Among the ten generally accepted auditing standards is the standard that requires an auditor to have independence in mental attitude. As with so many rules and guidelines set forth by the government and numerous other organizations, the interpretations of many of these rules can be vastly subjective. During the case against Health Management’s founder Clifford Hotte, his co conspirators and the auditors at BDO Seidman the defendant’s attorney Michael Young brought forth the idea that according to
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i) Upon Julie’s arrest, she would first be taken to the custody sergeant, whose job it is to ensure that her initial detention is authorised, then the officer who arrested her would give brief details for the reason for her arrest. Then the custody sergeant will ask Julie questions such as her date of birth, or her height or address, by law Julie can refuse to answer these questions, but giving false details could result in obstructing a police officer. After this her rights will be detailed by the
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identified and classified in the financial statement Key audit procedure that an auditor would typically perform during and after the client’s physical inventory; The two major steps in the observation of a physical inventory are as follows : * Planning the physical inventory * Taking the physical inventory Planning the physical inventory before conducting the physical count is essential. The auditor should review or prepare the client instructions and should work closely with the
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reasonable diligence in the discharge of the duties of his office. In this matter the answer is yes, there’s an abuse of power by the management and breach of fiduciary duty of director. A fiduciary is someone who is in control of property in which others have an interest, or is given a power which is exercised on behalf of those who are in a position of dependence. That person owes a duty of loyalty and good faith. As a fiduciary, a director’s duties are: a) Duty to exercise power in good faith and
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before. In July 2006, they engaged with the external Auditor Aziz & Co (Chartered Accountant). The auditor needs to perform statutory audit for the period 2003 to 2006. The auditor expressed their intention to qualify the financial statements. However, Encik Zayed tried to negotiate with the auditor to not qualify the Financial Statements. The auditor was not agreeing with the Encik Zayed negotiation and he planned to terminate the auditor appointment. Encik Zayed also
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with 2 aircraft - Boeing 737-200F - Cessna Grand Caravan Operating Primarily -Air cargo carrier Principal activities of FCB Subsidiaries -Air Freight Service and Aircraft Ground handling service 15 September 2001 -Obtained listing in Bursa Malaysia Auditor -Kenyans & Associates In 2001 to 2004 -the have a fast growing at intra- Asian air express market -demand for express transportation Services increased. -give best delivering quality services and satisfying customer demand. FCB Wholly Owned Subsidiaries
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OF TERMS 3 ABSTRACT 4 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 5 LITERATURE REVIEW 6 a. Introduction 6 b. The Need for an Audit 7 c. Risk of fraud 8 d. The Auditor-Investor ''Expectation Gap'' 9 e. Auditing Profession and Challenges 9 f. Public opinion 10 g. Family or Personal Relationship 10 h. Integrity 11 i. Inherent limitations of an audit. 11 j. Responsibility of Auditors to Third Parties – Case Law 12 k. International, Assurance Auditing, Standards Board (IAASB) 14 CORPORATE FRAUD CASES 16 CASE STUDY: 21
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There are numerous threats to auditor independence. Derived from Porter, Et Al (2014) - Firstly, Self-interest threat which are dangers that emerge from auditors acting to their own interest. Auditors may support, intentionally or intuitively, those self-intrigues over their enthusiasm for performing a quality review. The auditors’ relationship with bluebird limited creates a financial self-interest because they pay the auditors’ fees. Auditors also have a financial self-interest if they own stock
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(1) The auditor has been providing audit service to Pinnacle for three years. Therefore, the inherent risk can be lower as the auditor has adequate previous audit works. Such repeat engagement will lower the inherent risk. This case outlines a number of factors related to fraudulent financial reporting that increase the inherent risk. Most of these factors are concluded by understanding the Pinnacle’s business. Concerning the measurement of performance, Pinnacle has introduced performance review
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Hashimah were not familiar with Accounting Standards and the provisions of the Companies Act 1965, including their roles and duties as Company Directors. The company had maintained a very lean organization and had employed their own family members as employees and some did not have the necessary job experiences. It was July 2006 when Encik Zayed engaged the External Auditor Aziz & Co ( Chartered Accountant), introduced by his friend to perform the statutory audit for the period 2003 to 2006. This
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