Demand for Audit and Other Assurance Services O ssu a S s Chapter 1 ©2012 Prentice Hall Business Publishing‚ Auditing 14/e‚ Arens/Elder/Beasley Arens/Elder/Beasley 1-1 SarbanesSarbanes-Oxley Act Enron WorldCom The Act established the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. It also requires auditors to report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. ©2012 Prentice Hall Business Publishing‚ Auditing 14/e‚ Arens/Elder/Beasley Arens/Elder/Beasley 1-2 Learning
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Audit Program Design Part II Kendrick Cross‚ Teresita Gunn‚ Geri Franco‚ Heather Swayze ACC/546 July 08‚ 2013 Joseph Oloyede Sales and Collection Cycle When engaged in auditing a public firm‚ such as Apollo Shoe Inc.‚ an auditor must determine when to trust in the company’s internal controls and when to ascertain auxiliary testing methods are obligatory to analyze control risks. The sales and collection cycle is rather
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Intro paragraph: An LLC‚ or limited liability corporation‚ is a business entity that combines aspects of a corporation and a partnership. The LLC operating agreement is a document that dictates how the LLC will function. The amount of time it takes to create the operating agreement depends on the specifics of the LLC. Other names: Don’t confuse this document with the articles of organization‚ which may also be known as the certificate of organization or certificate of formation‚ depending on the
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References: 1. Alvin A. Arens‚ Randal J. Elder and Mark S. Beasley‚ Auditing and Assurance Services: An Integrated Approach‚ 15th Global Edition‚ Pearson‚ 2013. 2. Grant Gay and Roger Simnett: Auditing and Assurance Services in Australia‚ 5th Edition‚ McGraw Hill‚ 2012. 3. Aasmund Eilifsen‚ William F. Messier‚ Jr. Stevan M. Glover and Douglas F. Prawitt‚ Auditing and Assurance Services‚ 2nd International Edition‚ McGraw Hill
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Q1 - What is the relationship between the risk assessment process and the collection of audit evidence? The risk assessment process happens at the very beginning of the engagement and is to determine the level of risk present in the company. The risk assessment phase is when the auditor assess the client’s situation‚ conducts an independence threat analysis and decides whether to accept the client or not. The risk assessment is influenced by various factors such as the degree to which external
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When analyzing the organizational feasibility‚ we should examine the cultural aspect of Cupcake Confections LLC. The location of the shop will be on or around the vicinity of Virginia Commonwealth University to better target young adults. For the makeup of the restaurant‚ we have decided to hire 6 staff members between the ages of 16-34 years; one being a full-time manager‚ one being a full-time supervisor‚ and the other four being part-time staff. While it is a positive to have one manager throughout
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The Holding Environment By David Wasdell A critical analysis of D.W. Winnicott’s papers in ‘The Maturational Processes and the Facilitating Environment’‚ with particular attention to Winnicott’s thesis that anxiety originates in the breakdown of the post-natal holding environment. Produced By: Meridian Programme‚ Meridian House‚ 115 Poplar High Street‚ London E14 0AE‚ Hosted By: Unit for Research into Changing Institutions (URCHIN)‚ charity reg. no. 284542 Web-site: www.meridian
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Memo To: The Files‚ Client Inc. Re: December 31‚ 2009 Audit; Preferred Shares Classification Background The Company issued two forms of preferred stock (Series A and Series A-1) in January 2009. The terms of the preferred stock are as follows: Par value‚ $0.001 per share 6%‚ compounded semi-annually dividend rights‚ payable upon a liquidating event‚ conversion‚ or redemption‚ or earlier if declared by the Board (if upon specific event cash is not available‚ they shall be paid to the extent
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this kind of material misstatement in company’s financial results‚ because this defalcation is caused by a personal factor. c) We should forecast its audit procedure in order to eliminate the risks in audit progress. Thus‚ control procedure would have been effective in preventing or detecting the defalcation could have been a separation of duties. 2. a) Since the purchasing agent usually set up wrong purchase orders to factious vendors‚ we could consider this as an asset misappropriation. The auditor
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– Skills Module‚ Paper F8 (UK) Audit and Assurance (United Kingdom) 1 (a) (i) Importance of reporting to those charged with governance June 2013 Answers In accordance with ISA 260 (UK and Ireland) Communication with those charged with governance‚ it is important for the auditors to report to those charged with governance as it helps in the following ways: (1) It assists the auditor and those charged with governance in understanding matters related to the audit‚ and in developing a constructive
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