...ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE I. COURSE AND FACULTY IDENTIFICATION AF614 FINANCIAL AND MANAGERIAL AUDITING Fall 2015 INSTRUCTOR: PROF. T. HOGAN CONSULTING HOURS: Th 4:30-5:30 OFFICE M 5-412 or by appointment OFFICE PHONE (617) 287-7689 e-mail Thomas.hogan@umb.edu II. COURSE MATERIALS Messier Jr., William F., Steven M. Glover and Douglas F. Prawitt. Auditing and Assurance Services, ninth edition , 2014, ISBN 978-0-07-786233-6. McGraw-Hill \ Irwin publishers. Note: The ACL software will be used in an extra-credit assignment. Whittington, O. Ray. Wiley CPA excel Exam Review 2015, Auditing and Attestation ISBN: 978 111 891 7664 (paperback). III. COURSE BACKGROUND The course involves study of the theory and practice of professional auditing. The successful completion of the course provides a basic understanding of the nature of auditing, the responsibilities of auditors, and generally accepted auditing standards. It will provide a basic foundation to facilitate further study for those who wish to take professional examinations such as the Certified Public Accounting Exam, and the Certified Internal Auditing Exam. IV. LEARNING OBJECTIVES This course is concerned with the technical and conceptual skills involved in an audit or examination of financial statements. You will learn about Auditing Standards and Principles involving planning of an audit, report wording for different engagements...
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...Audit Term: Fall 2013 COURSE: AP/ADMS 4552 3.0 Sections A and B Information Systems Audit Schedule First day of class: Section A: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM, Location: HNE 030 Section B: Thursday, September 12, 2013 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, Location: HNE 032 REQUIRED COURSE TEXT/READINGS: • Hall, James A., (2011), Information Technology Auditing, 3e, Mason: South-Western Cengage Learning (Referred to as “IT Audit Text” in the Readings List for each class) • Additional material as listed in the course outline. This includes articles referenced by links, readings from books that were required for prerequisite courses, cases and assignment details posted on our web site. • CICA Assurance Handbook, as available online from York University library, (referred to as “Handbook” in the Readings List for each class). Selected readings are from: [Note this book is available on reserve at the business library in the Schulich building if you do not have a copy.] • Arens, A., R. J. Elder, M. S. Beasley and I. B. Splettstoesser-Hogeterp. 2011. Auditing: The Art and Science of Assurance Engagements, Canadian 11th Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall: Toronto. (Referred to as “Audit Text” in the Readings List) References for the 12th Canadian edition of the Audit text (as an alternative to the 11th edition) will be provided separately as a document on the course web site. Warnings: Photocopying more than 10% of a textbook...
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...Syllabus for ACIS 4414 Financial Statement Auditing Fall 2012 Instructor: Email: Office: Phone: Office Hours: MW 1:00pm – 2:30pm and by appointment Class time: MWF 9:05am – 9:55am; MWF 10:10am – 11:00am in PAM 2003 Course Web Site: Recommended Texts: Auditing and Assurance Services 14th edition Prentice-Hall, by Alvin A. Arens, Randal J. Elder, Mark Beasley Auditing Cases, 5th Edition, Beasley, Buckless, Glover, & Prawitt Note: Both of the above texts are published by Prentice Hall and are available as a bundled package. Prerequisites Computer Resources: Course Objectives: This course is designed to provide you with an understanding of professional auditing as practiced in the United States. Our discussions will focus on various aspects of the auditing profession. Successful completion of this course will provide you with a basic understanding of: * The auditor's consideration of financial statement cycles, * The evaluation of audit evidence, and * The issues related to completing an audit. Honor Code: Each student is expected to behave in a manner that brings honor to himself or herself, to the student body, and to the university community. In keeping with this expectation, students should be familiar with requirements of the Honor System Constitution. All class assignments are expected to be your original work. You are not permitted to use solutions manuals, solutions from prior semester materials...
