1. Auditor Liability in Canada A & B Is it reasonable for a potential investor or existing shareholder to rely on audited financial statements that a corporation makes available for public consumption? Should an investor be able to sue a corporation’s auditor if audited financial statements materially misrepresent the financial status of the company audited? a. Should a potential investor only be able to sue the corporation? b. Should there be any limit on the auditor’s liability?
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The Impossibility of Auditor Independence Intentional collusion of auditors and their clients is is not the major cause of Audit integrity. Most of the times‚ auditors find it difficult to become objective. In 1992‚ Phar-Mor‚ Inc. drugstore in the United States seeking a court protection from corruption failed a court case. The previous auditors‚ Coopers & Lybrand‚ Phar-Mor’s failed to state inventory inflation and manipulation of finanicial that lead to overstating of $985 million earnings
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Abstract In light of a number of high-profile corporate failures during the first half of 2001‚ a number of studies have been performed to address the impact of mandatory rotation of audit firms to ensure the appropriate level of independence ’ of auditors. Majority of studies conclude that the detrimental effects of firm rotation on the quality of the audit work by far outweigh its positive effects as a safeguard against various independence and quality threats. Frequent changes of audit firms
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A Framework for Auditor Independence The ISB lays a foundation for future guidance. By Susan McGrath‚ Arthur Siegel‚ Thomas W. Dunfee‚ Alan S. Glazer and Henry R. Jaenicke January 2001 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE INDEPENDENCE STANDARDS BOARD issued an exposure draft for a conceptual framework for auditor independence containing the concepts and basic principles that will guide the board in its future standard setting. THE NEED FOR A FRAMEWORK AROSE FROM the jumble of confusing independence rules
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’Is it possible for auditors to achieve absolute independence and what regulations should be imposed to attain or maintain independence?’ Auditor independence requires auditors to take an unbiased viewpoint in the overall performance of the audit report‚ and therefore maintain the fundamental principles of integrity and objectivity. Auditor independence is possible‚ however it is quite hard to achieve as it requires auditors to meet all the guidelines set out by AASB and statutory requirements
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a. There are three ways of managing reported earnings and the reasons behind each way may be different. (1) Report lower earnings. Managers intend to report lower earnings for mainly three reasons. Firstly‚ they want to hide profit for future use. In some years‚ the company presents a strong performance and has earned huge profit; however the manager may worry that the company’s future performance would not be as strong as current year‚ which gives them the incentive to save the profit by reporting
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Table of contents 1. Introduction..................................................................................................................2 2. The role of internal and external auditors in corporate governance..............................2 3. Difficulties faced by auditors in contribution to corporate governance……………....4 4. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………….6 5. References…………………………………………………………………………….7 1. Introduction Corporate governance involves measuring
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Roles and Duties of Auditors Taylor Hibma Taylor Hibma lives in New York City and began writing professionally in 2007. His articles have appeared primarily on the websites eHow and Pluck on Demand. Hibma has a bachelor’s degree in English and is pursuing a master’s degree in creative writing at the City College of New York. He has also received a certificate in filmmaking from the Digital Film Academy. Auditors are responsible for gathering and analyzing various types of financial information
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important to ensure that the auditing profession meets its responsibilities to its clients. While working for a company to audit their financial information‚ they are also at the same time working for the public and regulators who rely on externals auditors to prove credibility to the financial information that companies release (Cooper‚ Coram‚ Richardson‚ & Leung‚ 2009). To assist in quality assurance‚ the profession‚ and government have developed multilevel framework which is designed to regulate
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positions hurts Field Auditor 2 (Senior Auditor) and Field Auditor 3 (Internal Auditor). That’s just the classification they can be called anything; however‚ it hurts because it’s what’s indicated on the job description. Additionally‚ they posted the minimum salary of $33K & 30K which I’m going to pay a lot more than that which of course hurts things. I’m working with HR to remove the minimum salary‚ move to mid range‚ or something for the next posting. I’m sure that will
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