ZZZZ Best Company Fraud Case Study 1) At an early age‚ Barry Minkow was introduced to the carpet cleaning industry by his mother who worked part time as a telephone solicitor for a small carpet cleaning company. This insight of the industry allowed Minkow to understand that the carpet cleaning industry was one which had very few barriers to entry‚ no licensing requirements‚ and required only a small amount of capital to enter. Also‚ because of these few barriers to entry‚ the industry has historically
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ZZZZ Best case case1.9 Q1 There are three different levels of services you could obtain from a certified public accountant. These are referred to as compilation‚ review‚ and audit. There are significant differences between the objectives of an audit of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and the objectives of a review in accordance with statements on standards for accounting and review services. The objective of an audit is to provide a reasonable basis
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Case 1.9: ZZZZ Best Company‚ Inc. 1. A review differs from an audit because a review does not allow the auditor to test or observe internal controls and assess control risk. According to AS 5‚ effective internal control over financial reporting provides reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial statements. As a result‚ an auditor cannot provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of the financial statements by just completing a review; they must complete a full audit
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Case Study: ZZZZ Best Company‚ Inc. 1. Ernst & Whinney never issued an audit opinion on financial statements of ZZZZ Best but did issue a review report on the company’s quarterly statements for three months ended July 31‚ 1986. How does a review differ from an audit particularly in terms of the level of assurance implied by auditor’s report? Although a review is similar to an audit‚ it differs from an audit in its limited scope and assurances. The objective of an audit is to provide a reasonable
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Case 1.9 Question 1: Ernst & Whinney never issued an audit opinion on financial statements of ZZZZ Best but did issue a review report on the company’s quarterly statements for the three months ended July 31‚ 1986. How does a review differ from an audit‚ particularly in terms of the level of assurance implied by the auditor’s report? Answer: A review report does not assess the control risk of a company‚ which means Ernst & Whinney could have not gotten the proper risk that a material misstatement
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ACG 4632 ZZZZ Best Case Questions (40 points) 1. Identify the primary audit objectives that auditors hope to accomplish by: * Confirming a client’s year-end accounts receivable‚ and (Balance related existence) * Performing year-end sales cutoff tests. (transaction-related objective timing) (5 points) 2. Ernst & Whinney never issued an audit opinion on financial statements of ZZZZ Best but did issue a review report on the company’s quarterly statements for the three
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visited selected restoration sites are more reliable than management assertion of occurrence. Management assertions can be purposely misleading and the individuals might go to a great length to defraud the auditors and the public. In the ZZZZ Best Companies case‚ Barry Mirkov asserts that all financial statements are properly presented and when the auditors decide to take further auditing procedures‚ Barry Mirkov creates fraudulent contracts‚ rents real estate spaces for a few hours and hires a few
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Case 1.9 Zzzz Best Company Case 1.9 ZZZZ Best Company‚ Inc. 1. A review is similar to an audit but is less in scope and only provides limited assurance in regards to the presentation of the financial statement. This differs with an audit that gives reasonable assurance that no material errors or illegal acts are detected. The objective of an audit is to provide a reasonable basis for expressing an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. A review does not provide a basis
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1. An Audit differs from a review‚ particularly in terms of the level of assurance by an auditor. An Auditor’s report must obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole‚ are free of material misstatement‚ whether it’s due to fraud or error. An Auditor expresses his opinion on whether the financial statements are prepared in accordance with an applicable financial reporting framework. As well as‚ to report on the financial statements and Auditors findings that relates
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1. There are numerous differences between performing a review and actual audit on the financial statements‚ but the major one is that the review does not contemplate obtaining an understanding of internal control structure. Also‚ a review does not assess control risk‚ tests of accounting records and responses to inquiries by obtaining corroborating evidence through inspection‚ observation or any other audit procedure. It can point out significant matters of the financial statements but does not provide
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