...Audit Program Design ACC/546 Chandria Willis August 3, 2015 Frank G. Elliot Apollo Shoes, Inc. Langley, ME Dr Mr. Elliot, We have developed test o controls of substantive test of transactions, and analytical procedures for the audit of Apollo Shoes Inc.’s sales and collection cycle, payroll and personnel cycle, acquisition and payment cycle, and Inventory and Warehousing cycle in line with the generally accepted auditing principles. The objective is to verify existence, accuracy and completeness. A substantive test should be associated with each of the transactions related to the audit objectives. The objectives of the audit include the occurrence, accuracy, completeness, posting, classification, summarization, and timing. Analytical Procedures must be performed in the planning stage of the audit and reviewed near the end of the audit. This serves to provide additional assurance to the auditor that the account has also been presented fairly in line with the generally accepted accounting principles. Based on previous research, it is our opinion...
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...Audit Program Design Part III Tywana Bowman University of Phoenix ACC545/Financial Accounting Professor Michael DeMarco September 26, 2010 Introduction In order to conduct a substantial audit of Apollo Shoes the auditor must obtain a sufficient understanding of the entity and the entity’s environment, including the internal control. The understanding of the entity and its environment helps the auditor in a variety of ways throughout the audit, including establishing materiality, considering appropriateness, and designing audit procedures that can facilitate the growth of Apollo Shoes. Before the auditor can begin the process of conducting the audit of the inventory and warehousing cash cycles, the auditor must prepare the audit plan and program for Apollo Shoes. Developing the audit strategy and plan aids the auditor in determining the necessary resources to perform the engagement. The auditor must develop a plan in mind that will reduce audit risk to an acceptable level for the inventory and warehousing cash cycle. The audit plan should include a description of nature, timing, and extent of the planned risk assessment procedures. The audit plan and program significantly affects the types and extent of further audit procedures to be used by the auditor in determining whether the financial statements are fairly stated in accordance with the US GAAP. The auditor should consider audit risk in relation to the individual account balances, classes of transactions, and disclosures...
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...Internal Audit of Al Fresco Audit Program Objective: To find out whether their financial information is free from irregularities. Audit Steps to Be Completed I. Planning and Administration Section 1. Prepare permission letter and engagement letter, and obtain approval from the audit director and the auditee. 2. Conduct audit planning, and the following should be discussed: * Timing of audit and planned participants * Timing of fieldwork * Internal control checklist * Risk areas/ internal controls * Assignment of audit objectives * Testing to be performed * Budgeted hours * Permission letter * Engagement letter 3. Conduct pre-audit interview with auditee and document discussions held. 4. Set the schedule of the preliminary audit with the applicable management and discuss the following: * Timing of the audit * Audit objectives * Key contacts for the audit 5. Obtain permission to access relevant information like: * Organizational chart * Relevant reports utilized by the auditee * Strategic documents 6. Prepare and review the internal control questionnaire: * What is the Al Fresco’s perceived internal controls strengths and weaknesses? 7. Inquire of the auditee as to whether any relevant process flowcharts exist. If not, consider developing one for the permanent file. II. Fieldwork First Objective: To ascertain whether the use and recording of petty cash funds...
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...Audit Strategy and Audit Program 1) Inspection of Records and Documents a. Nature: To examine the various records (called Documentary Evidence) that support the activities of a business and its accounting information system. b. Purpose: To determine if records are to be considered reliable and if so, whether to use them in the audit. c. Engagement risk is increased: The auditor would want to want to place a heavier reliance on documents prepared or reviewed by those outside of the business (ex: the bank associated with the business). d. Inherent risk is increased: The determination of reliability must be done with a much greater deal of care, as there is now a higher chance of material misstatement. e. Control risk is decreased: The auditor would be able to place a heavier reliance on documents created and used internally (i.e. not reviewed by outsiders). 2) Inquiry of knowledgeable persons within or outside the entity a. Nature: To obtain sources of information (ex: personnel, attorneys, customers, etc.) upon which the auditor may make inquiries pertaining to various aspects of the audit engagement. b. Purpose: To gain insight on the material upon which a business is being audited. c. Engagement risk is increased: The need for written representation from clients becomes much higher. As there is an increased risk of liability, oral representation would not provide the evidence needed to prove innocence. d. Inherent risk is increased: The auditor would pay special...
