disclosures Expression of opinion on financial statements *Test* Table 5.1 Definitions And broad broad stuff Can accept a gift from a client as long as its no more than “token” or the amount the firm gives you You can indirectly own stock in an auditing client if its immaterial to your net worth You cannot be paid in stock Because we don’t see the audit as one event, its not a series of events even though that looks like it. Because once you have the client you usually have it for a good amount
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How can the firm’s internal institution affect the corporate governance of an institution? The internal institutions of corporate governance are the shareholders, board of directors, executives and non executive and auditors. Shareholders shall monitor the status of the firm that they are in to and create rules on how it should be operated. Board of directors should be responsible for the governance of the corporation, setting policies for the accomplishment of the corporate objectives and provides
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We believe there are a number of worrying features of the audit market. At a very fundamental level, we are concerned about auditor independence and professional scepticism. Potential conflicts of interest have always been present in the system of auditing, so the challenge is how these are managed. We believe the current system is not delivering, as evidenced by: The failure of auditors to provide adequate warnings prior to the collapse of a number of banks and insurers in the financial crisis. In
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Acct 4080 Ocean Manufacturing Case 1. 1) Obtain and review financial information about the prospective client: annual reports, interim statements, registrations statements, Form 10-k’s, and reports to regulatory agencies. 2) Detailed criminal background checks of senior managers. 3) Evaluate the public accounting firm’s independence with regard to prospective clients. 4) Inquire of the prospective clients’ bankers, legal counsel, underwriters, analysts, or other persons who do business with
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Facts: Anne Aylor, Inc. sells classic, high-end fashion in the retail industry in approximately 584 locations in 46 states. Most of their merchandise is developed and designed within the company. They use 131 independent manufacturers in 19 different countries, including China, Philippines, Indonesia, India, and Vietnam. The stock was trading at $22.57 at the end of March, 2011. 1a) Materiality is different depending on the users of the financial statements (AS11). Debt and liquidity is more
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Fatou Ceesay Senior Consultant Deloitte Consulting LLP Dallas Mobile: +1 918 809 7378 Tel: +1 214 840 1066 Summary of Experience and Qualifications Over one year of Consulting experiece Primarily in the Financial Services Industry in the area of Mortgage Banking, and in the Retail Industry in the are of Finance Transformation – Close Consolidation for one of the largest retailer in the world. Prior to which, I have had nine years of combined industry and public accounting experience
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Case Number: 3.1 Date: 09/02/2013 Case Requirements: [1] Brent’s alternatives include following the audit plan and reporting the time accurately, even if the time needed exceeds 35 hours. The positives to following the plan and reporting time spent accurately include doing his duty by adhering to the audit plan and ensuring that this years and future audits are conducted with realistic expectations as to the time and budget needed. A negative to this alternative is the damage that will ensue
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The Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Auditing Prior to the 2002, there were numerous accounting and corporate scandals that rocked the business world. Foremost of which is the Enron debacle which was followed by WorldCom, Tyco International and Global Crossing (CIO Decisions). The collapse of these businesses was attributed to the lack of regulatory controls in the part of the government as well as transparency of operations of corporations which
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1. The major difference between review and audit are the following: The review does not contemplate obtaining an understanding of internal control structure. The review does not assess control risk, tests of accounting records and responses to inquiries by obtaining corroborating evidence through inspection, observation or any other audit procedure. It can point out significant matters of the financial statements but does not provide assurance of their accuracy. A review service provides a moderate
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Introduction Authored in the wake of the Enron and WorldCom scandal, The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was enacted in 2002, to keep public entities from committing fraudulent financial practices. The name Sarbanes-Oxley derives from former Senator Paul Sarbanes and former Representative Michael Oxley. “The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was signed into law by President Bush on July 30, 2002, and created a new private sector, nonprofit corporation-the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)-to oversee
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