BuyGasCo Corporation: The Use of Alternative Costing Methods in a Predatory Pricing Lawsuit 1 BACKGROUND2 BuyGasCo Corporation (BuyGasCo) is a major national chain of retail motor fuel (gasoline) service centers. This privately held company is very successful and has been in existence for 35 years. The service centers‚ owned and operated by BuyGasCo‚ are straightforward and typical of those in the industry. The main function of these service centers is to sell gasoline. The company sells three types
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Lopez‚ Rodrigo (2013‚ December 19). 3 ways advanced tech is transforming real estate marketing. Retrieved from http://www.boston.com/business/blogs/global-business-hub/2013/12/3_ways_advanced.html Mobile Technology A browser search has become secondary for many brands that no longer does content wait for a customer to come to them‚ they are now able to sense a presence and deploy content‚ targeting potential buyers using Big Data‚ geo-targeting‚ even RFID technology. One of the new features of
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letter is to confirm our understanding of the terms of our engagement as the auditors of Oceanview Marine Company for the year ended December 31‚ 2014. We will audit the company’s balance sheet for December 31‚ 2014‚ and the related statements of income‚ retained earnings‚ and cash flows for the year then ended. The purpose of our audit is to form an opinion as to whether these statements are fairly presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
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Audit Case- Tommy O’Connell The audit case I chose was case #1‚ Tommy O’Connell- Audit Senior. O’Connell is a newly appointed senior auditor for a big 5 firm‚ and he was given the tough audit engagement for the Altamesa Manufacturing Company. Tommy figured this engagement would help him get in good with the partner that was in charge of the audit‚ Jack Morrison. The only problem was he was assigned Carl‚ who is a fresh-faced staff accountant who has been working at the company for less than three
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. . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5 Hollinger International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Realities of Audit-Related Litigation instructor resource Manual — do not coPy or redistribute instructor resource Manual — do not coPy or redistribute a day in the life of brent dorsey staff auditor Professional Pressures inS tr uc t ional o b je c t ive S [1] [2] c a s e 3.1 Mark S. Beasley · Frank A. Buckless · Steven M. Glover · Douglas F. Prawitt To illustrate some
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decision by the court of appeals allowing the accounting firm of Zaveral Boosalis Raisch (ZBR) to use the accountant-client privilege‚ see § 13-90-107(1)(f)(I)‚ 5 C.R.S. (1997)‚ to refuse compliance‚ absent the client’s consent‚ with a subpoena issued by the Board. The Denver District Court interpreted exercise of the Board’s subpoena power‚ see § 12-2-126(1)(a)‚ 4 C.R.S. (1997)‚ as an exception to the accountant-client privilege. In the absence of express legislative language creating an exception‚ the
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. . . Scoping and Evaluation Judgments in the Audit of Internal Control over Financial Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . How a Low-Risk Trading Area Caused a $7.2 Billion Loss instructor resource Manual — do not coPy or redistribute instructor resource Manual — do not coPy or redistribute easy clean/simply steam‚ co. evaluation of internal control environment inS tr uc t ional o b je c t ive S [1] [2] [3] [4] c a s e 5.1-2 Mark S. Beasley
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1 ACCTMIS 4500 AUTUMN 2012 QUIZ 1 – SOLUTIONS (ANSWERS IN BOLD) 30 POINTS Instructions: Circle the letter for the answer you select. True/False and Multiple Choice are 2 points each. Short Answer Questions are 3 points each 1. Auditing services and attestation services are the same. A. True B. False 2. Why do auditors generally use a sampling approach to evidence gathering? A. Auditors are experts and do not need to look at much to know whether the financial statements are
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related party have been properly recorded by a client‚ an auditor should review info that provided by the management regarding the related party transactions. The auditor has to conduct audit procedure to ensure that information provided can be reviewed for completeness. If the availability regarding related party audit evidence is limited‚ the auditor may discuss with the management regarding the transaction amount and term‚ the nature of the relationship of client and related party and inspect the
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this report is to develop an audit plan using the 2007/2008 annual reports of the WesFarmers. This report will provide an understanding of the underlying concepts of an overall audit strategy. This strategy will bring forward the direction and scope of the WesfFarmers audit plan. This report will address five major points these are as follows: • Understanding the entity and its environment • Making preliminary judgements about materiality levels • Considering the audit risk • Understanding internal
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