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...Audit Design Program III Tonya Gaines ACC 546 March 4, 2013 Michael De Marco Audit Design Program III During phase III of the audit plan, Anderson, Olds & Watershed (AOW) will focus on two important cycles: Inventory and Warehousing Cycle and the Cash Cycle. There are six classes of transactions in the inventory and warehousing cycle: process purchase orders, receive raw materials, store raw materials, process of goods, and store finished goods and ship finished goods. Cash account is a part of every cycle except inventory and warehousing. Cash is primarily important and extremely vulnerable to fraud that is why auditor needs to be careful in the assessing risks in auditing cash account. Anderson, Olds & Watershed’s (AOW) responsibility is to conduct a fair and unbiased audit. We will conduct these tests and procedures according to PCAOB auditing standards. There is not absolute assurance that all misstatements or errors will be discovered. Inventory and Warehouse Cycle The audit of the inventory and warehousing cycle is designed to test inventory counts, processes and operations. The classes of transactions in this cycle includes sales, value of inventory, cost of goods sold, sales returns and allowances and estimates of allowance for slow moving inventory. The table below displays the interrelationship of the transactions related to audit objectives, tests of controls, and substantive test of transaction that should be approved during the...
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...Audit Program Design Part II ACC/546 January 31, 2011 At Anderson, Olds, and Watershed, we have developed the following test of controls, substantive test of transactions, and analytical procedures for the audit of the sales and collection cycle, the payroll and personnel cycle, and the acquisition and payment cycle of Apollo Shoe Company. The tests are consistent with generally accepted auditing methods in The United States of America. The tests will be designed to prove existence, completeness, and accuracy. Please take the time to look over the proposed tests and techniques and feel free to ask any questions regarding the tests that will be performed. Sales and Collection Cycle To test for existence, AOW will verify whether sales invoices are attached to the bill of lading or not and check to see if there are any invoices with unusual transactions or amounts. Next, we will check completeness by verifying the sequence of sales documents and trace the selected sales documents through the sales and collection process. We will also verify the prices of selected sale items and recompute the sales invoices that are billed to the customer for accuracy. The next step is to verify the classifications of sales transactions by examining the document package for internal verification and examining sales invoices for proper account classifications. The final audit objective test will consider timing. We will verify that sales are recorded on the correct dates. We will also verify...
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...Jane Shoes Apollo Shoes 1234 Shoe Avenue Shoetown MA 12345 Dear Ms. Jane, This letter serves to confirm the request for Team C CPA to consult with Apollo Shoes on Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404. The consultation will include the significant regulations and guidelines related to audits of internal control. We will identify the internal control risks within Apollo Shoes as well as a description of the relationship between internal controls and the audit process, and a brief synopsis of our responsibility in detecting and reporting fraud. Guidelines According to COSO “Internal control is broadly defined as a process, effected by an entity’s board of directors, management, and other personnel, designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of objectives.” “While internal control is a process, its effectiveness is a state or condition of the process at one or more points in time.” The Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Act, requires management to produce an “internal control report” along with the annual Exchange Act report. This report is required to confirm “the responsibility of management for establishing and maintaining an adequate internal control structure and procedures for financial reporting.” The report must also “contain an assessment, as of the end of the most recent fiscal year of the Company, of the effectiveness of the internal control structure and procedures of the issuer for financial reporting.” To successfully complete this management...
