5(a) Prepare a memo to the partner making a recommendation as to whether Barnes and Fischer should or should not accept Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc. as an audit client. Carefully justify your position in light of the information in the case. Include consideration of reasons both for and against acceptance and be sure to address both financial and nonfinancial issues to justify your recommendation. MEMORANDUM To: Jane Hunter From: Corrine Subject: Ocean Manufactory Should be Accepted Date:
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The fall of Lehman Brothers Lehman Brothers Inc (Lehman Brothers) once the 4th largest Investment bank in the world filed for chapter 11 of bankruptcy on September 15th 2008. It started its journey as a small dry goods store to one of the leading investment banks in the US. Refer Annexure 1 for the history of Lehman Brothers. Lehman had a particularly strong history in fixed-income products‚ later it diversified into other areas of finance such as investment banking and investment and asset
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Chapter 14 Audit of the Sales and Collection Cycle: Tests of Controls and Substantive Tests of Transactions Solution of Practising Problems 14-4 BestSellers.com could integrate its online ordering system with its inventory system so that a book shipment is made only after the customer’s credit card company approves the customer’s purchase. Because credit card issuers often transfer funds electronically almost immediately after a sale‚ BestSellers.com could also set up their system to
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AUDIT TECHNIQUES I. NATURE and PURPOSE of AUDIT TECHNIQUES Auditing Techniques are the basic tools utilized by auditors to obtain audit evidences. Auditing Technique is defined as any technique as any technique used to determine deviations from actual accounting and controls established by a business or organization as well as uncovering problems in established processes and controls. Auditing Techniques can be used to aid organizations by uncovering errors in business practices and providing
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a) The Report’s main points The report identifies the complexities that exist within the economic paradigms with relations to uncertainties and economic instability that have characterized the markets and businesses at large. The report analyzes the imperatives of organizations identifying efficient approaches to governance‚ risk and compliance (GRC). This is a sensitization on the part of various business organizations and entities about business environment that involves a number of risks and
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1. a. To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of L Inc.: We have audited L Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31‚ 2012‚ based on control criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of Treadway Commission (COSO). L Inc.’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting‚ and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial
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ch9 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. The risk of incorrect acceptance and the risk of assessing control risk too low relate to the A. Preliminary estimates of materiality levels. B. Allowable risk of tolerable error. C. Efficiency of the audit. D. Effectiveness of the audit. 2. While performing a substantive test of details during an audit‚ the auditor determined that the sample results supported the conclusion that the recorded
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GREAT ZIMBABWE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF COMMERCE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE COURSE CODE: AC211 COURSE TITLE: AUDITING THEORY AND PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT FIRST SEMESTER 2014 QUESTION 1 Brian Ltd was formed on November 2013 in order to manufacture microchips. The directors are unsure of their responsibilities and the nature of their relationship with the external auditors. The audit partner has ask you to visit the client and explain to the directors the more fundamental aspects
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case “The Subsidiary”: * Diane is a Principle Auditor working in the firm of Blott and Twiggy (B & T). * Doug Blott is Diane’s Audit Manager who has 9 years audit experience. David Blott is the senior partner in B & T. * Diane is auditing a plastics subsidiary which is a material component of a large Australian unlisted public company. It is Diane’s responsibility to complete the yearend audit of the company on behalf of B & T. * The plastics market is in mature stage and
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Should Lehman Brothers Investment Bank Have Been Allowed to Fail? Name: Ran Linyan Table of Contents 1 Introduction 3 2 Corporate profile of Lehman Brothers Bank 3 2.1 Corporate Profile and Business 4 2.1.1 History of Lehman Brothers 4 2.1.2 Lehman Brothers Investment Bank 4 2.2 Forces of Change and Competition in Lehman Brothers 4 2.2.1 Change in Lehman Brother’s Business Strategy 4 2.2.2 Financial Competiveness in Lehman Brothers 5 2.3
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