clients‚ they would take too much power to control clients business. • Internal audit outsourcing service. Usually‚ the internal auditors have to assistance external auditor during the audit. If internal auditor also is external auditor‚ the external auditor independence will be impaired. • Human resources. If the external auditors act like a leader in the client’s firm‚ it will affect client’s business. Question 3‚ Given the assumption‚ I do believe that Andersen’s involvement in
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1a) External auditors obviously know what to look for in an audit‚ it’s what they do for a living. Having your company’s external auditor work for your company instead can give insight as to what they look for when doing an audit and therefore make it easier for a company to commit fraud. 1b) A client hiring former auditors may or may not affect the independence of current external auditors. It may affect their independence if they would rather work for the client; they could think that if they
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Audit and Assurance (International) Thursday 14 June 2012 Time allowed Reading and planning: Writing: 15 minutes 3 hours ALL FIVE questions are compulsory and MUST be attempted. Do NOT open this paper until instructed by the supervisor. During reading and planning time only the question paper may be annotated. You must NOT write in your answer booklet until instructed by the supervisor. This question paper must not be removed from the examination hall. The Association of Chartered Certified
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1. For nearly 90 years‚ Andersen had a culture of doing the right thing. Moral courage defined the organization. However‚ there was a gradual erosion of the culture. Name three cultural changes that contributed to Andersen’s problems and defend your position. The first cultural change was that Andersen embarked on a path that valued consulting service which charged hefty fees ahead of auditing in 1990s. Compared to its original major service‚ auditing that required accountants to insist independence
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technology‚ usability audit Introduction The potential of technological tools‚ and the progressive digitization of business‚ has changed the way external audits are conducted. The increasing ubiquity of accounting information systems has made it necessary enhance the auditor’s toolset and to include specialized teams to evaluate those systems throughout the external audit. Dowling [1]‚ looks at factors that determine the appropriate usage of technological tools; and Dowling and Leech [2] compare the audit
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internal control assessments and reviews. However‚ the arguments against allowing employees to join audit committee are that own employees is viewed as part of the client by the external auditors. There might be conflict of interest in which increases the chance of hiding certain liability items or limiting the external audit to access fully on the information required to form opinion. Overall‚ if the company should allow its own employees to join audit committee‚ the quality of the audit report
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Concept and significance of Auditing The word ‘audit’ is derived from the latin word ‘audire’ which means to hear. In the olden times‚ when frauds or errors were suspected as regards receipts and payments in business or to verify tax amount payable to the king‚ explanations would be heard from persons responsible for keeping accounts. Today‚ audit is more than just cash verification. It is reporting about the financial position of an organization as disclosed by the Profit and Loss account
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2. A) A client can be put in a more powerful position than the auditor in an auditor-client relationship if the auditor is trying to sell the client additional services. B) According to SOX external auditors are prohibited from providing certain services to clients: book keeping or other things related to the accounting records or financial statements of the audit client‚ they are not allowed to design and implement financial information‚ appraisal or evaluation services‚ internal audit outsourcing
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Case Study 3 a) What events or condition above may cause substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern? Events or condition that may cause substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern are the first one‚ because of the high competition in the industry‚ it has affected the sales of the Fast Go. The effect of vigorous competition in the markets has makes it difficult for Fast Go to attract and retain customers and to grow their customer
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influence by the Tanzi family to act as a protection to the integrity of the company operation and safeguard of the company assets. We will examine the nature of the Parmalat accounting fraud‚ the process leading to the identification of the fraud‚ the external and internal responses to the fraud and finally‚ a discussion in which the Parmalat scandal could have been prevented if certain independent controls and mandatory regulations were in place. Nature and Context of the Parmalat Fraud The setup
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