Medium 3. The Ultramares v. Touche case held that auditors could be held liable to any foreseen third party for ordinary negligence. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium 4. The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 offers recourse against the auditors to a far greater number of investors than does the Securities Act of 1933. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium 5. The precedent set by the Hochfelder v. Ernst case is generally believed to have increased auditors
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Auditing Introduction Letter Kelly Garner ACC/546 December 15‚ 2014 Mr. Michael De Marco Anderson‚ Olds‚ and Watershed Certified Public Accountants Shoetown‚ ME 00001 December 15‚ 2014 Mr. Eric Unum Vice President of Finance Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. 100 Shoe Plaza Shoetown‚ ME 00001 Dear Mr. Unum‚ Thank you for taking the time to meet with Arnold Anderson‚ CPA (lead auditor); Darlene Wardlaw‚ CPA (engagement manager) and me last week. During our meeting‚ you and your team informed us that your “old
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Chapter 1 Auditing and Internal Control Review Questions 1. What is the purpose of an IT audit? Response: The purpose of an IT audit is to provide an independent assessment of some technology- or systems-related object‚ such as proper IT implementation‚ or controls over computer resources. Because most modern accounting information systems use IT‚ IT plays a significant role in a financial (external audit)‚ where the purpose is to determine the fairness and accuracy of the financial statements
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Name Chapter 1: Auditing: Integral to the Economy Description Instructions Modify Add Question Here Question 1 True/False 0 points Modify Remove Question The need for assurance services arises because the interests of the users of information may be different from that of the interests of those responsible for providing information. Answer True False Add Question Here Question 2 True/False 0 points Modify Remove Question An audit of financial statements is a form of attestation service
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Concept and significance of Auditing The word ‘audit’ is derived from the latin word ‘audire’ which means to hear. In the olden times‚ when frauds or errors were suspected as regards receipts and payments in business or to verify tax amount payable to the king‚ explanations would be heard from persons responsible for keeping accounts. Today‚ audit is more than just cash verification. It is reporting about the financial position of an organization as disclosed by the Profit and Loss account
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Chapter 1—Auditing and Internal Control TRUE/FALSE 1. Corporate management (including the CEO) must certify monthly and annually their organization’s internal controls over financial reporting. ANS: F PTS: 1 2. Both the SEC and the PCAOB require management to use the COBIT framework for assessing internal control adequacy. ANS: F PTS: 1 3. Both the SEC and the PCAOB require management to use the COSO framework for assessing internal control adequacy. ANS: F PTS: 1 4. A qualified opinion
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Chapter 10 Auditing the Revenue Process SEC SAB101: Revenue recognition 1. 有persuasive evidence 有证据 2. Delivery occurred‚ service rendered，东西给了服务于需求 3. Price is fixed/determinable 价格固定 4. 有collectability钱收的回来 Fraud Risk in Revenue cycle: 欺诈风险 1. Side agreement: off-book‚ adjust record to entice customer 2. Channel stuffing: 填塞分销渠道，造成销售假象 inflate sales by forcing product through a distribution channel 3. Related party transaction: 实质重于形式原则substance over form是指企业应当按照交易或事项的经济实质进行会计核算，而不应当仅仅按照它们的法律形式作为会计核算的依据
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ACC621 Midterm review Internal auditing is an independent objective assurance and consulting acitivity designed to add value and improve an organizations operations. Adding value is provided by improving opportunities to achieve organizational objectives identifying operational improvement reducing risk through exposure through both assurance and consulting. Auditing has its key components - accomplish objectives -evaluate and improve effectiveness of risk management -assurance and consulting
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Theresa Golding BA 418 – Auditing Dr. Charles Pineno April 25‚ 2010 PART 1: “Small Firms May Face Audit Music” (published in The Wall Street Journal on April 19‚ 2007) addresses the ending of the delay in applying portions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to smaller companies. At the time of the article‚ some 6‚000 smaller public companies had yet to be required to “make an annual assessment of their internal financial-reporting controls with further review by the company’s outside auditor of
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CASE STUDY Summary In this case‚ it describes what happened to a graduate of a prestigious business school during his time of work in the auditing division of Greenspan & Company. The graduates name is‚ “Bill Church”‚ the situation is that he was relocated along with his family from the Mid-west to the East Coast. There he bought a home‚ a second car and did not worry about overextending financially because the company had huge plans for him. After months into the job Bill realized that he was
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