free from material misstatement‚ whether due to fraud or error. Auditor’s Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement. An audit involves
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Additionally‚ items should be stored in a separate location and not sent directly into the production area. Copies of purchase orders should never be sent to the receiving department because this can lead to “careless counting” and intentional misstatements. Furthermore‚ I did not notice any control over the movement of materials into the goods-in-process or any records of
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Measures sufficiency of evidence – adds an allowance for sampling risk depending on the confidence or risk level desired * Objectively evaluates sample results – indicates whether you’ve exceeded the tolerable deviation rate or tolerable misstatement Non-statistical Sampling * Auditor uses judgment‚ rather than statistical techniques * This provides no means of quantifying sampling risk * Auditor may also sample haphazardly‚ which selects items on an arbitrary basis‚ but without
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Economic loss Negligence covers a broad range of scenarios. Trespass to the person is actionable per se. The mere fact that your rights have been infringed means that you can sue. In negligence this is not the case. It needs to be shown that you have suffered damages. The damages in negligence can be economic loss. In Caparo the three stage test‚ Lord Bridge stated: “It is never sufficient to ask simply whether A owes B a duty of care. It is always necessary to determine the scope of the duty by
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Ireland. Core business specialized in retailing & franchising‚ in areas of electrical‚ computer‚ furniture‚ entertainment‚ bedding goods. In this part of assignment‚ we aimed to find out some non-quantitative factors that might leads to potential misstatement‚ which eventually overstated or understated specific accounts that shown in profit and loss or balance sheet. 1. Disappointed sales figure in Ireland and north Ireland The economy condition in Ireland & north Ireland had stepping into recession
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Chapter 11 Fraud Auditing Review Questions 11-1 Fraudulent financial reporting is an intentional misstatement or omission of amounts or disclosures with the intent to deceive users. Two examples of fraudulent financial reporting are accelerating the timing of recording sales revenue to increased reported sales and earnings‚ and recording expenses as fixed assets to increase earnings. 11-2 Misappropriation of assets is fraud that involves theft of an entity’s assets. Two examples are an accounts
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The Prefab Sprout Company is a construction company which develops and constructs modular home enclosures in South Florida. Though being listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)‚ it is still a family-run business with about 40% of the shares resting with the Warner family. This working paper provides a thorough analysis of Prefab’s internal structure and its external business relations from an auditor’s viewpoint. In particular‚ the potential business and audit risks that could possibly evolve
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(Deloitte) What is Fraud? The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) defines fraud as “an intentional act that results in a material misstatement in financial statements that are the subject of an audit. Two types of misstatements relevant to the auditor’s consideration of fraud include: misstatements arising from fraudulent financial reporting and misstatements arising from misappropriation of assets.” There are additional types of fraud that should also be considered when designing and implementing
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Case 3.1 Enron: Understanding the Client’s Business and Industry Price‚ Ria; Walters‚ Jessica 1. Inherent risk‚ a component of the audit risk model‚ refers to the susceptibility of the accounts to material misstatement‚ without regard to the systems internal controls. Inherent risk is a function of the nature of the client’s business‚ the major types of transactions‚ and the effectiveness and integrity of its managers and accountants. A clear understanding of the audit client’s business model is essential in assessing
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there are a few identifiable risks within Queen Island Dairy. Inherent risk is the susceptibility of an assertion to a misstatement that could be material‚ either individually or when aggregated with other misstatements‚ assuming there are no related controls. Control risk is the risk that a client’s system of internal controls will not prevent or detect a material misstatement. Upon a preliminary assessment it appears that the manufacturing process of Queen Island Dairy is upheld to an extremely
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