judgments about the case when Arthur Anderson failed its tasks to detect fraudulent financial activities on Enron and several different companies. The Enron Company filed bankruptcy in December of 2001.Being well known as a big energy company which headquarters is located in Houston‚ the bankruptcy of the company drew lots off attentions from business world. Questions were asked and lots of financial misstatements were revealed and Arthur Andersen – Enron’s external auditing and accounting firm
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the Fair Trading Act 1986 to a given fact situation. 1a) The fair trading act in 1986 defend consumers by prohibiting dishonest or deceptive conduct in trade. It requires that all trading activities are based on right and true information. In this case‚ under the defences available in the act‚ he was not responsible but he has committed offence under the agreement. He needs to make sure his staff employees know enough about a product to advertise in the newspaper and they are accurately representing
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#2 Invoices are sent for shipped goods and are recorded in the sales journal‚ but are not posted to any customer account. Following the scientific method‚ answer the following questions below: a. Do background research in relationship to the issue to get a more in-depth understanding of the situation. What questions would you ask of management to determine how the fraud is occurring based on the specific fraud identified? Fraud Item #1 Are the employees in charge of shipping comparing
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Chapter 1 An overview of auditing Multiple Choice 1. The three major professional accounting bodies in Australia are: a. ICAA‚ CPA and ASIC. b. CPA Australia‚ NIA and AARF. c. ATO‚ AUASB and ASIC. d. ICAA‚ CPA Australia and NIA. The correct option is d. Feedback: Section 1.3 The auditing environment 2. Which body has a mission ‘to develop‚ in the public interest‚ high-quality auditing and assurance standards and related guidance to enhance the relevance‚ reliability and timeliness
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The North Face‚ Inc. - Individual Case Synopsis: The North Face‚ a company that has always found a way to sell their product to unique customer‚ didn’t get to where they are today easily. Presently owned by Vanity Fair‚ The North Face was started by Hap Klopp in the mid 1960s with the mission of providing a ready source of hiking and camping gear to customers. Today‚ they offer products ranging from outdoor chairs to backpacks. As the company began to grow‚ so did the goals set by management
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STATE AUDITING IN THE PHILIPPINES Reported by: MYRLA P. SEDENIO RUTH C. TACUJAN A. OBJECTIVES I. To Discuss the State Audit System 2. To Identify Issues and Limitations of Government Auditing 3. To Discuss the Measurement of Government Performance B. INTRODUCTION The Philippine Constitution emphasizes the importance of accountability in the government. Article XI simply and bluntly begins: “Public office is a public trust‚” before it adds that officials and employees
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Q: “Auditing begins where accounting ends. State points of difference between accounting and auditing? “Auditing begins where accounting ends” Accounting is a process of maintaining business records. Joint stock companies are required by law to maintain proper record of business transactions. Maintaining books of accounts and preparing financial statement is a prime responsibility of directors. The shareholders are ambitious to see that their investment is safe. It is therefore imperative
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AUDIT EVIDENCE Audit Evidence Definition : All the information used by the auditor in arriving at the conclusions on which the audit opinion is based. This includes the information contained in the account records underlying the financial statements and other information. Additionally‚ audit evidence should be persuasive‚ rather than convincing. There are different levels of reliability of audit evidence‚ some providing more evidence than others. There are nine types of audit evidence
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CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF EVENTS : Fashions Nights Out TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION 1. EVENT IN CONTEXT 1. EVENT COMPLEXITY 2. EVENT IMPACT RESEARCH 2. ECONOMIC IMPACTS 2.1 DEFINING FNO ECONOMIC IMPACTS 3. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 3.1 DEFINING FNO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS BASIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS INTERMEDIATE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 4. SOCIAL IMPACTS 5. MEDIA IMPACTS CONCLUSION APENDIX TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE APPROACH CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF EVENTS ABSTRACT This study proposes a close examination
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Bernadette Marano. • Contracts were exchanged on 2 May 2005 for the purchase of property for $2‚130‚000 between the plaintiffs and the first defendant. • Contract of sale to be completed by 25 July 2005‚ not completed. • Notice to complete served on 27 July 2005 requiring completion by 10 August 2005‚ not completed. • Plaintiffs sue for forfeiture of the deposit and for damages for a deficiency on re sale. • First defendant terminated the contract on the basis of:
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