The New Government Accounting System: Issues in Public Audit 1 Introduction Historically‚ the growth of government auditing and accounting in the Philippines was greatly influenced by the administrative practices in the United States‚ so much so that during the time that the General Accounting Office in the United States was responsible for the government’s accounting‚ that concept was similarly introduced in the Philippines. Unfortunately‚ by the time the practice was abandoned in the United States
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Arguments in Favour of Mandatory Audit Rotation: As an attempt to strengthen the audit independence and the audit quality‚ mandatory audit rotation is to be considered as a very good proposal to safeguard the audit independence. It is‚ however‚ limited number of years above that the audit firm or the engagement partner (For instance‚ the U.K. approach is to change only the engagement partner. While in the U.S. approach it is mandatory to change the whole audit firm) can no longer be or continue
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completion audit aims to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the capital budgeting decision that the management has implemented. It compares between the planned and the actual outcome‚ costs and the use of resources‚ results and benefits. It contains all assumptions that were made during the decision-making period. It is one of the ongoing continuous processes through which the organisation learns and improves. Recent research suggests that capital budgeting involves far more than a simple
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relationship may create more than one threat‚ and a threat may affect compliance with more than fundamental principle. Threats fall into one or more of the following categories: (a) Self-interest threat – the threat that a financial or other interest will inappropriately influence the professional accountant judgment or behavior; (b) Self-review threat – the threat that a professional accountant will not appropriately evaluate the results of a previous judgment made or service performed by the professional
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Beginning the Audit Report Kimberly Cummings ACC/546 January 19‚ 2015 Jacob Mathews Beginning the Audit Report MEMORANDUM January 19‚ 2015 To: Senior Partner From: Kim Cummings Re: Apollo Shoes Audit Dear Senior Partner: As you know‚ our firm has been selected to perform the Apollo Shoes audit. The planning process has been the most delicate stage as we want to ensure we have a solid audit approach. The team I select will be dedicated in meeting the objectives and strategies for completing the
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need to perform procedures as to the adequacy of the note disclosure. o If the going concern note disclosure is considered adequate‚ the auditor would issue an unqualified opinion with an emphasis of matter paragraph. o If the going concern note disclosure is not adequate‚ the auditor would issue an adverse opinion. Scenario 2 o The auditor was appointed in the middle of the year and did not observe inventory at the end of the prior year there are no alternatives procedures that can provide
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mentioned in the case study above‚ Kellogg is going through a challenging time. Perform an external audit on Kellogg. Discuss the opportunities and threats facing the company. Answer Perform an external audit on Kellogg‚ will gain the team with better understanding of the firm industry‚ competitors and markets. It should involve as many managers and employees as possible. Before perform the audit‚ Kellogg must try to gather as much as possible on competitive intelligence and information about
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series of high profile failures of financial services firms‚ the issues about ‘audit expectation gap’ have never been more important. Though it would take an enormous amount of effort to address these issues‚ I will argue that tremendous amounts could be done in order to close the gap down. In this essay I will discuss some of these issues and in particular the strategies to reduce the gap. Definitions Various definitions have been proposed for the audit expectation gap. Humphrey‚ Moizer and Turley
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AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY IN UK United Kingdom has been a colossal manufacturer of automobiles in last 10 years. Producing more that 8 million vehicles and engines and exporting more than 80% of these‚ UK automobile industry stands as a driving force of its economy. The automobile industry generates a yearly turnover of around 55 Billion Pounds and largest value from exports. Nevertheless‚ the country that has automobile players like‚ Alexander Davis‚ Aston Martin‚ Bentley‚ BMW‚ Ford‚ Honda‚ Jaguar‚
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[This Article appeared in the American Scientist (Nov-Dec 1990)‚ Volume 78‚ 550-558. Retyped and posted with permission.] The Science of Scientific Writing If the reader is to grasp what the writer means‚ the writer must understand what the reader needs George D. Gopen and Judith A. Swan* *George D. Gopen is associate professor of English and Director of Writing Programs at Duke University. He holds a Ph.D. in English from Harvard University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Judith A. Swan
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