1. What are some of the general challenges of starting new business in another country? What specific challenges did Copy General face in Eastern and Central Europe? Starting a new business from another country will have some general Challenges faced as follows: 1.Language barriers 2.Cultural diversity 3.Ethical problems and concerns 4.Political and economical conditions 5.Methods of doing business 6.Strategy formulation and implementation 7.Labor relation and industrial democracy
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Fundamental concepts of f/s audit Materiality misstatement of accounting information. is a matter of professional judgment Audit risk The auditor expresses an inappropriate audit opinion when the financial statements are materially misstated‚ Evidence (more than “per discussion with client) Major phrases of audit: Client acceptance/continuance; Preliminary engagement activities; Establish materiality and assess risks; Plan the audit ;Consider and audit internal control; Audit business processes and
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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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time to see if they are reasonable. Most auditors should have detected this kind of material misstatement in company’s financial results‚ because this defalcation is caused by a personal factor. c) We should forecast its audit procedure in order to eliminate the risks in audit progress. Thus‚ control procedure would have been effective in preventing or detecting the defalcation could have been a separation of duties. 2. a) Since the purchasing agent usually set up wrong purchase orders to factious
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1 Chapter 7: Audit Evidence I. Definition: Evidence – information used by the auditor to draw conclusions on the fair presentation of the financial statements. Audit objectives suggest the types of evidence to accumulate. II. Decisions on evidence accumulation A. Which audit procedures to use. General Objectives: Six TRAOs Eight BRAOs Four PDAOs Accounting Cycles: Five Management Assertions Specific Objectives: At least: Six TRAOs Eight BRAOs Four PDAOs Audit Procedures: At least one
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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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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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Standards Introduction Self-regulated: the standards governing audits were established by members of the profession themselves Sarbanes-Oxley Acct of 2002 Created: Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) to provide external and independent oversight over the audits of public entities Responsible for registering public accounting firms‚ establishing standards for audit engagements‚ and inspecting the quality of audits conducted by public accounting firms ****Generally Accepted Auditing
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Weak Dollar vs. Strong Dollar With the economy constantly changing‚ we are starting to see drastic changes in our dollar. A countries currency determines their strength in the market and their inflation rate. With a higher inflation rate‚ they are able to buy more and do more for a cheaper price. To help us better understand the difference between the weak dollar and the strong dollar‚ we will go in depth with both weak and strong dollars and its advantages and disadvantages‚ the currency monitor
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Flash Technologies‚ Inc Memo to the Planning File by Audit Manager – General Information 12/31/2008 General Background Information Emanuel “Manny” Schwimez‚ is the CEO and chairman of the board of Flash. Mr. Schwimez is originally from Tel Aviv. He has an impressive resume‚ including a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and many years of eexecutive-level experience. He has led several high technology companies in the U.S and abroad since the early 1970’s. In 1990 he became president
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