect of an action. For this reason‚ “materiality is an entity-specific
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