Buckless‚ Steven M. Glover‚ Douglas F. Prawitt INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES • • • • • • To provide students with an opportunity to learn (by doing) how auditors identify various client and audit risks. The case also provides students with insight into how a risk analysis ties in to the strategic audit planning process. To provide students with hands-on experience responding to client concerns and issues. Often auditing students do not realize the extent to which clients request interpretations
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the contractual revenue amounts for most of the construction projects. Michael Sullivan should have sent out confirmations for Accounts Receivable and to the employees Paragon had contracts with. b. Occurrence: The occurrence assertion ensures the transactions that have been recorded took place. Paragon recorded revenue for projects that were nonexistent‚ and recorded false construction costs‚ which overstated revenue. Sullivan should have tested revenue as well as visited the sites where the construction
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Why‚ and by what authority the SEC was formed The SEC was founded in 1934 in the wake of the Great Depression – The SEC was created by section 4 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (now codified as 15 U.S.C 78d and commonly referred to as the 1934 Act). The SEC was established by the United States Congress as an independent‚ quasi-judicial regulatory agency during the Great Depression that followed the Crash of 1929. The main reason for the creation of the SEC was to regulate the stock market
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Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb. However‚ numerous individuals were eventually drawn into Livent’s fraudulent schemes by its principal architects‚ including Maria Messina‚ the company’s chief financial officer (CFO). Messina‚ a former partner with Deloitte & Touche’s Canadian affiliate‚ had previously served as Livent’s audit engagement partner. The fraud unraveled following Livent’s takeover by an investment group led by Hollywood mogul Michael Ovitz. The new management team installed by Ovitz soon
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Definition of Audit: To audit means to go through the process of examining and verifying a company ’s financial records and supporting documents. While a business might go through an audit for any number of reasons‚ such as wanting to attract investors‚ get a loan‚ or sell the business‚ for many business people the word "audit" is welded to the words "income tax". An income tax audit is an inspection and verification of a company ’s records and supporting documents conducted by a CRA (Canada
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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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to acquire Eskimo Pie? Are there potential synergies such as economies of scale? Is Eskimo Pie worth more to Nestle than it is worth as a stand-alone company? Nestle wants to acquire Eskimo Pie because it minimizes risk and reduces their rate of failure. Since Eskimo Pie was previously a main competitor in the industry‚ by acquiring the company Nestle consumes an even larger market share in the frozen novelty industry. There are potential synergies from an acquisition since the two companies are
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Identifying relevant Malaysian Financial Reporting Standard with Inventory Cycle Referring to have been stated above‚ the selected company was a small sized entity and therefore‚ the processes under its inventory cycle was not complex like those in retailers as well as manufacturers. Figure 1.1 Inventory cycle with shaded area for activities related to MFRS Principally‚ the fundamental issue in accounting for inventories is to define the amount to be recognized as asset as well as amount
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War‚ was a conflict between England and France‚ was not actually a single war that lasted a hundred years; instead it was a series of wars interspersed with periods of peace that began in May 1337 and ended in October 1453. The three main conflicts were the Edwardian War won by English king Edward III; the Caroline War won by French king Charles V; and the Lancastrian War won by French king Charles VII. The Hundred Years’ War was the outcome of disputes between the ruling families of the two countries
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The Auditor’s Responsibility to Consider Fraud and Error in an Audit of Financial Statements. The Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions established on Safar 1‚ 1410 Hijri (February 26‚ 1990) at Algiers and registered in Bahrain on Ramadan 11‚ 1411 Hijri (March 27‚ 1991) has so far (April‚ 2004) set the following Financial Accounting Standards‚ Auditing Standards‚ Governance Standards & Code of Ethics for Accountants & Auditors of Islamic Financial Institutions:
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