Beginning the Audit ACC 546 June 11‚ 2012 Anderson‚ Olds and Watershed Phoenix‚ Arizona 85003 Mr. Larry Lancaster Apollo Shoes Phoenix‚ Arizona 85003 Dear Mr. Lancaster‚ The purpose of this letter is to make sure we have an understanding as to what the audit of Apollo Shoes financial statements will consist of for the year ending December 31‚ 2011. The objective of this audit of the company’s financial statements is to confirm that all aspects of the company are in compliance
Premium Auditing Audit Financial audit
Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. Potential Problem Areas December 31‚ 2011 The following refers to the Comparative Trial Balances‚ GA-7.1 through GA-7.5: Accounts Receivable‚ Other Receivables‚ Allowance for Doubtful Accounts‚ Bad Debt ExpenseInventories and Reserve for Inventory Obsolescence Prepaid Insurance and Insurance Expense Machinery‚ Equipment‚ and Office Furniture Accounts Payable Taxes Payable Line of Credit Sales‚ Sales Returns‚ Net Sales – Relationship to Inventory Research & Development
Premium Balance sheet Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Asset
Dear Mr. Smith‚ This letter confirms our understanding of the arrangements for our audit of the financial statements of Apollo Shoes‚ for the year ending December 31‚ 2012. We will audit Apollo Shoe’s balance sheet as of 12/31/2012‚ along with the related income statement‚ statement of retained earnings‚ and statement of cash flows for the entire year of 2012. We will provide a professional opinion based on the information found in the audit. All of the financial statements will be the responsibility
Premium Balance sheet Internal control
While evaluating Apollo Shoes‚ there are some areas of concern that are potential fraudschemes. The fraud can lead to the entire collapse/demise of the company if not corrected.These will also affect the share value and investor confidence. An overview of the process of investigation along with recommendations for the company.As with any company‚ revenue recognition is an important part of operations of a ApolloShoes. As stated in GAAP standards‚ revenue generated must be realistic and recognizable
Premium Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Balance sheet
The company’s total losses/expenses as management has estimated are $11 million. The total amount that the auditor might suggest would be about $18.6 million. This means that the materiality threshold is broken for materiality of misstatement of net income‚ even though as shown below‚ each entry itself does not break that threshold by itself. The deferred costs can be divided over the next 2 years. So this year’s entry would be as follows and there should be a disclosure note about the remaining
Premium Revenue Income statement Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
Engagement Letter Apollo Shoes‚ This letter is to confirm our understanding of the terms and objectives of our engagement and the nature of the services we will provide. We will audit the consolidated balance sheet of Apollo Shoes as of year end 2007‚ and the related consolidated statements of operations‚ retained earnings‚ and cash flows. The objective of our audit is the expression of an opinion about whether your consolidated financial statements are fairly presented‚ in all material
Premium Balance sheet Accounts receivable
Notes on Apollo Shoes Audit Case Task #1 (Overview/Intro) Go to the “Weekly Materials” folder and locate the “Apollo Shoes Files” folder‚ between the week 1 and week 2 folders. Under this menu you will find a file entitled Apollo Shoes Case Study.doc. This file gives you all of the details and evidence that you will need for the case. We will only be completing specified sections of this case as discussed below. Review the table of contents in the case document (page 4.) This will tell you
Premium Balance sheet Asset Audit
Employee Fraud and Purchasing Department There is a phenomenon in middle/small size companies in China that purchasing agents of the companies collaborate with vendors to create fake receipts‚ in order to receive more reimbursement from the company. This also happened in the hospital I used to work for‚ where the purchasing agent had to buy food from different vendors for everyday dinning purpose. The fraud got exposed when one day a vendor called us and revealed the fact that
Premium Management Employment Company
between Purchasing Department and other Departments In a firm with a good system of internal control‚ all purchases of machinery‚ equipment and materials must go through the Purchasing Department. The department that wishes to purchase something cannot directly order it‚ but instead creates a document called a requisition‚ which must be approved by the appropriate person (i.e.‚ the one with the authority to approve requisition). The approved requisition form is sent to the Purchasing Department
Premium Accounts receivable Invoice Accounts payable
considered evidence that the account is stated fairly. With the positive confirmations‚ we are trying to find information on account balances or specific invoices. We sent positive confirmations to Neutralizer‚ Mall-Wart‚ Run For Your Life Shoes‚ Paul Bunion Footwear‚ Sassy Shoes‚ and International Soccer Federation. We sent a negative confirmation to Tread. The ones that we sent a positive confirmation to‚ we were wondering about some discrepancies in the numbers and needed confirmation that payments were
Premium Accounts receivable Invoice Accounts payable