The Demand for Audit and Other Assurance Services O ssu a S s Chapter 1 ©2012 Prentice Hall Business Publishing‚ Auditing 14/e‚ Arens/Elder/Beasley Arens/Elder/Beasley 1-1 SarbanesSarbanes-Oxley Act Enron WorldCom The Act established the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. It also requires auditors to report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. ©2012 Prentice Hall Business Publishing‚ Auditing 14/e‚ Arens/Elder/Beasley Arens/Elder/Beasley 1-2
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theft. D. Expected effectiveness of controls. 13. The risk that an auditor’s procedures will lead to the conclusion that a material misstatement does not exist in an account balance when‚ in fact‚ such misstatement does exist is referred to as A. Audit risk B. Inherent risk C. Control risk D. Detection risk 14. Evidential matter concerning proper segregation of duties ordinarily is best obtained by A. Preparation of a flowchart of duties performed by available personnel. B. Inquiring whether
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Strategic outsourcing involves separating out some of a company’s value creation activities within a business and letting them be performed by an independent entity. Indeed‚ Apple has outsourced various functions in terms of manufacturing‚ assembly and logistics as its contract manufacturers and outsourcing companies can perform several value-creation functions at a lower cost due to low-cost location and other competitive advantages. We are living in a globalized economy in which overhead and
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– Skills Module‚ Paper F8 (UK) Audit and Assurance (United Kingdom) 1 (a) (i) Importance of reporting to those charged with governance June 2013 Answers In accordance with ISA 260 (UK and Ireland) Communication with those charged with governance‚ it is important for the auditors to report to those charged with governance as it helps in the following ways: (1) It assists the auditor and those charged with governance in understanding matters related to the audit‚ and in developing a constructive
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Case #4: Bridging the Gap As customers once knew‚ The Gap was a popular fashion apparel store that attracted many people to it. However‚ this is no longer the case in the present day. So what happened? According to the case‚ competitors are gaining market share with cheaper and fresher fashion designs. One of the problems Gap (including other retailers) is the rising costs of raw materials. Gap said this would force them to raise their prices on items by 20 percent‚ but the customers
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Executive Summary Gap Inc. is facing the problem of decreasing sales in the family clothing store industry. Included in this paper is a detailed analysis of the family clothing store industry. This external analysis has showed that the industry is extremely competitive and difficult to make a profit due to low profit margins. The internal analysis of the company shows that although sales have decreased‚ Gap’s financial performance strengthens every year. Their profitability‚ leverage‚ and liquidity
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Robert Mondavi Corp. Analysis I. Summary  Company founded in 1966 by Robert Mondavi in Napa Valley‚ California  Company vision to make California a recognized wine producing region alongside great winemaking regions of Europe  Major focus on technology and wine growing techniques  Production of premium to super ultra premium wines  Mondavi focuses on personal sales‚ wine competitions‚ and lavish parties to promote the wines rather than conventional
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When looking at The Gap‚ Inc 2011 annual report (Form 10-K) at first it was a little bit intimidating with it being close to a hundred pages of financial information. But when looking at this information section by section it is easily seen that for the most part‚ this information is rather straight forward and gives a lot of good information on the company’s current financial condition. It uses a lot of comparisons with the figures from years past to give stockholders a good idea of what the company
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ACL ADMINISTRATION PAYCHECK FILE How many records are there in database? There are 147 records in the paycheck file. How many data validity errors are there in the database? There were no validity errors in the database; all records are entered into the system‚ thus makes it all valid. What are the following totals? Gross Pay (TOTAL_GROS) = 178‚831 Taxes withheld (TOTAL_TAXE) = 36‚584 Deductions withheld (TOTAL_DEDU) = 24‚947 Net Pay (NET_PAY) = 117‚292 EMPLOYEE FILE How
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In the case of Goodner Brothers‚ Inc. ‚ the six key control weakness were no proper segregation of duties‚ no proper procedure on recording documents‚ lacking monitoring on performance review‚ low gross profit margin than benchmark‚ no control on accessing to the accounting system and inventory storage and too depends on the honesty of the employees. Woody Robinson know very well that the company have these weaknesses that give him the chances to enter the hole to start the fraud activities. Firstly
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