has hired my firm and me, Keller CPAs, to complete an audit of their company and its financial statements. To continue being the successful company that they are, Sarah, Kim, and Jillian need to get better control of the company in its aspects of general business including inventory control and accounting. From the looks of things now, they are failing and headed in a downward spiral if they way things are happening continue. One of our jobs as an auditing company is to locate and address any issues
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Tiffany Hale AC503-02 Unit 3 Project 1. JUST FOR FEET, Inc. Income Statement Years ended January 31st | |1996 |1997 |1998 | |Net sales |100% |100% |100% | |Cost of sales |57.54% |58.46% |58.38% | |Gross Profit
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CAATs will increase efficiency and the effectiveness of both internal and external audits allowing auditors to analyze all of the financial data, a feat which would not be possible if the audit were conducted manually. SAS 94, The Effect of Information Technology on the Auditor's Consideration of Internal Control in a Financial Statement Audit, provides guidance to auditors regarding the need for the auditor to address internal controls activities during the course of an IT (Cerullo, 2003). Auditors
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Course: AC 557 Unit: Six Professor: Bunney Schmidt Student: Saad Panja Company and Situation: Created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board or PCAOB requires auditors of U.S. public companies be subject to external and independent oversight. As well as a “provision requiring auditors to evaluate the effectiveness of companies’ audit committees” (Sharp Paine & Eric Bettcher, 2006). On October 2002 there were four appointed members and two of them
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CHAPTER 6 Audit Planning, Understanding the Client, Assessing Risks, and Responding Review Questions 6–1 In their investigation of a prospective client, the CPAs should assess the backgrounds and reputations of the prospect and its major shareholders, directors, and officers. Thus, inquiries are made of underwriters, bankers, and attorneys that conduct business with the prospective client. Also, the CPAs are required to make inquiries of the prospect’s predecessor
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Karen T. Baker, CPA, were all found guilty, on some level, in the fraud of Just for Feet, Inc. Ruttenberg purposely gave the company’s accounting department false financial information causing the accountants to record over $5 million in fictitious accounts receivable. This, in turn, caused the income statement to be overstated by $5 million (Knapp, M., 2009). The company’s auditors Deloitte, Barry, and Baker included the false information in JFF’s 1998 financial reports. These false reports were prepared
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- Internal Control for LJB Company Course: ACCT 504- Financial Accounting November 2012 Table of Contents: Cover Page……………………………………………………………………….1 Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………2 Why Use SOX……………………………………………………………………3 Recommendations & SOX Principles……………………………………………3 Enhancing the Positives………………………………………………………….5 References……………………………………………………………………….7 Tom Wheatley, President LJB Company 20 N Wacker Drive, Suite 200 Chicago, IL 60605 re: Improvement to Internal
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INTERNAL CONTROLS AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: A CASE OF MEDIPONT INDUSTRIES LIMITED BY OCHOGE JOHN 05/U/9462/EXT SUPERVISOR MR. NZIBONERA ERIC A RESEARCH REPORT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF COMMERCE OF MAKERERE UNIVERSITY JUNE 2011 DECLARATION I, Ochoge John, declare that this research report is my original work. It has not been submitted to any other university or higher institution
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billion, assets equaled $62 to $82 billion, and the number of employees reached more than 30,000 people in 20 countries around the world. While on the surface it seemed like the perfect Corporation, internally it had highly decentralized financial control and decision-making structure, which made it practically impossible to get coherent and clear view on corporations' activities and operations. Enron manipulated its books and assets to help it report steady profit growth to Stock Exchanges and Credit-rating
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CHAPTER 6 Audit Planning, Understanding the Client, Assessing Risks, and Responding Review Questions 6–1 In their investigation of a prospective client, the CPAs should assess the backgrounds and reputations of the prospect and its major shareholders, directors, and officers. Thus, inquiries are made of underwriters, bankers, and attorneys that conduct business with the prospective client. Also, the CPAs are required to make inquiries of the prospect’s predecessor auditors
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