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...the university of texas at austin ACC 358C, Introduction to Assurance Services (Cross-listed as ACC 380K.4) Course Syllabus Spring 2012 Times and Location: TTh 8:00 – 9:30 (unique no. 02320 for ACC 358C and 02405 for ACC 380K.4) TTh 9:30 – 11:00 (unique no. 02325 for ACC 358C and 02410 for ACC 380K.4) TTh 12:30 – 2:00 (unique no. 02335 for ACC 358C and 02420 for ACC 380K.4) TTh 2:00 - 3:30 (unique no. 02340 for ACC 358C and 02425 for ACC 380K.4) The morning classes will be held in GSB 2.122. The afternoon classes will be held in GSB 5.153. Note: Please attend the section in which you are enrolled. However, if an emergency or unavoidable conflict on a particular day causes you to miss class, you may attend another section. Please do not abuse this privilege. Instructor Mark Bradshaw, M.P.A., M.B.A., J.D. Forensics Consultant to PwC Audit Professor in Residence, KPMG (2007) Office: GSB.5.124E; Ph.: 475-8852; E-mail: mark.bradshaw@mccombs.utexas.edu Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:15 – 12:15 and by appointment. I generally prefer e-mail as a means of contact outside of class and office hours. Teaching Assistants Star Yuan, traditional M.P.A. student E-mail: star.y.yuan@gmail.com Ashley Ross, 5th year integrated M.P.A. student E-mail: ashley.ross@bba07.mccombs.utexas.edu Star and Ashley will assist with the grading of cases and exams. After graded cases are returned throughout the semester, they will schedule office...
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...Fall 2015 – Midterm Study Guide Point Break-Down Multiple choice * 120 points possible * 40 questions * ~1.5 minutes per question Short answer * 30 points possible * 6 questions * ~3 minutes per question Exam is worth a total of 150 points Chapter Break-Down Chapter 1 * 1 MC question * 3 total points (2% of the exam) Chapter 2 * 3 MC questions * 9 total points (6% of the exam) Chapter 3 * 5 MC questions * 1 Short answer question * 20 total points (~13% of the exam) Chapter 4 * 5 MC questions * 1Short answer question * 20 total points (~13% of the exam) Chapter 5 * 6 MC questions * 18 total points (12% of the exam) Chapter 6 * 5 MC questions * 1 Short answer question * 20 total points (~13% of the exam) Chapter 7 * 5 MC questions * 1 Short answer question * 20 total points (~13% of the exam) Chapter 8 * 6 MC questions * 1 Short answer question * 23 total points (~15% of the exam) Chapter 9 * 4 MC questions * 12 total points (8% of the exam) Current Events * 1 Short answer question * 5 total points (~3% of the exam) Important Topics (This is intended to help guide the focus of your review for the exam, however, it is not intended to be sufficiently detailed to the exact exam questions. Note: many of the topics listed are broad and cover a variety of more specific points. Thus, not everything can or will be tested.) Chapter 1 ...
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...| |UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN (UTAR) | | |FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND FINANCE (FBF) | | |Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) Accounting | Unit Plan | | | | | |Unit Code & |UBAF 2023 AUDITING | | |Unit Title: | | | | | | | |Course of Study: |Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) Accounting | | | | | | |Year...
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...That was an intermediate financial accounting class, which was well-known as the hardest class. Two of my classmates, who didn’t do well in midterm, want a better grade on final and they came to me ask for “collaboration”. As a student, I should act honestly and do my own work in exam. To maintain fairness of who took the exam, I shouldn’t collude to work as a group in exam. In this situation, my personal interest or greed conflicted with my integrity; my mind to keep good friendship conflicted with my responsibility as a student to act honestly; and the two classmates who worked as team in final conflicted with other classmates who did their own work. At that time, I hesitated to refuse them but finally got manipulated by my personal greed. I accepted the concert ticket and collaborated with two classmates in our final exam. I failed to make an ethical decision. I did want to go for...
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...AC555 External Auditing Midterm Exam Page 1: Question: 1. The objective of the ordinary audit of financial statements is the expression of an opinion on: | | the fairness of the financial statements | | CORRECT | | | the accuracy of the financial statements | | | | | the accuracy of the annual report | | | | | the balance sheet and income statement | | | 2. The auditor's best defense when material misstatements are not uncovered is to have conducted the audit: | | in accordance with auditing standards | | CORRECT | | | as effectively and as reasonably possible | | | | | in a timely manner | | | | | only after an adequate investigation of the management team | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3. Which of the following statements is most correct regarding errors and fraud? | | An error is unintentional, whereas fraud is intentional. | | CORRECT | | | Fraud occurs more often than errors in financial statements. | | | | | Errors are always fraud and fraud is always errors. | | | | | Auditors have more responsibility for finding fraud than errors. | | | 4. Which of the following statements is true of a public company's financial statements? | | Sarbanes-Oxley requires only the CEO to certify the financial statements. | | | | |...
