1. It would not be appropriate for Avis to substitute the sample. Once the fraud is discovered an auditor has the obligation to report it to management and the board of directors, even if the amount in consideration is immaterial to the financial statements. Had she not reported it, the managers would not have been caught. 2. Avis affected because it is her moral and ethical obligation to report the fraud at the risk of being a whistleblower. The managers are definitely affected as it is their job
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AUDIT RISK MODEL Audit Risk (AR): risk that auditor will opine (render an opinion) with an unqualified opinion when unknown to auditor, FS are materially misstated (ultimate risk) Inherent Risk (IR): risk that errors (or misstatements or deviations) will occur," clientcontrolled Control Risk (CR): risk that client's internal control system will fail to prevent/ detect/correct errors ... clientcontrolled Detection Risk (DRI_ risk that auditor's procedures will fail to detect
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1 Session 4 Audit Planning; Materiality and the audit risk model Auditing: Principles and Methods 2 After studying this session you should be able to: 1. Discuss why adequate audit planning is essential 2. Make client acceptance decisions and perform initial audit planning 3. Gain an understanding of the client’s business and industry 4. Assess client business risk 5. Perform preliminary analytical procedures 6. Apply the concept of materiality to the audit 7. Define risk in auditing
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Chapter 5 1. State several factors that have affected the incidence of lawsuits against CPAs in recent years. a. “Growing awareness of the responsibilities of public accountants by the users of financial statements. b. An increased consciousness on the part of the SEC for its responsibility for protecting investors’ interested c. The complexity of auditing and accounting functions caused by the increasing size of businesses, the globalization of business, and the complexities
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How to improve and maintain the independence of external auditors Auditor's responsibility is to give advice based on the company's annual financial statements. A company will work with the auditor's annual report of the decision. So this is an important auditor to provide accurate reports. (Dr Jill, Professor Robin)[online] An independent auditor to give the opinion that is no other factors. It includes human, economic, monetary, and so on. Their view is that there is no limit, and give them the
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investigating in a manner that will not arouse suspicions, there should be as few people involved as possible. People should not be wrongfully incriminated, especially when they are innocent. One word to avoid saying is “investigation”. Words like “audit” and “inquiry” should be used instead. The person suspected of the theft should not know about the investigation until they are interviewed. When the suspect is interviewed you should have sufficient evidence to have a powerful interview without
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relating to the financial statements of BL and explain how the conduct of an audit reduces each Information risk is the likelihood of improperly record information which end up being provided to decision makers. In this case I was able to identify two possible causes of information risk at Beaumont Limited: i. Not adopting proper internal control and formal accounting policies to prepare financial statements. An audit will reduce this risk by evaluating the management assessment of internal controls
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financial statements to indicate inflated economic performance. As such, there are calls focusing on the independence and objectivity of auditing firms. Public companies require an audit of the financial statements useful for investment, tax purposes and financing. Independent accountants and auditing firms usually carry out an audit and their report is included in the annual report. The managing official, for example, the CEO is responsible for attesting that the financial statements are not misleading
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financial records in order to make sure its accurate and reliable. Therefore, the auditors must maintain independence in audit process because they will have to express their opinions of fairness about the company’s financial position. According to GAAP, independence section states that all the auditor must maintain independence in mental attitude in all matters relating to audit. It’s also defined as independence in fact and appearance. In addition, independence standards for public companies are
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CASE 1.8 CRAZY EDDIE, INC. Synopsis Eddie Antar opened his first retail consumer electronics store in 1969 near Coney Island in New York City. By 1987, Antar's firm, Crazy Eddie, Inc., was a public company with annual sales exceeding $350 million. The rapid growth of the company's revenues and profits after it went public in 1984
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