The Internal Control System Accounting is the process of identifying, analyzing, recording, summarizing, interpreting and reporting financial information to decision makers. Accounting information should be presented to society in a form that represents a true and fair view of operation. To accomplish this, accountants should have a clear understanding of accounting principles and concepts that govern the preparation of accounting statements and develop systems such as internal controls that assure
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strategic assessments. In order to meet these targets, WorldCom began boosting its revenue through a wide range of accounting measures, including drawing down on reserves set aside for expenses. The economic situation at the time was not taken into account when implementing these aggressive accounting measures. Other similar companies were reporting declining revenues. It was identified that the management who were making the aggressive accounting decisions, were also posting the journals to the general
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Strengthening Corporate Accountability and Responsibility with Sarbanes-Oxley Act and COSO Enron, Arthur Andersen, WorldCom. What does these companies and others have in common? They involved audit and corporate governance failures, resulting in the erosion of public confidence. Because of these high-profile corporate and accounting scandals, Congress passed the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act, commonly known as the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). SOX mandated
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any fraud in this company. Question: A. What items would you discuss in your brainstorming sessions to prepare for this audit? Where the $300,000 go? Where these cost come from? Who can touch this money? Is there any loophole in the internal control process? Does the IT department have a well design system of safeguard? Is there any outside party which may did some mistake? B. What schemes would you be concerned about? Did Dana misappropriate all or part of the $300,000 over-budget
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SCHEMATIC EVALUATION OF INTERNAL ACCOUNTING CONTROL SYSTEMS Kuo-Tay Chen* and Ronald M. Lee# * Department of Management Purdue University at Calumet Hammond, IN 46323 U.S.A. chenk@pucal.bitnet # Erasmus University Research Institute for Decision and Information Systems (EURIDIS) Erasmus University Rotterdam The Netherlands rlee@fac.fbk.eur.nl ERASMUS UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DECISION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS Schematic Evaluation of Internal Accounting Control Systems by Kuo-Tay Chen
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Recommendation Brief for an Internal Accountant 1 Recommendation Brief for an Internal Accountant Kelsy Fee ACC/544 April 13, 2015 Professor La Ron Roach Recommendation Brief for an Internal Accountant 2 In this recommendation brief the benefits of hiring an internal accountant will be discussed. Having an internal accountant would help fix an out-of-control system and the justification of taking advantage of one will be included in this brief. Along with
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1288 Columbus Ave #278 San Francisco, CA 94133 www.RogerCPAreview.com 415-346-4CPA (4272) AUDIT Table of Contents Introduction…………………………….………………………………..………………1 AUDIT-1 Audit Standards & Planning…………………………………………….…………….…...2 AUDIT-2 Internal Control…………………………………………………………………….………...3 AUDIT-3 Audit Evidence…………………………………………………………….………………....4 AUDIT-4 Audit Sampling.......................................................................................................…...5 Audit Reports
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Docket Delivery Docket Accepts / Rejects Delivery Delivery Driver 3.0 Receiving Goods Supplier Payment Updates 4.0 Payment for Goods Creates Payment File Extracts PO status Invoice P.O. data store Suppliers Payments File Accounts Payable General Ledger data store Supplier Payment Details Bank Process 1.0 Determine demand for goods Process 2.0 Order goods Process 3.0 Receive goods Process 3.0 Receive goods Process 3.0 Receive goods Process 4.0 Pay
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Overview of PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 5, An Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting that is Integrated with an Audit of Financial Statements Provided for use with Auditing and Assurance Services: An Integrated Approach, 12th edition Alvin A. Arens, Randal J. Elder, Mark A. Beasley Pearson Prentice Hall, Inc. INTRODUCTION The 12th Edition of Auditing and Assurance Services: An Integrated Approach, includes extensive coverage of key provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (the
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COSO – INTERNAL CONTROL FRAMEWORK * Internal control structure * Auditor’s assessment of risk * The planning of audit procedures COSO – INTERNAL CONTROL FRAMEWORK * Internal control structure * Auditor’s assessment of risk * The planning of audit procedures RISK ASSESSMENT RISK ASSESSMENT CONTROL ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACTIVITIES MONITORING MONITORING CONTROL ENVIRONMENT CONTROL ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION * Role
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