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...Topics include: audit and other reports, statistical sampling in auditing, attestation standards, reporting on future-oriented information, accountant's legal liability, Securities & Exchange Commission practice, professional ethics and using technology in auditing. Catalog Description Prerequisites: Sophomore standing; minimum grade of "C-" in ACCT 311. Topics include: audit and other reports, statistical sampling in auditing, attestation standards, reporting on future-oriented information, accountant's legal liability, Securities & Exchange Commission practice, professional ethics and using technology in auditing. Course Overview Students will become familiar with issues under the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, pronouncements of the Public Companies Accounting Oversight Board, the Sarbanes Oxley Act, federal securities laws, and cases relating to CPA malpractice. Students will have a thorough professional knowledge of CPA reports on financial statements and special reports. Students will also learn how to apply statistical sampling and technology in auditing. Course Overview Students will become familiar with issues under the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, pronouncements of the Public Companies Accounting Oversight Board, the Sarbanes Oxley Act, federal securities laws, and cases relating to CPA malpractice. Students will have a thorough professional knowledge of CPA reports on financial statements and special reports. Students will also learn...
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...A337/A523 Accounting Information Systems Midterm Study General There will be two narratives, one for context/physical DFD, one for the flowchart. It is important for your DFDs to be consistent with each other. (See the Documentation Exercises for worked examples) DFD The physical DFD should be annotated with flow labels. At this point, you are expected to know the 4 DFD symbols and how to apply them. Flow Chart This will be a shorter narrative and/or partially completed one I will also provide a list of flowchart symbols. SUA/Transaction Cycles / Chapter 5 A handful multiple choice questions related to documents and activities in each of the three transaction cycles (similar to SUA #1). Internal Controls and Computer Crime (Chapters 13, 14, & 15) Know what internal controls are and be able to give examples * Definition * Policies, plans, and procedures * Implemented to protect a firms assets * People Involved * Board of directors * Management * Other key personnel * Provides reasonable assurance * Effectiveness and efficiency of operations * Reliability of financial reporting * Protection of Assets * Compliance with applicable laws and regulations * Important Guidance * Statement on Auditing Standard No. 94 * Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Understand the reasons humans make mistakes * Errors may be the result of many factors * Distractions – Concurrent...
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...Questions for Midterm Exam 1) A measure of how willing the auditor is to accept that the financial statements may be materially misstated after the audit is completed and an unqualified opinion has been issued is the: A) inherent risk. B) acceptable audit risk. C) statistical risk. D) financial risk. Answer: B 1) بمقياس لمدى رغبة مراجع الحسابات أن تقبل أن البيانات المالية قد يمكنه ماديا بعد اكتمال عملية المراجعة وقد تم إصدار رأي غير متحفظ: A) المخاطر الكامنة. ب) مخاطر المراجعة مقبولة. ج) خطر الإحصائية. د) خطر المالية. جواب: ب 2) A measure of the auditor's assessment of the likelihood that there are material misstatements in an account before considering the effectiveness of the client's internal control is called: A) control risk. B) acceptable audit risk. C) statistical risk. D) inherent risk. Answer: D بمقياس 2) لتقييم مراجع الحسابات لاحتمال أن هناك الأخطاء المادية في حساب قبل النظر في فعالية الرقابة الداخلية للعميل ويسمى: A) التحكم في المخاطر. ب) مخاطر المراجعة مقبولة. ج) خطر الإحصائية. مد) المخاطر الملازمة. جواب: D 3) When inherent risk is high, there will need to be: عند عالية المخاطر الكامنة، هناك حاجة إلى أن تكون: A) |A lower assessment of audit risk |More evidence accumulated by the auditor | |إجراء تقييم أقل من مخاطر المراجعة |المزيد من الأدلة المتراكمة لدى المراجع | |Yes |Yes...
