Assignment 1 Name: Leung Hiu Ting Student no.10348622 Course : Auditing a. Outline the main reasons for a company requiring an external audit. Nowadays‚ a lot of company’s ownership and management is separated. It had major influences for auditing. Shareholders were concerned that their funds may not be used in proper ways to maximize the value of the company by appointed managers. For example‚ management may distort or withhold material information in their financial statements for personal
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Question 1: Name two cases in which companies have committed frauds by misstating inventory. Crazy Eddie and Goodner Brothers case are the good example for the inventory fraud cases. Question 2: What makes the intentional misstatement of inventory difficult to detect? When you have the most senior management of the company‚ particularly its financial management‚ consciously setting out to fool the auditors‚ to hide information from them‚ as they testified in the Monus trial‚ it’s very hard to
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1.26 Value of auditing Required: Would you obtain an audit for this company? Explain the reasons for your decision. Yes‚ audits exist because of regulatory mandate (required by government). There are three theories which propose reasons why demand for audits might exist without regulatory mandate: 1. Agency theory (The focus of the agency demand for auditing is more related to the stewardship role of accounting- which is more an examination of what has happened.) The separation of ownership
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1. Arthur Young was criticized for not encouraging Lincoln to invoke the substance-over-form principle when accounting for its large real estate transactions. Briefly describe the substance over form concept and exactly what it requires. What responsibility‚ if any‚ do auditors have when a client violates this principle? Substance-over-form is an accounting principle used to ensure that financial statements give a complete‚ relevant‚ and accurate picture of transactions and events. If an entity
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Case 1-1: “What They Didn’t Teach in the Sales Class" 1. Should Rick Lester “turn in his keys”? • Rick Lester should not give up that easily and blame his job. No job can be done effortlessly. He should take everything as a challenge and learn from them. In this way‚ he can maximize his ability in coping up with similar instances that he faces in his job and being able to overcome much easier than he it was before. These will him a better person and a salesperson. He must develop to
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Scenario E4-5 A) List the weaknesses in internal control over cash disbursements. 1) Checks are not pre-numbered. When checks have no numbers‚ no one will know if a check is misplaced or stolen. 2) Too many people are authorized to sign checks. The treasurer should be the only person authorized. 3) Checks are not being kept in a safe area. A filing cabinet‚ even a locked one can be easily pried open and checks stolen. 4) Segregation of duties is not being done‚ the purchasing agent should
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Current Liabilities C. Average Collection Period: Accounts receivable (Annual Credit Sales / 365 days) D. Inventory Turnover: Cost of Goods Sold Inventory E. Fixed Asset Turnover: Sales Net Fixed Assets F. Total Assets Turnover: Sales Total Assets G. Debt Ratio: Total Debt Total Assets H. Times Interest Earned
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Anonymous Caller Case Study 1 a) What would you recommend to the caller if you were Dr. Mitchell? Since it appears that the firms top executives are all apart of the fraud and don’t plan on correcting their unethical action. I recommend that the anonymous caller completely remove himself/herself from the situation by resigning or by reporting the situation to the firm’s board of directors or a governmental agency. b) What are the risks of continuing to work with the company? There
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Case Analysis #1: Will GM’s Strategic Plan Lead to Future Success? Ivy Tech Community College Business 105-00F In an ever changing world‚ where a business can appear one day and are gone the next‚ General Motors has adopted a strategy to avoid this catastrophe. Knowing if they wanted to stay in the game‚ they would have to make a few sacrifices and changes for the better future of the company. 1) Which of the four basic strategy types were used by GM? Explain your rational
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1. Consider a 1-Year $10‚000 CD A. The future value of a $10‚000 CD that has a maturity of 1 year at maturity with 10% interest is $11‚000. Financial Calculator Inputs: $ -10‚000=PV‚ 1=N‚ I=10‚ FV=? ($11‚000) B. The future value of a 1-year‚ $10‚000 CD after one year at an interest rate of 5.0% is $10‚500. Financial Calculator Inputs: $-10‚000=PV‚ 1=N‚ 5=I‚ FV=? ($10‚500) The future value of a 1-year‚ $10‚000 CD after one year at an interest rate of 15.0% is $11‚500. Financial
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