Audit Assignment Case: Burnaby Wholesalers Ltd. INTRODUCTION: Burnaby Wholesalers Ltd. is a closely held company. The company distributes building materials, hardware, and related products to retail stores that service the “do-it-yourself” home improvement market. The company operates in a very competitive industry and the company’s profit margins and sales have both been decreasing during the last several years as new competitors have entered the market. The company’s fiscal year end is Sep
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agencies like Mercer, Kelly, timesjob.com and the likes. I was also given the TA Process followed by the Actuant India and compare it with the other companies to benchmark the process. Week 4 During the 4 – 5th week I was asked to present an initial report on how Social Media Employer Branding can be used by the company. During this time it involved meeting with Project guide where we discussed the possibilities. Also what would be relevant with respect to Actuant. Week 5 I
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unit is a group report. Please refer to your Unit Learning Guide for further information in regard to submission and the marking criteria. Below is a choice of topics for the group report. Your report should be based on ONE of these topics. Choice 1 Topic: Accounting for intragroup transactions. During a financial year it is common for companies within the economic entity (group) to transact with each other. The following is an extract from Note 32 of the BHP Billiton Annual Report 2013. Transactions
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Based on case study A Delima, students are required to identify issued based on certain topics. Before that, we are required to present our ideas and evaluate plans and strategies to overcome problems by applying relevant techniques during our class. In this case relate to the concept of true and fair view of Financial Statement and focused on skills and attitudes of people in an organization. Moreover, this case make us understand and shows accountant should comply with the Malaysia
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Assurance on sustainability reports: An International Comparison (1) Archival study ! global compustat I. Abstract Identify the factors associated with: Decision to voluntary purchase assurance The choice of the assurance provider A company needs to enhance credibility through assurance and choice of assurance provider will be a function of company, industry and country related factors. Findings: Companies seeking to enhance the credibility of their reports and build their corporate reputation are
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ISSUES IN ACCOUNTING EDUCATION Vol. 26, No. 3 2011 pp. 547–568 American Accounting Association DOI: 10.2308/iace-50004 Koss Corporation Case: Trouble in Brew City Brian Daugherty and Daniel G. Neely ABSTRACT: This instructional case provides auditing students an opportunity to examine an interesting real-life embezzlement and financial statement fraud occurring at a publicly traded company in the post-Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) era. The case focuses on independent auditors’ and senior management’s
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kind permission of the Financial Reporting Council (UK). All rights reserved. For further information please visit www.frc.org.uk or telephone +44 (0)20 7492 2300. © Portions of this publication have been adapted and reproduced from a KPMG Flash Report: How Concerned Should Directors be with Going Concern? (February 2009) with the kind permission of KPMG. All rights reserved. Typeset by Endnote design Printed by Ligare Pty Ltd National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Going
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ZZZZ Best Company, Inc. Shiqi Hu, Lin Ding, Trang Mai, Yi Wang ACCT3309 Audit, O’Hara 11/03/2014 Background Barry Minkow, who is a young entrepreneur with history of credit card fraud as a teenager, was convicted on 57 counts of securities fraud. He started ZZZZ Best Company in carpet cleaning business in 1982 when he was only 16 years old. ZZZZ Best Company was turned into insurance restoration business that Minkow recognized the benefits with his own “innovative” way to finance his business
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“Critically discussed if there are real reasons why institutional investors should be concerned about the independence and genuine effectiveness of the audit function? Search the findings of academic papers and other published sources to support your view.” Introduction An institutional investor is an organization that invests on behalf of the organization’s members. These investors are a part of corporate governance for companies and they have large amounts of money to invest. In Malaysia, there
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official certification from SEC at which time there were about 30 employees with this organization. PCAOB was established by Congress in order to protect investors and the public interest by promoting accurate, informative, and independent audit reports. The PCAOB aims to improve audit quality, reduce the risks of auditing failures in the U.S. public securities market and promote public trust in both the financial reporting process and auditing profession. (PCAOB, 2012). PCAOB necessitate senior
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