Directive & Informative Memos Review Worksheet This is a review of directive & informative memos that you learned about in Module 3. Activity 1 1. What are the 5 parts of the header of an informative memo? __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 2. The ‘Subject:’ line should be _____________________________________________________
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MEMO TO: Darlene Wardlaw FROM: Bradley Crumpler DATE: September 20‚ 2014 RE: Staffing Memo for the Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. audit for 12/31/2014 After reviewing last year’s (2013) 10-K filing with the SEC‚ the board of directors’ minutes‚ and other documents pertaining to Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. here is our initial recommendation for staffing requirements: Audit engagement partner * Audit manager * It audit specialist Tax partner Quality assurance partner Legal specialist Audit Staff * Audit Engagement
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the circumstances and opinion expressed by an auditor‚ where he is unable to obtain sufficient audit evidence. 2. Auditors of M/s Santa Banta (P) Ltd. were changed for the accounting year 2010-11. However there was no change in the position of closing stock which remained at ` 400 lacs . The auditors of the company propose to exclude the audit of closing stock of ` 400 lacs from their audit programme on the understanding that it pertains to the preceding year which was audited by another
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market. You believe that increased demand will more than offset productivity gains‚ and may even require hiring more employees. Naturally‚ you cannot guarantee this‚ although you are optimistic about the chances that this will occur. Write a one-page memo to employees that covers these points. OPTION 2 2. Assume the role of vice president of manufacturing of Eastern Products‚ Philadelphia. You are thinking about the forthcoming annual retreat of top-level managers of manufacturing‚ engineering‚
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Interim An audit which conducted in between the two annual audits with a view to find out interim profits to enable the company to declare an interim dividend is known as Interim Audit. It is a kind of audit which is conducted between the two periodical or balance sheet audits. Objectives Of Interim Audit 1. To know profit or loss of interim period. 2. To distribute interim dividend. 3. To get loan on the basis of interim account. 4. To get information about the financial position
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which exceeds materiality of $50‚000. c. The auditor should either propose an audit adjustment so that the unadjusted statement amount is less than materiality‚ and/or perform more testing to obtain a better estimate of the population misstatements. The additional testing will likely focus on receivables and inventory because they have the largest estimated misstatements. 9-28 a. The following terms are audit planning decisions requiring professional judgment: Preliminary judgment about materiality
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Memo To: Ms. Ramos From: DOraimi Subject: 2012 Income Correction Date: 01/20/2014 You believe that the $1 million overstatement of the 2011 ending inventory has no impact on 2012’s reported income‚ because 2012 ending inventory is correct. In this memo‚ I will explain how the overstatement in 2011 ending inventory affects 2012’s reported income. Based on the formula “Cost of good sold= Beginning inventory + Inventory purchased – Ending inventory”‚ the cost of good sold during
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Fundamental concepts of f/s audit Materiality misstatement of accounting information. is a matter of professional judgment Audit risk The auditor expresses an inappropriate audit opinion when the financial statements are materially misstated‚ Evidence (more than “per discussion with client) Major phrases of audit: Client acceptance/continuance; Preliminary engagement activities; Establish materiality and assess risks; Plan the audit ;Consider and audit internal control; Audit business processes and
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profits and losses in equal shares. But their contract provides that Karim will have sole control‚ supervision and management while Azmi will be as a sleeping partner. The main issue in this situation is whether a sleeping partner is a partnership or not. What is sleeping partner? Firstly‚ to relate this situation whether or not a sleeping partner is a partnership we must look first at the section 3(1) which this section defined the meaning of partnership. Section 3(1) provided that : (1) Partnership
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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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