Phillips Petroleum Case Study Prepared by For Professor C.E. Reese in partial fulfillment of the requirements for ACC 502- Advanced Auditing School of Business/ Graduate Studies St. Thomas University Miami Gardens‚ Fla. Term A1/Spring 2014 February 17‚ 2014 Table of Contents Issues……………………………………………………………….Page 3-4 Facts………………………………………………………………..Page 4-5 Analysis/ Authority………………………………………………...Page 5-8 Conclusions/ Recommendation…………………………………….Page 8 References…………………………………………………………
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What do all of these things have in common? They are all services the Tory government in Ontario has been trying to privatize with some disastrous results and possibly more to come. The Ontario government‚ lead by Progressive Conservative leader Mike Harris‚ has been slowly trying to do away with services that are currently administered by the province. The ideology in question‚ privatization‚ has been a hallmark of the Common Sense revolution. But so far the Tories have been slow to make a success of
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company is still a new player in industry‚ what it makes it vulnerable and weak. Because the company is new‚ it is risky not having any track record. b. Here is the list of auditing and accounting problems appearing to exist: 1. In Accounting there is one question/problem‚ it is the capitalizing of assets legitimate? 2. In Auditing: Is the audit firm registered with the PCAOB to audit public companies? establishing the existence of owners determining the existence of development assets avoiding
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Chapter 1 41. Which of the following has reduced as a result of globalization? D. Differences in material culture between national economies 42. _____ refers to the shift toward a more integrated and interdependent world economy. A. Forward integration C. Globalization 43. Which of the following statements is true regarding the globalization of markets? C. There still exist significant differences among national markets along many relevant dimensions‚ including distribution
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assertions into specific audit objectives to guide the process of collecting evidence. Audit objectives are a fine-tuning of assertion and each audit objective requires unique evidence to maintain a conclusion about the audit objective. c. If you are auditing the existence and occurrence assertion‚ what specific audit objectives should be accomplished by developing an audit program? Explain the purpose of each audit objective. Following is a list of the specific audit objectives that are relevant to
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47) 1) Inherent risk in this situation is not zero because he states that he has never seen an accounting adjustment recommended which could mean that there has been something that happened that was immaterial that it didn’t need to be adjusted. If the inherent risk was zero there wouldn’t been the chance that anything could go wrong and to give it a zero risk there is no point then to audit the firm. 2) In chapter three they mention that control risk should not be assessed so low that the audit
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Auditing Theory and Practice Case 1 WorldCom: A Focus on Professional Responsibility Prepared by: EL Ahmadi Med Reda Worked With: Ibtihal Slassi Fall 2013 1- Auditor independence refers to the disinterest from the internal and external parties that could influence the professional judgment of an auditor. In other words‚ auditor independence is the lack of any interest that may create a threat or a risk of material bias regarding the reliability of the financial statement
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Florida v. Harris: “Free air sniff” On June 24th‚ 2006‚ an officer from Liberty County‚ Florida‚ Sheriff’s office (Officer William Wheetley) made a traffic stop after noticing an expired license plate on a man named Clayton Harris’ truck. After making the stop‚ Officer Wheetley noticed that Harris appeared to be nervous. In addition‚ Officer Wheetley spotted an open beer can inside the vehicle. Officer Wheetley then requested to search Harris’ truck. Harris refused to cooperate leaving Officer
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because it relates to a false or misleading statement in documents filed with the A: SEC 7) Within generally accepted auditing standards‚ general standards relate primarily to a. the fairness of the financial statements b. qualifications of the auditor and the quality of the auditor’s work c. qualifications of the auditor d. the relationship between generally accepted auditing standards and accounting principles 7) Statements on
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know the state of affairs of the business. The man who performs this work is called an accountant. His work is to interpret and review the accounts and draw conclusions to guide the management in chalking out the future policy of the business. Auditing means the verifications of book entries and accounts to find out their accuracy. It is neither book-keeping nor accountancy. His work is to find out whether the final account exhibit a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the concern or
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