I believe the SEC defined an audit failure as wrongly stating the financial statements of the company are accurate and correct‚ when the statements contain fictitious statements‚ material errors‚ and there isn’t a proper note disclosing the information. I don’t believe Sullivan‚ alone‚ was responsible for the deficiencies noted by the SEC in Andersen’s 1997 audit. I do believe Sullivan had the most responsibility‚ but the others were just as responsible
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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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Q1 - What is the relationship between the risk assessment process and the collection of audit evidence? The risk assessment process happens at the very beginning of the engagement and is to determine the level of risk present in the company. The risk assessment phase is when the auditor assess the client’s situation‚ conducts an independence threat analysis and decides whether to accept the client or not. The risk assessment is influenced by various factors such as the degree to which external
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COMPANIES: THE WORLDCOM FRAUD Introduction The purpose of this report is to investigate and discuss the accounting fraud that occurred at WorldCom in order to recommend improved strategies to Berkshire Hathaway’s management for avoiding investments in companies with fraudulent financials. Accounting fraud is a crime committed by high level employees at an organization to manipulate the organization’s financial statements and intentionally disguise company performance. The fraud is committed without
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Adley – Week1 DQ1 Follow up Reply Financial reporting fraud cases typically involve “fictitious revenues‚ overstatement if assets‚ capitalized expenditures‚ misappropriation of assets‚ premature revenues‚ and understatement of expenses and liabilities‚ “according to Lawyers Connect (n.d). As a result‚ such intentional misstatements are fraudulent and illegal‚ and most likely material. Manipulation of accounting equation‚ Assets = Liabilities + Stockholder’s Equity (Rich‚ et al.‚ 2012‚ p. 9)‚ characteristically
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How the Fraudsters Fool the Auditors History of financial statement frauds acquisition accounting related party transactions non existent bank accounts - relationship with auditors overstated bank balance off balance sheet accounting misleading disclosures Changes occurring from Sarbanes Oxley Higher standards for corporate governance and accountability Creating an independent regulatory framework for the accounting profession Enhancing the quality and transparency of financial reports Developing
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Recovery Audit Contract Prior Government Accountability Office work has helped identify problems with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service’s actions to address improper payment vulnerabilities‚ and Department of Health and Human Service states that “prior Office of Inspector General(OIG) work identified problems with CMS’s inability to address referrals of potential fraud” (URL 2011). Hence‚ Congress created the Recovery Audit Contractor Program that was designed specifically to protect Medicare
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Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. Potential for Fraud Memo September 24‚ 2014 There are a few “red flags” that have come to my attention while reviewing the minutes provided to me from Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. For starters‚ in our first meeting we requested to meet with the predecessor‚ and was told by Mr. Unum who is the Vice President of finance‚ they would rather we not speak to them. When a company refuses to have the current auditor speak with the previous auditor this always throws up a red flag. Another red
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Page number Executive summary 4 Introduction 5 Audit in brief: 6 History of auditing profession in Bangladesh 6-10 Ending summary 10-11 conclusion 11 Executive summary: The development of auditing profession in an emerging economy Bangladesh is analyzed here. This report aims to discuss the historical background and evolution of auditing. It is found that auditing has evolved through a number of stages. In the mid 1800s to early 1900s‚ the audit practice was considered as traditional conformance
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theft. D. Expected effectiveness of controls. 13. The risk that an auditor’s procedures will lead to the conclusion that a material misstatement does not exist in an account balance when‚ in fact‚ such misstatement does exist is referred to as A. Audit risk B. Inherent risk C. Control risk D. Detection risk 14. Evidential matter concerning proper segregation of duties ordinarily is best obtained by A. Preparation of a flowchart of duties performed by available personnel. B. Inquiring whether
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