Hogan, C.E., Z. Rezaee, R.A. Riley Jr., and U.K. Velury (2008). Financial Statement Fraud: Insights from the Academic Literature. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, 27 (2): 231-252. 1. There is a significant amount of literature on the characteristics of fraud firms, providing support for the fraud triangle classifications and the list of “red flags” used in both SAS No. 82 and SAS No. 99. a. Pressures to meet analysts’ forecasts, rapid growth, compensation incentives, stock options, the
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AUDITING PROFESSIONAL 1 EXAMINATION - AUGUST 2011 NOTES: Section A - You are required to answer Questions 1, 2 and 3. Section B - You are required to answer any two out of Questions 4, 5, 6 and 7. (If you provide answers to more than two questions in this section, you must draw a clearly distinguishable line through the answer(s) not to be marked. Otherwise, only the first answers to hand for these four questions will be marked.) TIME ALLOWED: 3 hours, plus 10 minutes to read the paper. INSTRUCTIONS:
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Financial Reporting and Disclosure Corporate governance framework should ensure that timely and accurate disclosure is made on all material matters regarding the corporation, including the financial situation, performance, ownership, and governance of the company Importance of Corporate Governance Disclosures * Stakeholders are paying more attention to what is reported * The global financial crisis has sharpened the lens through which corporate governance structures are held to account
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------------------------------------------------- Speech at the August 2013 CReCER Conference, Cartagena, Colombia Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to be with you again. I say ‘again’ as there are many familiar faces in the audience from the 2012 CReCER Conference in Nicaragua. For me, this in and of itself is a clear signal of the commitment of stakeholders in Latin America to engage in dialogue on international developments. At last year’s conference,I noted a number
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Worksheet for You Decide Questions: Q1: Discuss how the SEC has influence (if any) over the audit of Smackey Dog Foods, Inc. Solution: Since Smackey Dog Foods, Inc (“Smackey”) is not a publicly traded company, it would not be subject to SEC regulations and therefore would not need to file the required reports under the securities acts. It would however have indirect impact on the audit of Smackey due to the SEC’s influence in setting generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), the
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Technologies, Inc.: Risk Analysis and Resolution of Client Issues Risk Analysis Flash Technologies, Inc., a company that designs, manufactures and markets an extensive line of PC cards, is showing a rapidly growing and currently they engaged our firm to perform the annual audit because they determined that their previous auditors could no longer provide the necessary support due to its increased international investments. Thus we are hereby to make a thorough analysis of the business risks of the company
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• Part B: three case analyses worth a total of 50 marks Part A: Short-Answer Questions (50 marks total) Answer each question in one to two paragraphs. (5 marks each) 1. What types of e-payment systems should B2C merchants support? 2. Describe the major issues in fraudulent orders perpetrated against online merchants. What measures and solutions should be implemented to combat these issues? 3. What are digital certificates? What role do they play in ensuring secure communications? 4
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES A User Guide for Public Sector Auditors in the Pacific Developed by PASAI in 2012 Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI): Strategic Management and Operational Guidelines Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI) 2 Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI): Strategic Management and Operational Guidelines Foreword The purpose of these guidelines is to provide assistance for Pacific
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1) What are the steps of auditing process? Briefly describe each one of them. 1. Pre-engagement Activities Pre- engagement activities are the processes of determining risks, choosing the best team for the engaged firm and agreeing on the terms of engagement which includes the engagement letter. 2. Preliminary Planning Preliminary planning is analyzing the internal and external factors that might have an effect on the entity’s financial status. In this step, the chosen audit team
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the reported figures, while remaining within the jurisdiction of accounting rules and law, so that instead of showing the actual performance or position of the company, they reflect what the management wants to tell the stakeholders. 2. i) Describe the “good” and the “bad” sides of earnings management. Good sides of earnings management relates to efficient contracting. When a contract imposes strict or incomplete terms on a manger, earnings management can provide an option of flexibility
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