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...Audit Program Design Part Ii Audit Program Design Part II Company: Apollo Shoe Company Audit Begins: January 19, 2010 Audit Ends: March 31, 2010 (Tentative) AUDIT SCOPE: Sales/revenue and collection cycle Payroll and personnel cycle Acquisition and payment cycle All Transactions, orders, and payments processed January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007 AUDIT OBJECTIVES: • To determine internal control compliance to sub objectives for payroll and personnel cycle, sales/revenue and collection cycle, and the acquisition and payment cycle. • To obtain control evidence and documentation about the existence, accuracy, classification, timing and completeness of recorded acquisition transactions. CRITERIA: Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 99 – Fraud Auditing Standards AUDITOR ASSIGNMENTS: John Butler – Sales and Collection David Sargent – Payroll and Personnel Perry Boydstun – Acquisition and Payment Cycle METHODOLOGY: Each auditor will perform their assigned area of tests of controls and substantive test using sampling techniques as appropriate. Strengths and weaknesses’ should be denoted by using a “S” or “W” on each area applicable area of the flowchart and checklist of each assigned area. The summary status (“Ss” and “Ws”) will be listed in the bridge worksheet for SOX 404 Audit analysis. Bridge Worksheet for Sales and Collection Cycle – SOX 404 Audit Public companies typically rely heavily on proper internal controls to maintain...
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...Audit Program Design Part II Company: Apollo Shoe Company Audit Begins: January 19, 2010 Audit Ends: March 31, 2010 (Tentative) AUDIT SCOPE: Sales/revenue and collection cycle Payroll and personnel cycle Acquisition and payment cycle All Transactions, orders, and payments processed January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007 AUDIT OBJECTIVES: • To determine internal control compliance to sub objectives for payroll and personnel cycle, sales/revenue and collection cycle, and the acquisition and payment cycle. • To obtain control evidence and documentation about the existence, accuracy, classification, timing and completeness of recorded acquisition transactions. CRITERIA: Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 99 – Fraud Auditing Standards AUDITOR ASSIGNMENTS: John Butler – Sales and Collection David Sargent – Payroll and Personnel Perry Boydstun – Acquisition and Payment Cycle METHODOLOGY: Each auditor will perform their assigned area of tests of controls and substantive test using sampling techniques as appropriate. Strengths and weaknesses’ should be denoted by using a “S” or “W” on each area applicable area of the flowchart and checklist of each assigned area. The summary status (“Ss” and “Ws”) will be listed in the bridge worksheet for SOX 404 Audit analysis. Bridge Worksheet for Sales and Collection Cycle – SOX 404 Audit Public companies typically rely heavily on proper internal controls to maintain an effective sales...
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...Audit Program Design Part II ACC/546 May 2, 2011 Audit Program Design Part II The audit of Apollo Shoes, Inc. requires a design of steps to develop audit objectives to plan the audit. The financial statements are divided into cycles to better manage the audit and disperse to staff within the firm. The following cycle’s sales and collection, payroll and personnel and acquisition and payment were developed to design test of controls, substantive tests of transactions and analytical procedures. Anderson, Olds, and Watershed, LLP will be designing test of controls, substantive tests of transactions and analytical procedures for Apollo. This will allow our firm to better understand the internal controls within their company along with making sure the company is in compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and generally accepted accounting principles. Sales & Collection cycle Sales and collections audits test financial information relating to the sales of goods and services to consumers and the payment collection for these sales. In Apollo shoes audit AOW will involve the decisions and processes necessary for the transfer of the ownership of goods and services to customers after they are made available for sale; it begins with a request by a customer and ends with the conversion of material on service into an account receivable and ultimately into cash. There are several functions include in this cycle such as processing customer...
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...Cash Receipts Audit Program Objectives: 1. To ensure that all cash receipts are promptly and accurately reported. Areas To Considered: 1. Only authorized persons, with no conflicting duties, have access to cash receipts, data files, programs, and related records. 2. Customers are instructed to direct all payments to the lock box. 3. Has the location considered alternatives to the lock box for prompt utilizations of funds? 4. Remittances from the lock box are posted daily? 5. Individuals handling remittances are independent of the shipping, billing, accounting and cash disbursements. 6. Checks received at the location are restrictively endorsed upon their arrival. 7. Someone independent from the cash receipt function summarizes the cash receipt and this cash summary is compared to the validated bank deposit; to ensure that all collections were deposited intact. 8. All cash receipts journal entries are supported with validated bank deposits slips and other documentation to ensure an independent verification of cash deposits. 9. Is someone other than the individuals involved on the cash receipt function actually reconcile the bank accounts? 10. Collections are posted on the correct accounting period. |Audit Procedure/Test |Initials |Date |Reference | |Document or flowchart the cash receipt procedures and controls in place at the time of...
