Something Went Sour at Parmalat Parmalat is a multinational Italian dairy food corporation that today represents one of the biggest fraud scandals that has marked history in Europe. What happened and why weren’t the scandalous activities detected beforehand? Parmalat’s investigation was triggered when it “defaulted on a $187 million bond payment in mid-November 2002.” This led to further revelation of the nonexistence of $4 billion worth of claimed bank deposits held by a subsidiary in the Cayman
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AFM 351: Audit Strategies Satyam Fraud: A case of India’s Enron 1. Describe the governance structure at Satyam. What was the “tone-at-the-top” at Satyam during the fraud period? • • • • • • • 2. In terms of the confirmation of cash balances‚ what deficiencies can you identify in terms of the procedures followed in the Satyam engagement? • • • • 3. Ramalinga Raju was the Chairman of the Board His brother‚ Rama Raju‚ was the Managing Director and CEO They both had direct operational
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value. Auditors would like to make sure that the transaction generating the accounts receivable actually occurs‚ and that the receivables are recorded at accurate value for the current reporting period. Usually they will send accounts receivable confirmations to client’s customers directly. b) The primary audit objectives of performing year-end sales cutoff tests include accuracy and timing‚ since the purpose of year-end sales cutoff tests is to check whether revenues and/or receivables were recorded
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AP-3: ⇒Audit Program for Accounts Receivable Company Balance Sheet Date | | | The company has the following general ledger accounts that are classified in the accounts‚ notes‚ or other receivables captions of the | |balance sheet:
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CHAPTER 6 Audit Evidence |Learning Check | 6-1. a. Audit evidence is all the information used by the auditor in arriving at the conclusion on which the audit opinion is based. Audit evidence includes (1) the accounting records underlying the financial statements and (2) other information that corroborates the accounting records and supports the auditor’s logical reasoning about fair presentation in the financial statements. b. Any information that is obtained
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CHAPTER 7 Revenue and Collection Cycle LEARNING OBJECTIVES Review Checkpoints Exercises‚ Problems‚ and Simulations 1. Discuss inherent risks related to the revenue and collection cycle with a focus on improper revenue recognition. 1‚ 2‚ 3 59 2. Describe the revenue and collection cycle‚ including typical source documents and controls. 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8 54‚ 55‚ 61‚ 63‚ 64‚ 66 3. Give examples of tests of controls over customer credit approval‚ delivery‚ and
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1. By way of confirmation of year-end accounts receivables‚ auditors hope to verify management assertions regarding the “Existence” of said accounts receivables and its true “Valuation”‚ AU330.12. Year-end sales cut-off test is another important audit procedure‚ which gives the auditor information on the “completeness” of a sale. The aim is to make sure that whatever sales are being recorded is recorded in the correct period. 2. Cooper & Lybrand did indeed made mistakes & errors. First
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setup is now complete. Continue with Normal Operation • • • • • • Connect with the first party and ask them to stay on the line Press the flash button You will hear a 3 beep confirmation Dial the second party – Let them know you are establishing a conference call Press the flash button You will hear a 3 beep confirmation All parties are now joined together PASSCODE MEET-ME CONFERENCE • • • Call the Post Operator @ 545-1969 to provide information on conference setup o Number of conference participants
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review does not involve obtaining an understanding of the internal control structure or assess control risk‚ tests of accounting records and of responses to inquiries by obtaining corroborating evidential matter through inspection‚ observation or confirmation‚ and certain other procedures ordinarily performed during an audit. A review mostly involves inquires of client personnel and analytical procedures. In a review an accountant does not give an opinion as to the fair presentation of the financial
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