company with provided recommendations by our firm. These recommendations can help improve productivity, decrease expenses or losses and possibly lead to an increase in profit (Arens, Elder, & Beasley, 2012). During a compliance audit, our firm conducts a review to
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1. Concerning Joe Accountant, he should be found violating article of AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct by the Joint Trial Board and should receive a revoking of his CPA credentials by the Board as punishment. At the issue Joe Accountant is whether or not violated article of AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct, Joe found out the unethical and illegal actions taken by his superior, John Boss, and his client, Barbara Doctor, during his attest performance; However, He did take the proper action
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when “a partner or professional employee of the firm, his or her immediate family, or any group of such persons acting together own[s] more than 5 percent of a client's outstanding equity securities or other ownership interests” (ET 101.02). The Code of Conduct further defines an immediate family member as “a spouse, spousal equivalent, or dependent (whether or not related)” (ET 92.13). As far as issues of independence are concerned, married couples (or the equivalent) are of one mind, and something
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Controls needs to be in compliance with certain laws and accounting regulations in order to maintain operations. These laws and regulations are the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) act of 2002, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and the AICPA Code of Conduct (the Code). These regulations are the tools that auditors need to comply with while performing their responsibilities during an audit for the engaged company. Sarbanes Oxley Act The Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002 was created because of unethical
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reporting the audit for, even if the client is out of another office. The audit report must be from an individual that is independent of the company. As for the professional staff members, they too can not own stock with any of the clients they conduct audits with, if they have been assigned to engagement or if they become partner of the office. The stock they own can only be for companies they do not participate in any audit engagements. Example of violation: A partner of John Burkes, CPA, of
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are many important factors, steps, issues, knowledge, just to name a few that go into an audit but this paper will focus on the issue of independence. One of the principles listed in the AICPA Professional Code of Conduct states that an auditor in public practice must be independent in appearance and fact (AICPA Standards). As stated previously, the initial step in the audit process is to perform overall audit planning. Within this first step the Firm and its associates have to decide if they are
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1. Trustworthiness 4. Fairness 2. Respect 5. Caring 3. Responsibility 6. Citizenship There are many other potential sources of ethical values, including laws and regulations, church doctrines, codes of professional ethics, and individual organizations’ codes of conduct. 4-2 An ethical dilemma is a situation that a person faces in which a decision must be made about the appropriate behavior. There are many possible ethical dilemmas that one can face, such as finding a wallet
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Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) has a section about its code of professional conduct on its website. The categories on this website consist of the introduction, section 50, 90, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, appendix and index. The introduction has two parts which include composition, applicability and compliance also a section called other guidance which includes the interpretations of Rule of Conduct and ethics rulings. Section 50 consists of principles of professional conduct. This section talks about
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Statement on Responsibilities in Personal Financial Planning Practice Task Force Clark Blackman II, Chair (PFP Executive Committee) and Past Chair Dirk Edwards, Chair John Connell Charles Kowal Jerry Love Randy Ryan Scott Sprinkle Ken Strauss AICPA Staff Mark Koziel, Director (Specialized Communities) Andrea Millar, Sr. Technical Manager (PFP Division) Teighlor March, Senior Manager (Legal, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs) Sarah Bradley, Project Manager (PFP Division) 2 Contents Acknowledgments
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An independent auditor plans, conducts, and reports the results of an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS). Auditing standards provide a measure of audit quality and the objectives to be achieved in an audit. Auditing procedures differ from auditing standards. Auditing procedures are acts that the auditor performs during the course of an audit to comply with auditing standards. Auditing Standards 2. The general, field work, and reporting standards (the 10 standards)
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