provide auditing services. 3. Corporate Responsibility: According to this title the senior executives must take responsibility for accuracy and integrity of their corporate financial reports, otherwise they will be held responsible. This title describes the responsibility of corporate managers, enumerates the limitations and penalties for non compliance. 4. Enhanced
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Acquisition, and Fraud Detection Recent notable instances of accounting fraud have led to regulator and public concern over the failure of experienced auditors to detect frauds prior to the issuance of a company’s financial statements. In response, the AIPCA has issued a new auditing standard, SAS 99, Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statement Audit, in an effort to help auditors better assess fraud risk, detect fraud symptoms, and sharpen professional judgment as to whether a fraud has actually
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ACCOUNTING FRAUD I INTRODUCTION II HISTORY OF ACCOUNTING PROFESSION AND FRAUD ENVIRONMENT A- Birth of profession B- Lack of accounting STANDARDS III EVIDENCES A- External audit B- Bankruptcy IV MOTIVATIONS OF FRAUD A- Personal initiatives B- Market expectations C- Special circumstances D- Cover-up fraud V METHODS TO REDRESS THE FRAUD A- Court case B- Provisory administration VI CONCLUSION Summary In the book Creative Accounting, Fraud and International
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provide auditing services. 3. Corporate Responsibility: According to this title the senior executives must take responsibility for accuracy and integrity of their corporate financial reports, otherwise they will be held responsible. This title describes the responsibility of corporate managers, enumerates the limitations and penalties for non compliance. 4. Enhanced
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 I. Introduction The Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 (Pub.L. 107-204, 116 Stat. 745, enacted July 30, 2002), also known as the 'Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act' (in the Senate) and 'Corporate and Auditing Accountability and Responsibility Act' (in the House) and commonly called Sarbanes–Oxley, Sarbox or SOX, is a United States federal law enacted on July 30, 2002, which set new or enhanced standards for all U.S. public company boards, management
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...........13 Conclusion ...................................................................................................................14 3. TOP-DOWN, RISK-BASED APPROACH 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Introduction ..................................................................................................................15 Risk Identification........................................................................................................17 Controls Identification .................
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outcomes and repercussions of one of the largest bankruptcy cases to date. The first part of this paper describes the primary factors that contributed to the ultimate demise of Lehman Brothers. The main factors that lead to the crisis include, but are not limited to; the misrepresentation of financial statements, a complete lack of internal control, accounting as well as management collusion, managerial fraud, increased moral hazard, and the overpayment of executives within the firm. Misrepresentation of
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established, he or she should ordinarily a. Perform the audit with increase professional skepticism. b. Decline to accept or perform the audit. c. Assess control risk at the maximum level and perform a primarily substantive audit. d. Modify the scope of the audit to reflect an increased risk of material misstatement due to fraud. 2. An auditor should design the written audit program so that a. All material transactions will be selected for substantive testing. b. Substantive tests
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Identify and briefly describe the specific fraud risk factors present during the 2000 NextCard audit. How should these factors have affected the planning and execution of the engagement? First of all, the nature of NextCard operations was very risky. The fact that they authorized credit to customers without properly analyzing their credit report history was the reason of the losses. NextCard was primarily concern of having a large amount of customers regardless of the risk. Because NextCard was
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assessing risk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 S o l u tionS inc lu de d in t h iS Section 2.1 Your1040Return.com Evaluating eBusiness Revenue Recognition, Information Privacy, and Electronic Evidence Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 2.2 2.3 2.4 Dell Computer Corporation Evaluation of Client Business Risk Flash Technologies, Inc. Asher Farms Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Risk Analysis
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