Accounting Horizons Vol. 21‚ No. 2 June 2007 pp. 165–187 Auditor Communications with the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors: Policy Recommendations and Opportunities for Future Research Jeffrey Cohen‚ Lisa Milici Gaynor‚ Ganesh Krishnamoorthy‚ and Arnold M. Wright SYNOPSIS: To contribute to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) project on auditor communications with audit committees and boards of directors‚ we present in this paper a review of relevant academic literature
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Completing the Audit Concepts: Nature of a balance sheet approach to the audit & implications for auditing the income statement * Obtain sufficient‚ competent‚ evidential matter for all balance sheet accounts * Note that if all balances are fairly stated‚ and the balance sheet balances‚ then Retained Earnings must be correct * If Retained Earnings is correct‚ then the Income Statement’s net income cannot be materially in error * Therefore‚ less work is done auditing the income
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COMMUNICATIONS AUDIT I. Definition Communications Audit is a study to analyze the productivity of companies that allocate a large budget and work energy for their marketing communications and image building as well as those companies that are planning an IPO. II. Measurings covered by the audit The most important feature of a Communications Audit is that it can measure qualitative as well as quantitative values. The items that can be measured are: · Precision of the implementation
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important part of business strategy is concerned with ensuring that these resources and competencies are understood and evaluated - a process that is often known as a "Strategic Audit". The process of conducting a strategic audit can be summarised into the following stages: (1) Resource Audit: The resource audit identifies the resources available to a business. Some of these can be owned (e.g. plant and machinery‚ trademarks‚ retail outlets) whereas other resources can be obtained through
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Safeguards Objective Assessment a) The lending of staff by the firm to an audit client may create a self-review threat. (APES110.290.142) Referring to APES110‚290 142‚ it states that if the firm lend the staff to audit client‚ and it will create the self-review threat. The possible safeguards are as following: Pay more attention on the work done by the loaned staff while in audit engagement. Do not assign any audit responsibility to the task that is performed by that loaned staff. Remove
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Chapter 1 – The demand for an Auditing and Assurance Profession Key Services for Public Accounting Firms Audits High Assurance (95% - 99%) Reviews Moderate Assurance (60% - 70%) Compilation Low to No Assurance (0% - 10%) Assurance Engagements (Triangle diagram based on the subject matter at hand) Practitioner (Auditor) Users Accountable Party (Management) Practitioners give the Users a written conclusion Accountable party must have an accountability relationship with the Users
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SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS OVERVIEW OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AUDIT * The audit enables the auditor to express an opinion whether financial statements are prepared‚ in all material respects‚ in accordance with and acceptable financial reporting framework. * Complete set of general purpose financial statements: * 1. balance sheets * 2. income statements * 3. statement of changes in equity * 4. cash flow statement * 5. summary of significant accounting policies and other
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Audit Planning Memorandum for Database Environment Date | 02/04/2013 | To | Audit Senior Management | School Board | Temple University | Prepared By | Shan Jiang | ------------------------------------------------- Background Types of RDBMS: MySQL 5.0 - an open-source database used extensively in small or medium-sized web applications. One of the simplest databases to secure from hacking because of the small attack surface it exposes Number of DB servers: 3 Business units rely
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INTRODUCTION This case presents the actual family-business dilemma and identities have been changed to protect family privacy. The author’s opinions do not necessarily reflect the views of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and this case was written for academic purpose only and the author disclaims any legal responsibilities. This report will be discussed more details about the issues that arise in the company. Those issues are about the leadership‚ management and also
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Audit Proposal Brenda Pina‚ Rachel Foster‚ Maria Kight‚ Christine Twiford‚ and Clorissa Willie ACC/542 July 14‚ 2014 Professor Thomas Cappels Audit Proposal There are many different types of audits including internal‚ external‚ and information technology. Companies should be familiar with the types of audits that may possibly be used on an Accounting Information System (AIS). Knowing the different types of audits and where they are used will help a company be ready for an audit and make
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