accounting profession is the attestation to the fairness of the financial statements of clients. The special function ensures the reliability and integrity of the financial reporting system. Judge Burger described the special function as "certifying the public reports that collectively depict a corporation’s financial status‚" which involves "a public responsibility transcending any employment relationship with the client." The auditing profession exists to serve the users of an organization’s
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Abstract A quality of earning assessment is a tool used by analyst to determine the correlation between accounting income and economic income. The techniques to analyze accounting income and economic income include: comparing accounting principles‚ reviewing changes in accounting principles‚ analyzing discretionary and warranty expenditures‚ understanding replacement cost of assets and managements and auditors opinion of the company. A quality of earnings assessment of PepsiCo is applied to
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Alvin A. Arens‚ Randal J. Elder and Mark S. Beasley‚ Auditing and Assurance Services: An Integrated Approach‚ 15th Global Edition‚ Pearson‚ 2013. 2. Grant Gay and Roger Simnett: Auditing and Assurance Services in Australia‚ 5th Edition‚ McGraw Hill‚ 2012. 3. Aasmund Eilifsen‚ William F. Messier‚ Jr. Stevan M. Glover and Douglas F. Prawitt‚ Auditing and Assurance Services‚ 2nd International Edition‚ McGraw Hill‚ 2010. 4. Alvin A. Arens‚ Randal J. Elder‚ Mark S. Beasley‚ Noor Afza Amran‚ Faudziah Hanim
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CHAPTER 4; CLIENT ACCEPTANCE 4.1 INTRODUCTION The client acceptance stage has two objectives; a) Examining the proposed client to determine if there is any reason to reject the engagement (acceptance of the client). To do so‚ the auditor obtains a preliminary understanding of the client‚ in order to both evaluate the client’s background and the risks associated with accepting the engagement. b) Convincing the client to hire the auditor (acceptance by the client). The auditor must thus understand
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As the nursing profession progresses throughout the years‚ its nature becomes more complex in meeting the professional standards and codes of ethics that are required by all nurses. The American Nurses Association has a specific code of ethics that each nurse should follow and adopt as their own beliefs. The public and the patients should be the priority when providing care in the healthcare setting. The knowledge and education that nurses’ gain is valuable and allows them to encourage health‚ avoid
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Accounting Research Vol. 49 No. 3 June 2011 Printed in U.S.A. Earnings Quality Based on Corporate Investment Decisions FENG LI∗ Received 25 July 2007; accepted 20 September 2010 ABSTRACT In this paper‚ I examine a new approach for measuring earnings quality‚ defined as the closeness of reported earnings to “permanent earnings‚” based on firm decisions with regard to capital and labor investments. Specifically‚ I measure earnings quality as the contemporaneous association between changes in
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Managerial Auditing Journal Emerald Article: Audit evidence: the US standards and landmark cases Rocco R. Vanasco‚ Clifford R. Skousen‚ Richard L. Jenson Article information: To cite this document: Rocco R. Vanasco‚ Clifford R. Skousen‚ Richard L. Jenson‚ (2001)‚"Audit evidence: the US standards and landmark cases"‚ Managerial Auditing Journal‚ Vol. 16 Iss: 4 pp. 207 - 214 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02686900110389151 Downloaded on: 30-04-2012 References: This
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A Day in the Life of Brent Dorsey Staff Auditor Professional Pressures 1. The alternatives available to Brent in regards to the audit of payables are: a. Change the audit plan and only pull 20 invoices opposed to the allotted 30. i. Pros – they may be able to come in on or under budget ii. Cons – they could miss something‚ and get in serious trouble for not following procedure b. Work more hours then the allotted time but report only 35 hours “eat time”
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HUB HUB RESEARCH PAPER Earnings management: a literature review S. Verbruggen‚ J. Christaens‚ and K. Milis HUB RESEARCH PAPER 2008/14. FEBRUARI 2008 Hogeschool – Universiteit Brussel Stormstraat 2‚ 1000 Brussel‚ Belgium T: +32 2 210 12 11 F: + 32 2 217 64 64 Earnings management: a literature review S. Verbruggen‚ Hogeschool Universiteit Brussel Prof dr. J. Christaens‚ Universiteit Gent Prof. dr. K. Milis‚ Hogeschool Universiteit Brussel Abstract Based on a literature review of major
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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 Auditors in an engagement must be independent because they
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