John Mullin Audit 5610 Case 6.7 9/25/12 Hamilton Wong‚ In-Charge Accountant 1. If I were placed in Hamilton Wong’s position I would report all of my time worked during the audit of Wille & Lomax. This practice of “eating time” is unethical. While most accounting firms probably feel this type of practice is unacceptable‚ it still happens. If you don’t report all your worked time‚ how does the firm bill their clients properly? What about future audits for the same company? If underreporting
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Client Acceptance 1 C a s es inc lu de d in t his Se ction 1.1 Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc. The New Client Acceptance Decision Instructor Resource Manual — Do Not Copy or Redistribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Instructor Resource Manual — Do Not Copy or Redistribute Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc. C a s e 1.1 The New Client Acceptance Decision Mark S. Beasley · Frank A. Buckless · Steven M. Glover · Douglas F. Prawitt
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of an audit manager that is currently employed with Deep Breath LCC‚ a medium sized national accounting firm. This particular firm offers auditing services as well as tax services. The main purpose of my role as the audit manager is to decide and justify reasons on a new audit client acceptance. The process of accepting a new client is not a simple procedure especially during this phase where the public accounting environment is changing drastically. Intense competitive pressures among audit firms
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Simply Soups Inc.: A Teaching Case Designed to Integrate the Electronic Cash Confirmation Process into the Auditing Curriculum ABSTRACT: Simply Soups Inc.‚ a producer of organic canned soups‚ has hired your firm‚ Putnam and Jacobs LLP‚ to perform a financial statement audit for the year ended December 31‚ 2013. Using the PCAOB’s proposed standard on confirmations and electronic confirmations‚ you are to complete the testing of the cash balance reported by Simply Soups Inc. at year-end. Today
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Music Recording INTRODUCTION For centuries man had dreamed of capturing the sounds and music of his environment by means of music recordings. The road to successful music recording had not been smooth until the derivation of the music recording industry. Since the inception of the music recording industry‚ the way in which music is produced‚ distributed‚ sold and consumed have greatly changed so also has popular music changed over time. These changes resulted from new technology which was invented
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Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc.: The New Client Acceptance Decision Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc. is recommended as a prospective audit client of Barnes and Fischer‚ LLP. I believe that Barnes and Fischer should accept the client because of Barnes and Fisher’s opportunities in consulting and information technology (IT) development‚ Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc.’s sound management/business model and past successful audits‚ and primarily‚ the growth potential of Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc. following its planned
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Keller‚ Inc. Imperative actions for company public relations and success Jessica Johnson November 25‚ 2010 COM/530 - Communications for Accountants Thornton Keller Keller Inc Announces CFO Resignation and SEC investigation Boise‚ ID‚ November 26‚ 2012‚ Keller Inc. (NASDAQ KIR)‚ a software development firm‚ announced today that Kathryn May‚ Keller‚ Inc.’s Chief Financial Officer‚ has notified the Company of her resignation. Ms. May’s unexpected resignation comes as a sad message
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Case Study of Just For Feet Inc. Xuan Zhang Q1. Prepare common-sized balance sheets and income statements and compute key ratios for 1997-1998. What were the high-risk financial statement items for the 1998 audit? * Common-sized financial statements: * Key ratio analysis: Liquidity and solvency: | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | Current ratio | 3.387 | 1.998 | 2.142 | Debt to equity | 1.117 | 0.672 | 0.720 | Times interest earned | 6.376 | 24.665 | 28.286 | Activity | | |
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"You have been my friends. That in itself is a tremendous thing." - E.B. White - "I always knew that when I looked back on the times I cried I would smile. But I never knew that when I looked back on the times I smiled I would cry." "My friends have made the story of my life. In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations into beautiful privileges and enabled me to walk serene and happy in the shadow cast by my desperation." - Helen Keller - "One day at a time‚ this is enough. Don’t
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Hamilton Wong’s position. Would you report all of your time worked on the Wille & Lomax audit? Why or why not? Do you believe that Lauren Hutchinson behaved unethically by underreporting the time she worked on that engagement? Defend your answer. If I was in Hamilton Wong’s position‚ I think I would report all of the time I spent working on the Wille & Lomas audit‚ even if it exceeded the budget. As an accountant‚ my ethical responsibility is to be honest and have integrity and by not reporting
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