25. Fraud is an intentional act involving the use of deception that results in a material misstatement of the financial statements. The two types of misstatements that are relevant to auditors are: The misstatement arising from misappropriation- this occurs when someone steals or misuses an organizations assets. Perpetrators are usually employees and occur when they gain access to cash or cash disbursement accounts and can manipulate them. Misstatement arising from fraudulent financial reporting-
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Case You are the internal audit senior responsible for conducting an assurance engagement of the XYZ Company payroll process. This process has not been audited for three years and‚ as such‚ is due in the normal audit cycle. There have been no significant changes since the previous audit‚ that is‚ there were no system changes‚ no reorganization of personnel‚ and no substantive procedural changes. However‚ during the last assurance engagement‚ the internal audit function identified several observations
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Auditing Introduction Letter Mahshid Kianipour Instructors: Cecil B. Lucy November 15‚2010 University of Phoenix Auditing Introduction Letter From: Langroodi‚ CPA To : Management of Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. RE: Auditing and assurance services Dear Mr. Jason‚ First‚ I would like to appreciate to giving me this opportunity to explain a couple points related to our firm and services‚ so then I’ll try to make them understandable and short as much as I can; because I know how valuable
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Auditing Research Paper “Auditing is the accumulation and evaluation of evidence about information to determine and report on the degree of correspondence between the information and established criteria” (Arens A.‚ Elder R. J.‚ Beasley M. S. 2010). Auditing of a company should be done by an independent person that has no affiliation with the company that is being audited. The auditor needs to be educated enough to process the audit. There are three different types of auditors‚ external
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Auditing Introduction Letter 22851 Center Street Castro Valley‚ CA. 94546 May 6‚ 2013. Mr. Charles Apollo Shoes 123 Market Street Phoenix‚ Arizona 44444 Dear Mr. Charles‚ AUDITING INTRODUCTION LETTER I am writing this letter to introduce myself‚ my company‚ and the auditing and assurance services we can offer to Apollo Shoes. I will also discuss the benefits of our services as well as the role we will provide and the requirements for meeting the standards for the services we offer. Our firm
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9.19 Assertions Background information Existence or occurrence: -assets or liabilities of the entity exist at a given date and whether recorded transactions or events have occurred during the period Completeness: -transactions‚ events and accounts that should be presented in the financial statement are included Cut-off -all transactions‚ events and accounts have been recorded in the correct period Right and obligations: -assests represent rights of the entity and liabilities are the obligations
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‘Timely and valid internal and external audits are a primary safeguard against unethical financial behaviour’. Assess the accuracy of the statement. INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL AUDITING Introduction by Emil Nacua Timely and Valid internal and external audits are a primary safeguard which prevents unethical financial behaviour within a business. Audits examine the past and present financial records as they are important to maintain accuracy for those who use the records as they are an aspect of
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The Auditing Process INTRODUCTION Auditing is defined by the American Accounting Association or AAA as “a systematic process of objectively obtaining and evaluating evidence regarding assertions about economic actions and events to ascertain the degree of correspondence between those assertions and established criteria and communicating the results to interested users” (cited in Turney et al p. 108). From that definition‚ it is evident that the auditing process consists of three elements: evidence
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Running Heading: Case 4 and Case 6 Studies Low Company – Standards on Auditing Disclosures Memo –Low Company List of Relevant Authorities AU 504‚ AU 9504: Association with Financial Statements Purpose Should a CPA audit major fluctuations in the fourth quarter of the financial statement made by a publicly traded company after they are disclosed in the company’s annual financial statement notes? Issue Aaron Jones‚ CPA‚ is auditing the current year’s financial statements of
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What is Mgt Accounting? Management accounting is a field of accounting that analyzes and provides cost information to the internal management for the purposes of planning‚ controlling and decision making. Management accounting combines accounting‚ finance and management with the leading edge techniques needed to drive successful businesses. Management accounting or managerial accounting is concerned with the provisions and use of accounting information to managers within organizations‚ to provide
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