associated with the public accounting profession) Several private and public sector organizations are associated with the profession. Listed below are activities pertaining to these organizations. 1. License individuals to practice as CPAs. State Boards of Accountancy 2. Promulgate GAAP. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)‚ American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)‚ Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) & Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB). There is
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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‚ Elder‚ & Beasley‚ 2010). Auditing should be done by a competent‚ independent person. Accounting is the recording‚ classifying‚ and summarizing of economic events in a logical manner for the purpose of providing financial information for decision making (Arens‚ Elder‚ & Beasley‚ 2010). Many people confuse auditing
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291 Effect of Unethical Behavior in Accounting When describing accounting‚ it can be defined‚ as a type of method used to provide information with regards to the financial position of a company or an organization. The information provided to investors is imperative because it provides the investor with valuable information that can lead to their determination as to whether they should decide to invest or not to invest in a specific organization. Consequently‚ because of unethical practices and
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Understanding the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and its impact on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) Chan Rajaram This paper is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation from Accounting Theory and Practice (BUSN 5600) Webster University Summer 2015 Abstract To discuss the origin and background of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and how it was implemented with an aim to improve accountability in the financial reporting process of all public companies. We will further
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Generally Accepted Auditing Standards Maxx Mayeux ACC/490 February 22nd‚ 2012 Linda Carr Generally Accepted Auditing Standard • Describe how these standards apply to financial‚ operational‚ and compliance audits. • Explain the effect that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002‚ and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)‚ will have on audits of publicly traded companies. • Discuss the additional requirements that are placed on auditors from this act and the actions
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Accounting Standards Boards Paper In recent years there has been significant changes made in our understanding of the relationship between the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). At present both the IASB and FASB are working on a joint venture referred to as the convergence project in hopes of eliminating a variety of differences between International Financial Reporting Standards and U.S. GAAP. Another area covered in this paper besides
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The future of auditing Called to account The auditing industry has yet to recover from the damage inflicted by an era of corporate scandals Nov 18th 2004 |From the print edition * * NO ONE becomes an auditor because the job is adventurous. In recent years‚ however‚ the profession has been really rather racy. Auditors have been implicated in fraud after fraud. The Enron scandal brought down Arthur Andersen‚ which had been one of the profession ’s five giant firms. Now a scandal at
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Auditing a Publicly Traded Company Share-based compensation are avenues used to give employees equity rights into a company. There are two types: stock options and restricted stock. The reasoning for employees to have share-based benefits‚ according to Basu (2014)‚ “is that if they all have a stake in the value of the company’s shares‚ they may try harder to drive sales‚ profits and other financial metrics that investors and research analysts look for in stocks” (para. 1). One of the main disadvantages
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Volansky FROM: Theresa Pleasants RE: Sarbanes-Oxley law discourages risk-taking‚ corporate growth ARTICLE SYNOPSIS “Sarbanes-Oxley has created a trillion-dollar industry‚ consisting of lawyers‚ accountants‚ compliance officers and programmers‚ pushing for more bureaucratic procedures and criminal penalties for company management and entrepreneurs‚ creating fear and confusion‚ and discouraging risk-taking and corporate growth.” (Mishra‚ 2011) SOX Act has made it more cost effective and low
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expectations Stock ownership benefits Retirement benefits Performance based bonuses Maintain growing stock price Maintain industry leadership Maintain reputation Opportunities: Able to use a lot of estimates in depreciation of PPE (over 1/2 of assets) Accounting firm (Arthur Andersen) thought of Waste Management as a crown jewel and would be lenient to keep from losing their account‚ working together since before 1971. Lot of former Andersen employees were working at Waste Management CFO and CAOs all former
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