Worksheet — Summary of identified misstatements Entity Period ended 335 Page 1 of 2 Objective: To document misstatements identified during the audit and to evaluate: - The effect of identified misstatements on the audit. - The effect of uncorrected misstatements‚ if any‚ on the financial statements. Performance materiality Insignificant misstatements under $ need not be recorded below. Amount of over (under) misstatement in the financial statements Circumstances of occurrence
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Appointment‚ Duties‚ Rights and Liabilities of Auditor Appointment: First Auditors a) The first auditors of a company shall be appointed by the directors within 60 days of incorporation of the company [252(3)] b) The first auditors will hold office till the first annual general meeting [252(3)]. c) If the directors fail to appoint the first auditors‚ the members shall appoint the first auditors‚ provided further that the auditors such appointed shall not be removed during the tenure expect
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operates. C. Auditors must design the audit to find the smallest misstatement that would influence users of the financial statements. Reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free of material misstatements cannot be provided unless the audit is designed to detect the smallest misstatement that would influence users. D. A high likelihood of management fraud makes it more likely that individual account misstatements will have the same directional effect on net income (i.e.‚ asset
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Assignment 1: Scandals in Auditing Fortex Introduction Fortex was regarded as one of New Zealand’s top companies. They used innovative technology to add value to their product. They won awards‚ looked after employees‚ and paid suppliers well. But when the company collapsed in March 1994 it was revealed that the success was all based on false accounting. The management team was able to fool a company of respected auditors as well as everybody else for more than three years. Thousands
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Aylor Inc. A. Why are different materiality bases considered when determining planning materiality? Different materiality bases are considered when determining planning materiality because the magnitude and nature of financial statement misstatements or omissions have different influences on different financial statement users. For example‚ investors are more interested in the accuracy of numbers involving net income because they are mainly concerned with the company’s ability to increase
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are‚ or in the case of a test of details‚ that a material misstatement does not exist when in fact it does. The auditor is primarily concerned with this type of erroneous conclusion because it affects audit effectiveness and is more likely to lead to an inappropriate audit opinion. (ii) In the case of a test of controls‚ that controls are less effective than they actually are‚ or in the case of a test of details‚ that a material misstatement exists when in fact it does not. This type of erroneous
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Module C Legal Liability True / False Questions 1. Auditors are potentially liable for monetary damages and subject to criminal penalties for failure to perform professional services properly. True False 2. Auditors cannot be held liable to their clients for failure to detect material management fraud. True False 3. Joint and several liability is a doctrine that allows a successful plaintiff to recover the full amount of a damage award from any defendant regardless
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financial statements audited and reported upon. The overall risk of material misstatement. The risk of the client’s financial failure. Client risk as defined in the text is The auditor’s risk of loss from events arising in connection with financial statements audited and reported upon. The overall risk of material misstatement. The risk that audit procedures will fail to detect material misstatements. The risk of the client’s financial failure. Under Statements on Auditing
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Module 2 Introduction Negligence is one of many types of torts. A tort is a civil wrong that is outside of contract law and arises out of recognition that a person is responsible for their acts and omissions when dealing with others. The term ’tort’ refers to a number of different laws such as: • nuisance‚ • trespass and • assault Torts generally compensate the individual for personal loss or attacks on reputation‚ where the loss was caused by another person.
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Table of Contents Task 1 2 Claim 1 3 Claim 2 5 Task 2 9 Claim 3 11 References 13 Task 1 Describe the nature of general tortuous liability comparing and contrasting to contractual liability * There are some similarities between tortious and contractual liability Both tortious liability and contractual liability are civil law obligations‚ so the remedies of all two them are only damages‚ injunction or specific performance without punishment as well as the civil courts have jurisdiction
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