We do not believe that the auditors from Friehling & Horowitz exercised due care and maintained professional skepticism throughout the audit. According to the AICPA website‚ “due professional care imposes a responsibility upon each professional within an independent auditor’s organization to observe the standards of field work and reporting” (AICPA). This is because the auditors should have been skeptical of Madoff’s bank account and Chase and should have looked into what that bank account was
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Acct 4400.002 Case Set 2 Case 2a Questions: 1. Read AU 110 (a) What are management’s responsibilities pertaining to the independent audit? According to the PCAOB Standards‚ section AU 110.03 clearly states that management shall bear responsibility for all issued financial statements‚ the adoption of sound accounting policies‚ and for establishing and maintaining a system of internal controls that will record‚ track and process transactions‚ events and conditions. Management shall also maintain
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MZUMBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE PROGRAMME: MSC. ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE COURSE: AUDITING AND ASSURANCE SERVICES CODE: ACC5221 NATURE: TERM PAPER STUDENT NAME: HAMAD OTHMAN RUBEA REG NO: MSC/AF/MOR/010/T.12 LECTURER: MR. KASHESHI TASK: Discuss the business risk that may face any organization and the Auditors concern about these risks. DATE OF SUBMISSION AND PRESENTATION: 17th DEC 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages 1.0 NTRODUCTION ...................
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Beginning the Audit Report Peter Serunjoji ACC546 January 15‚ 2012 Arlette Peoples Beginning the Audit Report MEMORANDUM TO: Larry Lancaster‚ Chairman‚ President‚ and CEO of Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. FROM: Matrix Certified Public Accountants (MCPA) Inc.‚ DATE: January 15 2012 SUBJECT: Beginning the Audit Report (Engagement letter‚ Engagement checklist‚ Outline of timeframes and milestones of the audit) Dear Mr. Lancaster‚ This letter is to confirm the
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other interest will inappropriately influence the professional accountant judgment or behavior; (b) Self-review threat – the threat that a professional accountant will not appropriately evaluate the results of a previous judgment made or service performed by the professional accountant‚ or by another individual within the professional accountant’s firm or employing organization‚ on which the accountant will rely when forming a judgment as part of providing a current service; (c) Advocacy threat –
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WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on BUSINESS and ECONOMICS Elissaveta Gourova‚ Albena Antonova‚ Yanka Todorova Knowledge audit concepts‚ processes and practice ELISSAVETA GOUROVA Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics Sofia University 125‚ Tzarigradsko shosse Blvd.‚ bl. 2‚ Sofia BULGARIA elis@fmi.uni-sofia.bg http://www.fmi.uni-sofia.bg ALBENA ANTONOVA Centre for Information Society Technologies Sofia University 125‚ Tzarigradsko shosse Blvd. bl. 2 fl. 3 BULGARIA a_antonova@fmi.uni-sofia.bg http://www-it
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Bibliography Textbooks and literature 1) Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation‚ Entrepreneurial Development within Organisations‚ Second Edition‚ Thompson Southwestern‚ M. Morris‚ D. Kuratko‚ and J. Govin. 2) Crafting and Executing Strategy‚ South African Edition. Text‚ Reading‚ and Cases. J. Hough‚ A. Thompson‚ A. Strickland‚ and J. Gamble McGraw Hill 3) Strategic Management of Technological Innovation Second Edition‚ 2008
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basic functional positions. DESB employed their own family members to work in the company with minimal education background and some of them did not have the necessary job experience. In May 2006‚ the company had employed Cik Amy‚ a fresh graduate from local university since April 2006 and had no working experience to be their Finance Executive. At the same time‚ the company had secured a contract worth RM 750‚000 to be implemented over a durations of six months. In order to secure the contract‚
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external financial statement audits. 1. What is the purpose of a financial statement audit? a. To confirm the accuracy of management’s financial statements. b. To provide assurance that the audited entity is financially sound. c. To express an opinion on the fairness of the financial statements. d. To provide assurance that fraudulent activities have not occurred. 2. Information risk arises from which of the following situations? a. Adverse selection threats. b. Audit risk‚ inherent risk‚ control
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Audit Plan- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Key business and audit risk: In order to make the report more efficient we must identify the key areas of business risk and auditing risk. Business risk can be defined as the risk‚ which could affect an organization’s ability to achieve its objectives (Gray and Manson‚ 2007). Audit risk is defined as the risk that the auditor gives an inappropriate audit opinion when the financial statements are materially misstated (Soltani‚ 2007). In Gray and Manson (2007)’s
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