Is the demand for auditing a regulatory artifact or market driven? Pre SEC era: There is evidence that before legislation on auditing existed there were still forms of auditing. In the medieval times there were the guilds‚ later audits were conducted by directors or shareholders of a company. In the 19th century US companies voluntarily contracted for audits. Current data on non-SEC companies In 1977‚ 80% of corporate audit clients of PwC are non-SEC-registrants (Biegler 1977). Privately owned
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UNIVERSITAS INDONESIA CASE STUDY 6 DEVELOPMENT OF METHODOLOGY FOR COMPUTER ASSISTED INFORMATION SYSTEMS AUDITING By: Mario Žgela‚ M Sc SISTEM INFORMASI DAN PENGENDALIAN INTERNAL Chitarani Kartikadewi - 1406524682 Desi Susanti - 1406524695 Karina Ayu Ditriani - 1406524713 FAKULTAS EKONOMI PROGRAM MAKSI-PPAK OKTOBER 2014 CHAPTER I SUMMARY Analysis of Some Cases Resulting in Significant Losses or Bankruptcies During 1990’s and 2000’s‚ there are several companies that severe bankruptcies or
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Additional Cases for the Course The case readings have been developed solely as a basis for class discussion. The case readings are not intended to serve as a source of primary data or as an illustration of effective or ineffective auditing. Reprinted by permission from Jay C. Thibodeau and Deborah Freier. Copyright © Jay C. Thibodeau and Deborah Freier; all rights reserved. 1••• ( Case 61 ® Enron Enrori’s First Few Years hi~ 1985 Enron had assets along the three major stages of the supply
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92When audit risk is at an appropriately low level 83The possibility that the auditors may unknowingly fail to appropriately modify their opinion on financial statements that are materially misstated 49Investigate the identities and reputations of the client’s directors‚ officers‚ and major stockholders 51The reputation of management 81The company’s financial strength and credit rating. 85Make inquiries of the client’s banker‚ legal counsel‚ and predecessor auditor. 26Determine that independence
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Memo To: John Doe From: Team C Date: February 20‚ 2012 Subject: Auditing‚ share-based payment and SPE reporting A publically traded company offers challenges to auditing when it comes to shared-based payment reporting and special-purpose entities (SPE) reporting individually. The most basic principle of GAAP at risk is the qualitative characteristic of reliability. Shared-based payment and SPE reporting individually has been broken down to better equip the audit for our client. It is important
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ratio can be below 9‚ is the client’s ability to manipulate net profit through interest expense. The CFO who has responsibility on financial issue is able to increase sales revenue or reduce interest expense in the record and manipulate the sale in order to meet the interest coverage ratio even though cost has been incur so this affect the profit to decrease. Because Banks are only able to identify interest coverage ratios through the client’s financial report‚ lack of management’s integrity or intentionally
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first‚ followed by the completed working papers as solutions to those parts requiring audit working paper completion. The completed working papers are also included in the accompanying instructor’s resource CD (IRCD) for those preferring to use the computer for viewing the completed audit working papers. The solutions on the IRCD may be activated as follows: a. Activate Excel or compatible spreadsheet program. b. Insert the IRCD containing the Biltrite Solutions in your CD drive. c. Retrieve
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INTRODUCTION This report consists of 5 reflections related to auditing standards and each case was extracted from internet sources. The purpose of this report is to reflect and understand each case. REFLECTIONS First reflection is on China sky case for its non-compliances with SGX. Next is the case on corporate governance where new rules were proposed to improve risk management and risk control. Third will be the extracted information of executives’ compensation in
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Introduction Centro Properties Group (Centro) owns develops‚ manages‚ and leases retail properties in Australia and New Zealand‚ it oversees a portfolio of more than 100 properties leased to supermarkets‚ department stores‚ and other retailers (Hoover’s Inc 2013). Centro created largely by former chief executive Andrew Scott and once valued at almost $10 billion by the market‚ the share price collapsed in December 2007 when the company revealed that it was struggling to refinance$1.3 billion. Centro
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Coyote‚ located in Phoenix‚ Arizona and centers around three personnel members. Yancy Corliss is a new partner with the firm that is summoned into the managing partner’s office‚ Sharon Rules. Rules indicates that Jost Furniture is looking for a new auditing and she has been approached to submit a bid. Before committing to a bid Rules would like Corliss to conduct a background check to assess the potential risk of obtaining Jost as a client. The contract could prove to be quite lucrative for the firm
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