/Ultramares When assessing audit risk‚ should auditors consider the type and number of third parties that may ultimately rely on the client’s financial statements? Should auditors insist that audit engagement letters identify the third parties to whom the client intends to distribute the audited financial statements? Would this practice eliminate auditors’ legal liability to nonprivity parties not mentioned in engagement letters? During an audit it is the auditors responsibility to give their opinion on
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Assume that client personnel were unable to locate 10 of these invoices. How should you and your superiors have responded to this situation? Explain. 6. Should companies be allowed to hire individuals who formerly served as their independent auditors? Discuss the pros and cons of this practice. Facts * By 1987 Antar’s firm Crazy Eddie‚
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Below is a pie chart of what the money was spent on throughout the year‚ this is included in the annual report. ‘The auditor’s report is a formal opinion‚ or disclaimer thereof‚ issued by either an internal auditor or an independent external auditor as a result of an internal or external audit or evaluation performed on a legal entity or subdivision thereof’ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auditor’s_report (27/01/2015) Audit reports in the Police In an audit report they should firstly start off with writing
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were named in the complaint by the SEC. In addition‚ the auditing firm Arthur Anderson was alleged to have been aiding Waste Management in their schemes. Every CFO and CAO in Waste Management’s history as a public company had previously worked as an auditor at Anderson. This interesting fact gives some insight into how the company was able to commit their fraudulent activities for so long. REASONS FOR ESTIMATIONS After reviewing Waste Management’s balance sheet it can be seen that many of the account
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statements; interim reporting; auditor independence. Conclusion: AU Section 9504‚ pars. 4 & 5 (an Interpretation of AU Section 504‚ Association With Financial Statements) states that auditors have no obligation to audit fourth quarter data‚ unless he or she was engaged to do so. However‚ the auditor should ascertain that management makes this separate disclosure‚ in which case the auditor can ask management if it wants him or her to audit or review it. In most cases‚ the auditor would state that such
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requires the auditor agencies to resale from services after 5 years and disallows them to seek employment with a previous client within of a year of last audit (Jelinek‚ Jelinek‚ 2010). These new rules have caused the agencies to have very strict rules of operation procedures. With the information obtained in the article‚ is has been relevant that auditing agencies are having difficulty rendering services. So if auditing agencies are not doing auditing then companies are use internal auditors. With
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Surfer Dudes Duds Case During the Surfer Dudes case the going concern assumption and opinion an auditor might issue at the end of an audit are a focal point. It is brought up in relation to the audit of the Surfer dudes company. Whether or not to issue a going concern opinion is a tough decision and can have a serious effect on a company. Taking into account the relationship between the audit partner and CEO in this case the issue becomes even touchier. Going concern is an assumption that a
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machinery. Wu also accepted the recommendations from his production manager‚ Peter Lee‚ to obtain cheaper but lower grade material although there were rumors that Peter might be too close to some suppliers. Joseph was also acquainted with the external auditor of Manfold‚ Ken Tse‚ as they belonged to the same vintage car association. Being the
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the responsibility to make the right decision regarding unethical conduct of Encik Selamat‚ she can convince Board of Directors about En. Selamat. If she failed to convince BOD to take action‚ she can then reveal the issue to the auditor‚ besides mentioning to the auditor the lack of segregation of duty in the business operation. She can execute and monitor implementation and performance of employees under her responsibility and convince her friend‚ Puan Azura to do the same. What should Ms. Choy
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the systems of the agency to assess it has delivered on its institutional purpose and mandate by linking the budgets with results or results-based budgets. An internal audit‚ as the name suggests‚ an internal check on agency systems and processes. External Auditing involves an outside audit body being brought in to look at the agency. Pre-auditing refers to auditing by agencies before approval of transactions while post-auditing is auditing by an independent body after. The Philippine government
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