1) Explain the auditor’s responsibility to detect material misstatements due to errors and fraud and the categories of fraud affecting financial reporting. Identify misstatement in financial report is the major task of auditor. Regardless the result of error or fraud‚ plan and perform audit engagements are being required by auditors to ensure financial statements are free from material misstatement by reasonable assurance instead of total responsibilities to the fair and true reports due to the limitation
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1. DETAILS OF THE ORGANISATION Name of the Organisation: Phone: E-mail: Address of the Organisation: Vill-Sripur‚P.O.-Dewanpasha‚ Sub-Division- Dharmanagar‚ Dist.-North‚State-Tripura‚Pin-799254. SANGHADIP (03822) 233282‚ 9436476002(Secretary) sanghadip@yahoo.co.in NGO Report by Tirthankar Majumder‚2013‚RMD dpt‚Tripura University. Page 1 2.1.BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION SANGHADIP‚a non profit making Voluntary Organization was founded in 1979‚1st Nov‚ with the objective of providing multi-dimensional
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Role of the Financial Manager The role of the financial manager has changed drastically during recent years. Previously‚ financial managers were seen as the stewards of the organization‚ since they were responsible to ensure the accountability of all organizational assets and to generate accurate financial reports. Today‚ their main goal is to maximize shareholder value. In order to achieve this goal‚ they have to be information managers‚ cost managers‚ controllers‚ consultants‚ and risk managers
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CHAPTER 3 INTERNATIONAL CONVERGENCE OF FINANCIAL REPORTING Answers to Questions 1. The ultimate goal of both harmonization and convergence is to achieve international comparability in financial reporting‚ and both are processes that take place over time. However‚ while harmonization refers to the reduction of alternative accounting practices in different countries‚ convergence refers to the process of developing a set of high quality financial reporting standards for use internationally (the process
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Evolution of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) HARITIKA CHHATWAL Objective Accounting is the systematic measurement and recording of financial information used for decision-making‚ coordination‚ or control in an organisation. In broader perspective the financial information has to be more read as “quantitative information" rather than just merely "financial information" as the measurement and use of "non-financial information" has emerged as
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TITLE PAGE ROLE OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT IN INVESTMENT DECISION MAKING. (A CASE STUDY OF FIRST BANK OF NIGERIAN PLC) BY AMEDU‚ MERCY A. ACC/2008/502 A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B. SC) DEGREE IN ACCOUNTANCY. FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SCIENCES‚ DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTANCY‚ CARITAS UNIVERSITY AMORJI NIKE ENUGU [ AUGUST‚ 2012 CERTIFICATION It is hereby certified that the research work
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corporate governance and business ethics have gained a great amount of public interest due to its implication in the economic health of organisation. Such cases as Enron‚ WorldCom‚ and Oracle just to name a few in recent years have made world headlines outlining the governance of unethical behaviour comprising of corporate fraud‚ dubious accounting‚ and abuse of power that shocked the world and rattled the realm of business ethics. As a result‚ the role of ethics in the pursuit of business has come
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Causal reasoning in financial reporting and voluntary disclosure This paper examines causal reasoning‚ applying the theories to financial reporting. Causal reasoning involves diagnosis (determining the cause of an effect) and prediction (vice versa). These are important and commonplace amongst analysts‚ investors and management regarding company earnings and share prices. However‚ there is very little recent research employing causal reasoning theories to this field. Attribution theory describes
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Revenue recognition is a very important component of financial accounting and reporting. The accounting principles governing revenue recognition can have a big impact on corporate accounting and the way contracts are structured with customers. As a part of ongoing discussions to converge U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)‚ some proposals to change revenue recognition have been discussed. The following will discuss revenue
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Financial Reporting Problem: Toll Brothers Inc. Learning Team “D” ACC/290 Jan 9‚ 2014 Mark Graves Financial Reporting Problem 1. What are the company’s total assets at the end of its most recent annual reporting period? Why is this important? $6‚181‚044‚000 Knowing a company’s total assets is important to determine such things as: Whether a company has enough assets to pay its debts as they come due To determine whether cash on hand is sufficient for immediate cash needs 2. What are the total assets
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