Chapter 10 Internal Control, Control Risk, and Section 404 Audits Review Questions 10-1 Management typically has three broad objectives in designing effective internal controls. 1. Reliability of Financial Reporting Management is responsible for preparing financial statements for investors, creditors, and other users. Management has both a legal and professional responsibility to be sure that the information is fairly presented in accordance with reporting requirements such as GAAP
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the section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. b) Section 404 requires management to make a statement identifying the control framework used to conduct their assessment of internal controls. Describe to Karen the options in selecting a control framework. c) Karen was wondering, if the auditors give a qualified opinion on management’s assessment of internal controls over the financial reporting system, does it mean that the auditor must also give a qualified opinion on the financial statements
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Company Audit Report regarding Internal Control Activity Requirement Evaluation for Initial Public Offering and Indelible Ink Printer Procurement Recommendation Author: Phillip Stevens, Buck Stops Here Accounting Associates Securities Exchange Commission Internal Control Requirement Explanation As part of the Initial Public Offering application process with the Securities and Exchange Commission, companies are required to document and validate their internal control activities including policies
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a Solutions for Chapter 4 Audit Risk, Business Risk, and Audit Planning Review Questions: 4-1. Business Risk - Those risks that affect the operations and potential outcomes of organizational activities. Engagement Risk - The risk auditors encounter by being associated with a particular client: loss of reputation, inability of the client to pay the auditor, or financial loss because management is not honest and inhibits the audit process. Financial Reporting Risk - Those
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ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY (NY) [pic] Best Buy Swindled Out of $31 Million Internal Control Issues Joseph Chung Professor Jay Ranade ACC 628 Internal Auditing Overview of the Case An Illinois couple allegedly swindled computer giant Best Buy Inc. out of $31 million dollars over the duration of four years (2003-2007). Russell Cole and his wife Abby was allegedly accused of masterminding a multi-million dollar online bid-rigging scheme along with former
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CASE STUDY-WEEK 3 We learned in Chapter 2 that the fraud triangle identifies three critical elements that generally must exist in order for fraud to occur. They are: Motive: motivation, incitement, stimulus, spur; influence, occasion, ground, cause. Motive, incentive, inducement apply to whatever moves one to action. Motive is, literally, something that moves a person; an inducement something that leads a person on; an incentive something that inspires a person. Motive is applied mainly to
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serban@gmail.com This paper tries to provide a better understanding of the relation between financial audit and information systems audit and to assess the influence the change in financial audit methodologies had on IS audit. We concluded that the COSO Internal Control – Integrated Framework was the starting point for fundamental changes in both financial and IS audit and that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act should be viewed as an enabler rather than an enforcer in establishing strong governance models. Finally, our
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income statement, statement of owner’s equity, and statement of cash flows. We have completed our audit of management’s assessment of internal controls. We have determined that Apollo Shoes management has implemented effective internal controls over financial reporting. It is our job, as your auditor, to express an opinion of the financial information and internal control position of Apollo Shoes, Inc. based on the information gathered during our audit of the company information. Our audits were conducted
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Total sales growth * Export sales * Profit before tax * Shareholder’s equity | | 8. | Chapter three: audit Task * Our Audit Planning * Sufficient Appropriate Audit Evidence * Financial Statement Assertions * Test of Control * Test of control done by us * Substantive procedures * Independent Auditor’s Report | | Executive summary Auditing is an essential field in the modern business sector. It encompasses the overall financial aspects of a company. It provides extra
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plans to make, including investments in special-purpose entities; and (iv) the way that the entity is structured and how it is financed, to enable the auditor to understand the classes of transactions, account balances, and disclosures to be expected in the financial statements. (c) The entity’s selection and application of accounting policies, including the reasons for changes thereto. The auditor shall evaluate whether the
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