durhamInternational Auditing and Assurance Standards Board Exposure Draft December 2007 Comments are requested by April 30‚ 2008 Proposed International Standard on Auditing ISA 265‚ Communicating Deficiencies in Internal Control and Related Conforming Amendments to Other ISAs REQUEST FOR COMMENTS The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB)‚ an independent standardsetting body within the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)‚ approved the exposure draft
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STRATEGIC PLANNING – process of attaching strategies and tactics to each objectives set for the organization. Planning – strategic process for achieving future objectives of service enterprise. COMPONENTS: 1. Mission – describes current purpose and values of the organization. it is why organization exist. It should be audited on an actual basis 2. Vision – describes the potential purposes. The mission of an organization deals with the present while vision is concerned with the future direction of
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controversial environment. Where a simple mishaps can end up in a heavy lawsuit. Under common law‚ audit professionals have the responsibility to their client to fulfill their agreed on contracts. However‚ if one audit fails to fulfill their contract‚ not only they have to take responsibility to their clients but in some circumstances‚ to parties other than their clients. These parties of those who rely on audit reports‚ therefore auditors also have the responsibility to them as professionals. In addition
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A. Define audit risk. Audit risk is the risk that the auditors may unknowingly fail to appropriately modify their opinion on financial statements that are materially misstated. B. Describe its components of inherent risk‚ control risk‚ and detection risk. The risk of material misstatement may be separated into two components-inherent risk and control risk. Both inherent risk and control risk exist independently of the audit of financial statements‚ or in other words‚ the risk of misstatement
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Question 1(12 marks) (1 mark for each relevant point) Scenario 1 o The auditor would need to confirm information provided by the CFO with the bondholder’s. o The CFO has classified the bond as current and provided a going concern note and therefore the financial statements are in compliance with GAAP. o The auditor would need to perform procedures as to the adequacy of the note disclosure. o If the going concern note disclosure is considered adequate‚ the auditor would issue an unqualified
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Bagranoff and Henry article‚ cited in footnote 3‚ and the list of GAS in the Sayana article‚ cited in footnote 1. Experts say that generalized audit software (GAS) is the most common computer-assisted audit tool (CAAT) used in recent years. There are many reasons today for IT auditors to use a GAS‚ but to quote an article from this Journal‚ "Performing audits without using information technology is hardly an option."1 This article will inform IT auditors of the profitable return on learning and using
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STRATEGIC CONTROL- ERIK TREFFTZ Strategic Control refers to the activity of analysis and surveillance of the Strategic Planning. Its main objective is to monitor and implement corrective measures when facing any kind of deviation in the original Strategy‚ after comparing it with the Strategic Standards‚ and thus granting the good-riddance of the company´s targets. It works through the establishment of reference points‚ rules‚ methods and devices that allow to measure the development efficiency
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Strategic Management E-Case: Alternative Beverage Market Analysis of the Global Specialty Beverage Industry The industry in which PepsiCo produces and distributes its specialty beverages is vast and ever changing. With sales of carbonated soft drinks declining the past five years in a row‚ PepsiCo needed to look elsewhere to stimulate growth in its core business. PepsiCo thought it had found this growth in the alternative beverage industry. Pepsi expanded its line of beverage to include
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procurement audit. Source: David Farmer etal 1972‚ Procurement principles and Practices On the African scope‚ procurement audit is done according to international conventions governing different international entities but the principles followed are almost similar. Gerald Mabveka (1987) of the University of Boston and Director of Public procurement in Malawi in his journal Business and Creative Technologies gives the general definition of audit as an evaluation
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external financial statement audits. 1. What is the purpose of a financial statement audit? a. To confirm the accuracy of management’s financial statements. b. To provide assurance that the audited entity is financially sound. c. To express an opinion on the fairness of the financial statements. d. To provide assurance that fraudulent activities have not occurred. 2. Information risk arises from which of the following situations? a. Adverse selection threats. b. Audit risk‚ inherent risk‚ control
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