SOLUTIONS TO INTERNET ASSIGNMENTS Chapter 1 1. There are numerous Internet sites that contain accounting information. Following are some suggested sites: • The CICA's website (www.cica.ca) contains extensive information on the organization's activities. For example, it contains the entire report of the Special Committee on Assurance Services and a listing of the current status of all outstanding exposure drafts. • The Rutger's Accounting Web's Accounting Resources on the Internet (www
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Sarbanes Oxley Companies Abstract Sarbanes oxley act 2002 was passed on July 30, 2002 and only the public companies are now feeling its impact. This act frequently called the “most significant accounting or auditing legislation since the securities exchange Act of 1934”. After the implementation it has established its demands to the companies for proper management and disclosure of risk. Nortel networks is a giant corporate in telecom industry and as it is expected they also have faced the challenges
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1. Identify four to six procedures auditors may perform as part of the client acceptance process. Are any of the procedures identified by you required by generally accepted auditing standards? 1. Review available financial statements, minutes of board of directors’ meetings prior, tax returns and other documents pertinent to the client’s operations. 2. Perform preliminary analytical review procedures to identify areas of high risk and to understand the nature of the client’s financial statements
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auditors. The company was incorporated in Swaziland on 01 March 2012. The authorised and issued share capital of the company is 55 000: El shares. Sandile Khumalo, popularly known as 'SK' amongst his peers is the audit senior in the Chelsea engagement. He is a very competent clerk and his audit work has been credited as one of the best in the history of the firm. Sandile has prepared the following working paper in relation to the Chelsea engagement for the attention of the Team Manager and Engagement
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company in the world, with more than $30 billion annual revenue, $104 billion in assets and more than 20 million customers. John Sidgmore (2002), Ebbers’ successor after the scandal, said “WorldCom is a key component of our nation’s economy and communications infrastructure.” However, the giant collapsed in 2002. 2. The Main Issue: Earnings Management 3.1 Definition of Earnings Management A commonly acknowledged definition of earning management by Healy and Wahlen (1999) demonstrates that
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and track its underlying reasons including management poor performance. Providing financial and accounting information by accounting department is Hafford’s internal auditors’ responsibility. Hafford’s internal control and audit procedures will guarantee the timely communication of financial information between Hafford’s management and its
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auditor’s objectivity and independence when making audit judgments. The profession contends that aspects of the auditing environment such as peer review, consultation review, and auditor professionalism serve to mitigate this risk. This study examines the impact of financial dependence, consultation review requirement, and moral development on a judgment based audit decision. Fifty-four experienced auditors were asked to assess the appropriateness of an audit client’s proposed change in accounting estimate
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Management Objective: Analyze the relationship between risk and return. There are no test questions associated with this objective. Objective: Explain the portfolio approach to risk management. 3. In identifying matters for communication with an entity's audit committee, an auditor most likely asks management whether a. 0 the turnover in the accounting department was unusually high. b. 0 it consulted with another CPA firm about accounting matters. c. 0 there were any subsequent events
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Social Audit: A Toolkit A Guide for Performance Improvement and Outcome Measurement CENTRE FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE Knowledge Technology People Social Audit: A Toolkit No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer or a research scholar who may quote brief passages in a review in a magazine or a newspaper or for research purposes as the case may be. Copyright
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What is fraud? Fraud is defined as “the intentional false representation or concealment of a material fact for the purpose of inducing another to act upon it to his or her injury” as defined by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. In other words, fraud is gaining an unfair advantage over another person. Legally for an act to be fraudulent it has to include the following: 1- A false statement, misrepresentation, or a false disclosure. 2- A material fact, which is something that
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