Phillips Petroleum Case Study Prepared by For Professor C.E. Reese in partial fulfillment of the requirements for ACC 502- Advanced Auditing School of Business/ Graduate Studies St. Thomas University Miami Gardens‚ Fla. Term A1/Spring 2014 February 17‚ 2014 Table of Contents Issues……………………………………………………………….Page 3-4 Facts………………………………………………………………..Page 4-5 Analysis/ Authority………………………………………………...Page 5-8 Conclusions/ Recommendation…………………………………….Page 8 References…………………………………………………………
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Chapter 8 Audit Planning and Analytical Procedures PLANNING Why auditor should properly plan engagements: a. To enable the auditor to obtain sufficient appropriate evidence for the circumstances b. To help keep audit costs reasonable c. To avoid misunderstanding with the clients Acceptable Audit Risk is a measure of how willing the auditor is to accept that the F/S may be materially misstated after the audit is completed and an unqualified opinion has been issued. When auditor decides on a lower
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This document contains ACC 541 Week 6 - Auditing a Publicly Traded Company As a Staff I assigned to the audit of a publicly traded company‚ your senior has asked you to evaluate both share-based payment reporting and special purpose entities (SPE) reporting for the company. Research share-based payment reporting and SPE reporting individually. Write a 700- to 1‚050-word executive memo as a team that includes a description of what you will look for to see if the client is
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usually employees and occur when they gain access to cash or cash disbursement accounts and can manipulate them. Misstatement arising from fraudulent financial reporting- the perpetrators generally doesn’t seek personal gain‚ but want to make the company look better or avoid bankruptcy. They accomplish this by falsely altering account records‚ omission of events or transactions‚ and intentional misuse of accounting principles. 26. Three common ways that fraudulent financial reporting can take
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Professional Conduct: An Empirical Investigation of Auditor and Public Perceptions. Journal of Business Ethics‚ (71)‚ 39-71. Retrieved from http://www.springer.com/ Louwers‚ T.‚ Ramsay‚ R.‚ Sinason‚ D.‚ Strawser‚ J.‚ & Thibodeau‚ J. (2011). Auditing & Assurance Services. New York‚ New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. Su‚ S. (2006). Cultural Differences and Accounting Ethics: An Empirical Study for Accounting Students. International Journal of Organizational Innovation‚ 165-181. Retrieved from
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Applied Auditing Audit of Plant‚ Property and Equipment – Lecture Definition Property‚ plant and equipment are tangible items that: a) are held for use in the production or supply of goods or services‚ for rental to others‚ or for administrative purposes; and b) are expected to be used during more than one period. Recognition An item of PP&E should be recognised only if its cost can be measured reliably and it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will
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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 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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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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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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