procedure an auditor would perform in the final overall review stage of an audit to ensure that the financial statements are free from material misstatement? A. Reading the minutes of the board of directors’ meetings for the year under audit. B. Obtaining a letter concerning potential liabilities from the client’s attorney. C. Comparing the current year’s financial statements with those of the prior year. D. Ensuring that a representation letter signed by management is in the file. 2. An auditor has
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Understand the audit planning implications of using analytical procedures as substantive tests of account balances Burlington Bees‚ an independent‚ minor league baseball team‚ competes in the North-west Coast League. The team finished in second place in 200X with an 87—57 record. The Bees’ 200X cumulative season attendance of 434‚348 spectators set a new record high for the team‚ up from 390‚000 in 200W. Bank-loan covenants require the Bees to submit audited financial statements annually to
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ASOS PLC 1. Carry out a background research on your proposed client and obtain as much information as possible about your client in particular and about the market sector which your client operates in. ASOS originates from or is an abbreviation for “As Seen on Screen” indicating its method of operating business in other words online retailing. It was founded by Nick Robertson and his business partner Quentin Griffiths and it was incorporated in 2000 by its current Chief Executive Officer Nick
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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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Representational faithfulness is accomplished when transactions and events affecting the entity are presented in financial statements in a manner that is in agreement with the actual underlying transactions and events" (CICA‚ Financial statement Concepts 1000.21 (a)‚ 2003). It means that all of information in the financial statement such as numbers and descriptions must be factual. The independent auditors checked the computer ID tags on each piece of equipment to confirm the actual numbers‚ and for that reason
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Five (5) price adjustment strategies Discount and allowance pricing This is when companies adjust their price to reward customer for certain response. Such as early payment of bills and buy one get one half price or free. The many form of discount include a cash payment discount‚ a price reduction to buyers who pay their bills promptly. For examples “2/10 net 30‚” this means although payment is due within 30 days‚ the buyer can deduct 2 percent if the bill is paid within 10 days. Also buyers
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Life’s too Short to Even Care at All Did you know that depression affects 120 million people worldwide? How about that it also causes over 850‚000 deaths a year? A lot of people don’t see depression as a serious health issue‚ but it really is. The television show Glee often overlooks this issue along with most of society. But in one particular episode‚ one of the main character’s speaks out against it by singing the song “Cough Syrup” by Young The Giant. Blaine Anderson‚ played by actor Darren
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Report To: Potential Investors From: An Accountant Date: 12/12/2013 Subject: Analysis of Financial Statements This report will focus on two representative fashion companies in UK. They are Burberry and Ted Baker. Both of them listed on London Stock Exchange and belongs to personal goods industry. Burberry is a global luxury brand which operates in the luxury goods manufacture‚ retailer and wholesales segments. The company mainly operates in Europe‚ Asia‚ Australasia and Americas and provides non-apparel
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(Name of the Corporation) Notes to Financial Statements For the year ended (Date) ------------------------------------------------- 1. CORPORATE INFORMATION (This portion will depend on the nature of the business) (Corporation’s Name) is a duly registered non stock corporation under registration number (Registration Number) and its principal office is located at (Address). The amended articles of incorporation were approved on (Date of Approval) and the expiration is on (Date of Expiration)
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Financial Statements ACC 290 March 4‚ 2013 Financial Statements come in four basic types; income statement‚ retained earnings‚ the statement of cash flow and the balance sheet. These statements are used both internally and externally to calculate the profitability and liabilities of a company. The financial statements of a company are the window for managers‚ investors‚ and creditors into the stability of a company. The details of a financial statement differ from the type of the
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