case “The Subsidiary”: * Diane is a Principle Auditor working in the firm of Blott and Twiggy (B & T). * Doug Blott is Diane’s Audit Manager who has 9 years audit experience. David Blott is the senior partner in B & T. * Diane is auditing a plastics subsidiary which is a material component of a large Australian unlisted public company. It is Diane’s responsibility to complete the yearend audit of the company on behalf of B & T. * The plastics market is in mature stage and
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Homework of Corporate Finance The 3rd Week 【Corporations】 What is the primary disadvantage of the corporate form of organization? Name at least two advantages of corporate organization. Answer: The primary disadvantage of the corporate form is the double taxation to shareholders of distributed earnings and dividends. Advantages include: limited liability; ability to raise capital; and unlimited life 【Agency Problem】 Who owns a corporation? Describe the process whereby the owners control
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To: From: Subject: Financial needs Polar For Polar Sports‚ Inc. one potential big change could be the switch from seasonal production to level monthly‚ as is brought up by Mr. Johnson‚ vice president of operations. This will lead to several differences in forecasting compared with when the company still adopts seasonal production. The forecast will through light on the financial needs of the company. First of all‚ production will be distributed evenly throughout the year under level production
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framework used to conduct its assessment of internal controls. Discuss the options in selecting a control framework. Regarding the control framework‚ the SEC has made specific reference to COSO as a recommended model. Furthermore‚ the PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 5 endorses the use of COSO as the framework for control assessment. Although other suitable frameworks have been published‚ any framework used should encompass all of COSO’s general themes 24. Prior to SOX‚ external auditors were required
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accordance with an identified financial reporting framework. An auditor is setting out to achieve enhanced credibility of information disclosed to increase reliability for the users of the financial statements. A definition from the Committee on Basic Auditing is as follows: A systematic process of objectively obtaining and evaluating evidence regarding assertions about economic actions and events to ascertain the degree of correspondence between those assertions and established criteria and communicating
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other attestation services. Audit of historical financial statements- A form of attestation service in which the auditor issues a written report expressing an opinion about whether the financial statements are in material conformity with accounting standards. Publicly traded companies in Australia are required to have audits under the Corporations Act. Review of historical financial statements- Another type of attestation service performed by public accountants. A review service provides a moderate amount
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Chapter 14 Audit of the Sales and Collection Cycle: Tests of Controls and Substantive Tests of Transactions Solution of Practising Problems 14-4 BestSellers.com could integrate its online ordering system with its inventory system so that a book shipment is made only after the customer’s credit card company approves the customer’s purchase. Because credit card issuers often transfer funds electronically almost immediately after a sale‚ BestSellers.com could also set up their system to
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Attaching to Philippine Standards Issued by the AASC Engagement Standards | Application | 1. Philippine Standards on Auditing (PSAs) | * Audit of historical financial statements | 2. Philippine Standards on Review Engagements (PSREs) | * Review of historical financial information | 3.Philippine Standards on Assurance Engagements (PSAEs) | * Assurance engagements dealing with subject matters other than historical financial information | 4. Philippine Standards on Related Services (PSRSs)
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Does Auditing Matter? Janice Rhodora P. Carpentero La Salle University and Eljoy Delos Santos La Salle University May 22‚ 2013 Does Auditing Matter? SUMMARY: The scrutiny auditing has received post-Enron provides compelling evidence that auditing does matter‚ to answer the rhetorical question posed by the paper’s title. What is unclear‚ however‚ is whether auditing was sufficiently “broken” in the first place to warrant the radical reforms and changes effected
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a) The Report’s main points The report identifies the complexities that exist within the economic paradigms with relations to uncertainties and economic instability that have characterized the markets and businesses at large. The report analyzes the imperatives of organizations identifying efficient approaches to governance‚ risk and compliance (GRC). This is a sensitization on the part of various business organizations and entities about business environment that involves a number of risks and
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