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...1.) | 1987 | 1986 | 1985 | 1984 | Current Ratio | 2.41 | 1.40 | 1.56 | .93 | Quick Ratio | 1.40 | .60 | .77 | .15 | Debt to Assets | .68 | .66 | .64 | .83 | Debt to Equity | 2.16 | 1.98 | 1.75 | 4.88 | Accounts Receivable Turnover | 32.5 | 116.78 | 49.75 | 52.72 | Inventory Turnover | 3.23 | 4.38 | 5.14 | 5.88 | Shown above are some of the key ratios for Crazy Eddie during the period 1984-1987. Some of the red flags these ratios reveal include the steady decline of inventory turnover rates from 1984-1987 which could indicate lost sales, excess inventory, or ineffective buying. Another red flag is the accounts receivable turnover figures. The drop from 116.78 in 1986 to 32.5 in 1987 is most likely a result of the poor credit policies Crazy Eddie had in place for its customers. 2.) Several audit procedures could have led to the detection of some of the accounting irregularities involved in the financial statements of Crazy Eddie. For (a) the falsification of inventory count sheets, the auditors could have visited more than one site of a Crazy Eddie store and performed full physical counts of inventory that didn’t allow Eddie Antar to stock up one location with inventory which he knew would be audited. Also, the auditors could have checked the inventory that was in place with the amounts on the inventory sheets and obtain proper documentation from vendors and confirming with them the proper inventory that was ordered. With regards to (b) the bogus debit memos...
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...Financial Statement Audit 8. Financial Statement Audit 3. Compliance 9. Financial Statement Audit 4. compliance 10. Compliance 5. Operational 11. Operational 6. Financial Statement Audit 12. Compliance CHAPTER 2 MC 2-15 A) 2 B) 1 2-16 A) 3 B) 2 C) 1 2-17 A) 2 B) 2 C) 3 Simulation Questions 2-19 A) engagement performance F) leadership responsibilities B) monitoring G) Monitoring C) Engagement Performance H) acceptance & continuation of clients D) Leadership Responsibilities I) Leadership Responsibilities E) Relevant and ethical requirements J) Human Resources 2-22 A) U.S. generally accepted auditing standards B) International Auditing Standards C) PCAOB D) PCAOB E) U.S. generally accepted auditing standards F) U.S. generally accepted auditing standards G) PCAOB H)...
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...Audit procedures which an auditor should perform when planning attendance at a Company stock take. 1.Review and planning: The auditor must review prior year’s working papers to enable himself to familiarize with the nature volume and location of inventories. Consideration must be made with regard to the controlling and recording procedures over inventory and the timing of the count. 2.Problem identification and reliance: The must identify problem areas in relation to the system of internal control and decide whether reliance can be placed on internal auditors. This also assists in risk assessment and timing audit procedures. 3.Risk and materiality: Assessment of inherent, control and detection risks is necessary for a comprehensive stocktaking audit programme and this will assist the auditor to establish materiality levels before undertaking the stock count. 4.Inventory held by third parties: Arrangement must be made to ensures that third party holding inventories confirms .Depending on materiality of the inventory held the auditor should also consider the integrity and independence of the third party and whether it is necessary to arrange for other auditors to observe the count or whether it is sufficient to obtain another auditor’s report on the adequacy of the third party’s systems or merely to inspect relevant documentation held at client place. 5.Expert assistance: Assessment must be made by the auditor regarding the nature of the...
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...Adelphia Communications Corporation was a cable company, whose owners, John Rigas and his son Timothy,” were charged with bank fraud, securities fraud, and conspiracy.” (Reference #4) They were charged with all fifteen accounts of securities fraud. Another son of his was acquitted, as well as the former treasurer, Michael Mulcahey. “John and Timothy now face 30 years in prison because of the bank fraud charge.” (Reference #4) “They were charged with hiding over $2.3 billion dollars’ worth of debt in the company,” (Reference #4) as well as stealing from there investors. John became so greedy with the money he was taking, that his son became worried about it and tried to limit him to only taking out one million a month. The prosecution had two witnesses that they used in order to bring down the Rigas’, and they were Adelphia executives, James Brown and Karen Crosniak. They testified and tried to say that they weren’t aware of what they were doing, but ignorance of the law doesn’t mean you can get away with what you do. The effects of what they did have impacted the company so much that they had to move to a new location, and they operate under bankruptcy protection. There are many ethical issues that pertain to this issue, as well as many laws that were broken. First, what some call “creative accounting”, this is when a company tries to do something with their accounting reports to make the company look very profitable so that they can attract new investors. This is...
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