investors have increasingly recognised the role of audit committees and an important corporate governance mechanism in restoring confidence in the capital market. The ASX Corporate Governance Council (AXS CGC) defines corporate governance as “the framework of rules‚ relationships‚ systems and processes within and by which authority is exercised and controlled in corporations. It encompasses the mechanisms by which companies and those in control are held to account” (2007‚ p. 3). There fore‚ corporate
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NATURE‚ PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF AUDIT AND REVIEW NATURE‚ PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF AUDIT AND REVIEW 1 “AUDITING” In independent examination 2 NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT The word “audit” comes form the Latin word audire which means “to hear” because‚ in the middle Ages‚ accounts or revenue and expenditure were “heard” by the auditor. Statutory audits (i.e. carried out in accordance with statutory provisions) become mandatory for companies in 1900. At this time the purpose of an audit was to detect fraud‚ technical
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CHAPTER 3 SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND DOCUMENTATION TECHNIQUES SUGGESTED ANSWERS TO DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 3.1 Data Flows: merchandise‚ payment‚ cash and register tape Date Source: customer Processes: capture sales and payment‚ give cash and register tape to manager Storage: sales file (register tape)‚ cash register 3.2 It is usually not sufficient to use just one documentation tool. Every tool documents a uniquely important aspect of a given information system. For example‚ system
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Historical/Biographical Approach * How is history (or the author’s biography) related to the short story? * Expound on your points and ideas by citing lines from the story. Moral /Philosophical Approach * What morality or philosophy in life does the short story teach to its readers? * Expound on your points and ideas by citing lines from the story. Formalism Approach * Analyze the elements of the short story. * How do the elements help establish the overall message
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Audit Objectives: a. Determining that cash on hand as shown in the general ledger is represented by currency and coins on hand. b. Determining ownership and proper accountabilities c. Ascertaining that cash balances are available without restrictions. Audit Procedures: a. Examination of cash proof sheets and tracing of their totals to the general ledger b. Test tracing of deposit or withdrawal slips to individual subsidiary ledgers and vice
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listed companies. Auditor independence refers to the independence of internal or external auditor that may have the appropriate capabilities‚ competence‚ authority and time to perform their duties and responsibilities. Independence also requires the integrity‚ objectively‚ professional competence‚ confidentially and professional behavior to audit planning and audit process. To prepare of informative‚ accurate‚ and independent audit reports‚ the auditors of listed company are independent in order to
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oversight of the auditing profession. The United States‚ for example‚ has introduced tough external audit regulation under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Canada has also introduced a regulator with extensive powers‚ including a national inspections unit as independent monitor of major audits‚ while the British and Australian solutions are based mainly on oversight rather than on full regulatory control (Malthus and Scoble‚ 2005). However‚ all these oversight bodies are needed to protect the public
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Accounting Horizons Vol. 21‚ No. 2 June 2007 pp. 165–187 Auditor Communications with the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors: Policy Recommendations and Opportunities for Future Research Jeffrey Cohen‚ Lisa Milici Gaynor‚ Ganesh Krishnamoorthy‚ and Arnold M. Wright SYNOPSIS: To contribute to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) project on auditor communications with audit committees and boards of directors‚ we present in this paper a review of relevant academic literature
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British Journal of Arts and Social Sciences ISSN: 2046-9578‚ Vol.8 No.I (2012) ©BritishJournal Publishing‚ Inc. 2012 http://www.bjournal.co.uk/BJASS.aspx Effectiveness of Internal Audit in Tanzanian Commercial Banks Dr.Jayalakshmy Ramachandran Asst. Professor‚ Nottingham University Business School‚ Seminyih‚ Malaysia‚ Email: jayalakshmy.rama@nottingham.edu.my 60386248779 Dr.Ramaiyer Subramanian ‚ Lecturer‚ Faculty of Business and Law‚ Multimedia University‚ Malaysia. Email: ramaiyer.subramaniam@mmu
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£15 million‚ but internal company has lots of problems‚ it will discover the fraud. As an accountant in this company‚ it is necessary to find the weakness in company and help the company to solve the current problem to consummate the system. It will make the company do batter in the future. Content: (a) Weaknesses in internal control and improve Weakness 1 :This company has no internal audit function‚ its internal control systems is very basic. 1) The internal audit evaluates the all
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