Assignment 1 Name: Leung Hiu Ting Student no.10348622 Course : Auditing a. Outline the main reasons for a company requiring an external audit. Nowadays‚ a lot of company’s ownership and management is separated. It had major influences for auditing. Shareholders were concerned that their funds may not be used in proper ways to maximize the value of the company by appointed managers. For example‚ management may distort or withhold material information in their financial statements for personal
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Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory Vol. 30‚ No. 2 May 2011 pp. 19–50 American Accounting Association DOI: 10.2308/ajpt-50009 Financial Statement Fraud Detection: An Analysis of Statistical and Machine Learning Algorithms Johan Perols SUMMARY: This study compares the performance of six popular statistical and machine learning models in detecting financial statement fraud under different assumptions of misclassification costs and ratios of fraud firms to nonfraud firms. The results show
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significant breach of accounting ethics to an accountant because it does not encompass direct operation of numbers or records. This is specifically why an accountant must remain ethically cautious to circumvent falling into such a trap. Accountants need to be educated on what forms of financial statements frauds can be committed and ways to prevent financial statement fraud. A strong system of internal controls helps companies deter employees from committing fraud. Financial Statement Fraud Categories Financial
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Overview: An e- fraud is considered to be an electronic crime that affects not only individuals businesses and governments but also allows for very negatively intelligent people and hackers to use their intelligence to log into other’s accounts use their credit card numbers and banking password and transact huge amounts of trade and money . it has been seen that e fraud is on the increase and this is because of the low levels of awareness‚ the inappropriate counter measures that are ineffective
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Arayawna Moore @02585360 Auditing I 09/20/10 CHAPTER 1 1-14 A. 3 B. 2 C. 2 D. 3 1-15 A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 3 1-21 1) IRS‚ compliance audit 2) GAO‚ operational audit 3) CPA‚ operational audit 4) Internal‚ financial statement audit 5) GAO‚ operational audit 6) CPA‚ financial statement audit 7) GAO‚ financial statement audit 8) IRS‚ compliance audit 9) Internal‚ financial statement audit 10) IRS‚ compliance audit 11) Internal‚ financial statement audit 12) GAO‚ compliance
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CHAPTER 4 Legal Liability Of CPAs Review Questions 4-1 There are several reasons why the potential legal liability of CPAs for professional "malpractice" exceeds that of physicians and other professionals. One reason is the vast number of people who may sustain damages. If a physician or attorney commits a serious error‚ the number of injured parties generally is limited to one individual patient or client. When a CPA’s report is in error‚ literally millions of investors
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and what is your materiality threshold for the engagement? 25. The Code of Professional Conduct derives its authority from the A) Securities and Exchange Commission. B) Bylaws of the American Institute of CPAs. C) Financial Accounting Standards Board. D) Auditing Standards Board. 26. The chief (internal) audit executive should have direct reporting access to the audit committee‚ and the committee should oversee the activities and budget of the internal audit function. A) True B) False
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ch02 Student: 1. Auditors may be independent in fact but not independent in appearance. True False 2. Auditing Standards issued by the PCAOB are the sole source of guidance for audits of public entities. True False 3. Attestation standards provide guidance for a wide variety of engagements different in scope than an audit. True False 4. Generally accepted auditing standards must be followed on all audit engagements. True False 5. The reporting principle relates to a firm’s
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Field Preparation March 7‚ 2013 Unit Nine When it comes to the paralegal profession‚ there are a wide array of options in which you can take your career. The paralegal industry offers promising opportunities and continued growth for those looking to enter the profession for the first time‚ change careers‚ or advance to higher-level paralegal positions. I feel that the paralegal profession is one of the professions that constantly demands workers‚ while other career choices seem to remain constant
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Shoes Inc. 100 Shoe Plaza Shoetown‚ ME 00001 Dear Mr. Lancaster‚ Please let me introduce ourselves as a reliable auditing and assurance firm – Anderson‚ Old‚ and Watershed (AOW). With our reliable partners and associates‚ we offer dependable auditing services. We have the latest auditing tools‚ resources‚ and personnel to give your company a high-quality and reliable audit. Our services are reputably known for procedural excellence‚ professional independence‚ and high standard accounting principles
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