Process Of Auditing‚Auditing Vs Investigation INTRODUCTION: Introduction to auditing: Economic decisions in every society must be based upon the information available at the time the decision is made. For example‚ the decision of a bank to make a loan to a business is based upon previous financial relationships with that business‚ the financial condition of the company as reflected by its financial statements and other factors.As a result the bank has lost both the principal and the interest
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The future of auditing Called to account The auditing industry has yet to recover from the damage inflicted by an era of corporate scandals Nov 18th 2004 |From the print edition * * NO ONE becomes an auditor because the job is adventurous. In recent years‚ however‚ the profession has been really rather racy. Auditors have been implicated in fraud after fraud. The Enron scandal brought down Arthur Andersen‚ which had been one of the profession ’s five giant firms. Now a scandal at
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Question 1 Incentives: Financial pressures from changes in the market and industry intense competition (national‚ regional‚ local) under cut prices from municipalities that could offer lower prices by using tax revenue. Pressure to meet earnings expectations Stock ownership benefits Retirement benefits Performance based bonuses Maintain growing stock price Maintain industry leadership Maintain reputation Opportunities: Able to use a lot of estimates in depreciation of PPE (over 1/2 of assets)
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Auditing and Assurance Services‚ 14e (Arens) Chapter 24 Completing the Audit Learning Objective 24-1 1) Auditors often integrate procedures for presentation and disclosure objectives with: A) Tests for planning objectives Tests for balance-related objectives Yes Yes B) Tests for planning objectives Tests for balance-related objectives No No C) Tests for planning objectives Tests for balance-related objectives Yes No D) Tests for planning objectives Tests for balance-related
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Financial Control Auditing in an Electronic Environment (e-Auditing) Presented to Dr. Marwa Tarek Presented By: Pierre Guirguis 9104428 Rimon Abd El-Meseih 9104386 Mahmoud Mohamed Refaat Auditing in an Electronic Environment (e-Auditing) * What is e-Auditing? Electronic auditing‚ or e-Auditing‚ is computer-assisted auditing that uses electronic records to complete all or part of the audit. If you use a computer to record your business activity and maintain this data electronically
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are departures from the standard wording‚ users are more likely to recognize and consider situations requiring a modification or qualification to the auditor’s report or opinion. 3-2 The unqualified audit report consists of: 1. Report title Auditing standards require that the report be titled and that the title includes the word independent. 2. Audit report address The report is usually addressed to the company‚ its stockholders‚ or the board of directors. 3. Introductory paragraph The introductory
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:ompleting and discussing this case you should be able to [5] Recognize issues surrounding the privacy of customer information [6] Describe audit implications when transaction evidence is solely electronic [7] Recognize threats to eBusiness strategies‚ which rely solely on the delivery of services "via the Internet .J:ntify business risks for Internet-only business :rldels Le;ommend internal control improvements for "r eBusiness-based company Understand selected eBusiness related revenue :ecognition
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MEANING OF AUDITING The word ‘Audit’ is originated from the Latin word ’Audire’ which means ’to hear’. In the earlier days‚ whenever there is suspected fraud in a business organization‚ the owner of the business would appoint a person to check the accounts and hear the explanations given by the person responsible for keeping the account and funds. In those days‚ the audit is done to find out whether the payments and receipt are properly accounted or not. The objective of modern day accounting
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Corporate restructuring and the LBO CHAPTER 3: CONTRACTIONS Contraction is the reduction in the size of the private company or business due to corporate restructuring. 3.1 Spin-Offs—A spin-off transaction is when a parent company separates the shares of its subsidiary from the original private company shares and distributes those shares‚ on a pro-rata basis to its shareholders. In essence‚ two separate entities are formed in which the stockholders are issued the shares in the legal
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PART FORM ANU AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITY : Enron‚ Parmalat‚ WorldCom‚ HIH – these corporate failures and accounting scandals have shaken the foundations of investor confidence in the transparency‚ integrity and accountability of corporations and capital markets. There has also been public disquiet about the role professional auditors and audit firms have played in these corporate scandals. The consequences for many of the players in the market for financial information have been enormous; reputations
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