A project audit provides an opportunity to uncover the issues‚ concerns and challenges encountered in the execution of a project. It affords the project manager‚ project sponsor and project team an interim view of what has gone well and what needs to be improved with the project to successfully complete it. If done at the close of a project‚ a project audit can be used to develop success criteria for future projects by providing a forensic review. This review will provide an opportunity to learn
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3. a) Three parties that auditors might be held liable for negligence are : 1. Liability to client (Better Production & Co) 2. Liability to third party who use the information (Usahasama City Bank) 3. Liability to the foreseen user (who rely on the auditor’s financial statement) b) No. Aiman & Co can not be held liable to Usahasama & Co. The only action available for financial loss caused by a false financial statement was in the tort of deceit. In order to succeed‚ the claimant (Usahasama)
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1) A) Why independence is so crucial for auditors? b) Explain the difference between independence in fact and independence in appearance. Use examples 2) What is the difference between forensic and statutory audit? Explain the other kinds of audit that you know 3) What are the objectives of an audit? Are errors and fraud within the scope of any audit? Explain clearly 4) What is professional clearance? What is the importance of professional clearance in auditing? 5) An audit fee is an auditor’s
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have the experience of an auditor. Shorter wanted Chen to have experience in the same field before assigning him the tax role. Shorter believed that this would make Chen more valuable to the company and his future clients. • Finally‚ Mike consulted Chen’s new managers and got Chen allotted the project. Initially Chen did not seem denying the project‚ but eventually‚ he refused to audit. Chen thought that he was being used because the firm did not have many senior auditors. Many managers and Mike
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the clients’ previous auditor however‚ auditors may submit a proposal to conduct an audit engagement before this condition is fulfilled. The purpose for this communication is to ensure that the new auditor can interpret the trustworthiness and integrity of the proposed client. Information that might affect the integrity of management‚ previous disagreements with past auditors‚ communication regarding internal controls and fraud with authorities‚ reason for changing auditors‚ and the predecessors
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Practice Paper by FCA Kamal Garg [www.kgma.in] 1. (a) As a Statutory Auditor‚ how would you deal with the following? Mr. Rajesh is appointed as the auditor of NOIDA Travels Ltd. with audit fees of Rs. 35‚000. He purchased air ticket from Delhi to Kolkata and back for Rs. 18‚000 from the client for his personal work and the amount remains unpaid at the end of the year as it is a general practice of the client to give credit to all. Mr. Rajesh claims that he does not incur any disqualification as contained
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Inc 1 Auditors should not insist that their clients accept all proposed audit adjustments even those that have an “immaterial” effect on the given set of financial statements. Because “immaterial” effect on the financial statements will not affect the users’ decisions. Therefore‚ auditors have to confirm if the effects on the financial statements are really “immaterial”. If there are really “immaterial”‚ sometimes the auditor would be forced by the clients to ignore it. So the auditor should give
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control that should be performed by an auditor in each of the following areas: i. Cash receipts ii. Cash payments iii. Bank reconciliations (c) Summarize seven sources of internal control risks that have an impact on the financial reporting framework in an organization. Q2 (a) Outline four audit procedures you would carry out to verify the following items: i. Leased property ii. Goodwill (b) Makau and Associates‚ an accounting firm‚ are the auditors of Eastview Petroleum Ltd. For the
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Heather Sheetz Accounting 491 Julie Oldham March 28‚ 2008 Generally Accepted Auditing Standards Generally Accepted Auditing Standards or GAAS is “a set of systematic guidelines used by auditors when conducting audits on companies’ finances‚ ensuring the accuracy‚ consistency and verifiability of auditors’ actions and reports” (Lexico Publishing Group‚ 2008). The following paper will explain the elements of GAAS and how GAAS is applied to audits. GAAS has three elements that must be used during
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BAC3654 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS TRIMESTER 3‚ 2012/2013 REPORT Assignment:No.1 Former Transmile directors sentenced to jail and fined ISSUES 1. The directors who are the members of the Audit Committee and members of Board of Directors commit fraud by submitting a misleading statement to Bursa Malaysia. “Two former independent directors of Transmile Group Berhad guilty for having authorized the furnishing of a misleading statement to Bursa Malaysia in Transmile’s ‘Quarterly Report on Unaudited
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