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...Substantive Audit Program- Cash Balances Assertions: 1. The amount of cash is not materially more than the amount shown on the balance sheet. (checked with procedure 3, 5 and 7) 2. All cash has been recorded. (Checked with procedures 3, 5 and 7) 3. Cash is correctly shown as a current asset. (Checked with procedure 12) 4. Cash is not restricted to noncurrent use. (Checked with procedure 12) 5. All deposits and disbursements of cash reflect transactions before the end of the year. (Checked with procedure 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) Procedures 1. All reconciliations are for valid bank accounts, obtain confirmation from a third party (Existence) 2. AOW vouched deposit in transit to the cutoff bank statement, noted it cleared the bank on january 4 2010, appears to be a valid reconciling items. (Existence) 3. AOW traced selected January deposits from the cutoff bank statement to the cash receipts journal. No other reconciling items. (Completeness) 4. AOW vouched outstanding check to cash disbursement journal and cutoff bank statements, noting the check cleared after 12/31. (Existence) 5. AOW made a selection from the cash disbursements journal and trace to the cutoff bank statement to test outstanding checks for completeness. No exceptions noted. (Completeness) 6) All outstanding checks from the cutoff statement written before year end are included on the reconciliation. (Existence) 7) All deposits from the cutoff statement made before year end are included...
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...Audit Program Design Part III Sheila Dunn ACC 546 May 13, 2013 Cecil Lucy Audit Program Design Part III Inventory and Warehouse Cycle The inventory and warehouse cycle can be divided into five sections: acquire and record raw materials, labor, and overhead, internally transfer assets and costs, ship goods and record revenue and costs, physically observe inventory, and price and compile inventory. The following will be the tests of control, substantive tests of transactions, and analytical procedures. 1. Acquire and record raw materials, labor, and overhead a. Tests of control i. Check to make sure that all materials ordered have been accounted for ii. Check to make sure that there are records for all orders iii. Check payroll from payroll and personnel cycle iv. Check to make sure that the inventory is not overstocked b. Substantive test of transactions i. Take a sample of the orders placed ii. Make sure that the sample reflects that all material were received iii. Sample the payroll to make sure there are no discrepancies iv. Sample the inventory to make sure that it is replenished and constantly moving c. Analytical procedures i. Compare the results to prior years to ensure that the data matches up ii. Determine if there any risks 2. Internally transfer assets and costs a. Tests of controls i. Check financial statements to ensure assets were transferred ii. Check for the costs related to the business ...
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...Update August 2014 RAC Program to Resume Limited Reviews this Month On August 4, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it would allow the Recovery Audit Contractor Program (RAC) to resume a limited number of reviews this month. The purpose of the RAC is to correct improper payments in Medicare claims for services provided to Medicare beneficiaries to ensure that proper payments are made on behalf of patients and taxpayers. The program has been dormant since the current Recovery Auditor contracts expired June 1, and CMS stated that the program has experienced continued delay in beginning modifications to the current contracts. CMS noted that there will be no impatient status reviews during...
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...AUDIT PROGRAM FOR ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE Risks The accounts receivable listing or individual balances may be inaccurate Accounts receivable balances may not exist Accounts receivable may not be collectible Bad debts write-offs may not be valid Sales transactions may be processed in the wrong period Steps 1. Agree a detailed listing of accounts receivable to the summary Obtain a detailed listing of accounts receivable balances (aged by customer, if possible) and: a) trace totals to the comparative summary of accounts receivable balances; b) select reconciling items in order to obtain a moderate to low level of assurance that accuracy is achieved and i) trace these items to supporting documentation; and ii) determine whether the results of the client's investigations have been reviewed and approved by a responsible official; c) test, to an extent to obtain a moderate to low level of assurance, the mathematical accuracy of the detailed listing; and d) if appropriate, examine support for any significant adjustments made throughout the year in reconciling detailed accounts receivable records with the account(s) in the general ledger. 2. Positively confirm selected accounts receivable balances Select customers' account from the detail accounts receivable listing for positive confirmation in order to obtain a moderate to low level of assurance that the aforementioned audit objectives are achieved. Perform the following: a) send positive...
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