Topic: Can the auditor ever attain perfect independence? Is it economical and practical to achieve and, if not, should the government should be handling auditing or be part of the audit process? My paper shall be addressing the issues revolving around auditor independence. Auditor independence is defined as the reference to the independence of internal or external auditors from parties that might have a financial interest in the business being audited. Independence involves two forms, independence
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Auditing I 04-16-2013 Case 10.1: Southeast Shoe Distributor, Inc. Control Activities Matrix In order to cover some of the presentation and disclosure-related audit objectives, we need test these in other ways than through test of transactions or controls. One of these disclosure objectives that cannot always be met through test of transactions is the Occurrence and Rights and Obligations assertion. In order to meet this assertion, I (the auditor) would use methods such as inspection; physically
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Byce had no criminal record and was the average person. This meant there was no reason to suspect her. She did have pressure and opportunity to commit fraud though. She had a gambling addiction at the time, which can lead to needing money and then more money. No one else probably even knew she had a gambling addiction. She also had medical issues, Crohn’s Disease, which led to surgeries and continuing surgery. Of course, these surgeries and treatments would have cost money. (Damien, 2009)
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Apollo Shoes, Inc. Audit Report The audit firm of Anderson, Olds, and Watershed, CPA (AOW) has been engaged by Apollo Shoes, Inc. to audit the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007, and file the Form 10-k with the SEC within 60 days of this date. It has also been agreed that AOW will prepare the state franchise tax and federal tax returns for Apollo Shoes, Inc. The field work for the audit will begin mid-January, with the trial balance to be sent to AOW shortly after
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A Primer on Sarbanes-Oxley By Doris Activity 7 MGT7019-8 NorthCentral University Abstract This paper identifies issues, activities and practices, in financial reporting by public companies that were sanctioned by the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation Act of 2002 (SOX). This act was passed with the intent to restore public confidence and increase transparency in financial reports of publicly held companies, due to the aftermath of the financial scandals that plagued companies such as Enron and
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1. The audit risk model consists of four parts. These parts are planned detection risk, inherent risk, control risk and acceptable audit risk. Planned Detection Risk- the risk that the audit evidence will fail to detect material misstatements which exceed a tolerable amount. This specific part of the audit risk model consists of the other three and will only change if one of the other three changes. This determines the amount of evidence the auditor plans to gather. Inherent Risk-The auditor’s
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CHAPTER 4 AUDIT EVIDENCE AND AUDIT DOCUMENTATION Answers to Review Questions 4-1 Auditors typically divide the financial statements into components or segments in order to make the audit more manageable. A component can be a financial statement account or a business (transaction) process. This approach allows the auditor to gather evidence by examining the processing of related transactions through the accounting system from their origin to their ultimate disposition in the accounting journals
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aspects and requests during the course of the investigation. All financial, proprietary information and operations data will be subject to review and should be submitted timely. The investigation will focus on revenue recognition timing. The annual audits performed by several contracted accounting firms have failed to identify or recognize deviations from generally accepted accounting principles from our normal operations. All operational facilities and associated departments will provide complete
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must be protected from theft and unauthorized use by creating, and implementing, a company “internal controls system.” Internal controls are procedures and protocols by which a company conducts internal monitoring. Through taking it upon itself to audit its own business dealings, a company increases the chance of success. Also, these controls systems ensure the liable parties invested in companies that their business are running efficient. Internal controls form an integral part of any business. In
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McKinley’s Big Idea According to the fraud triangle. “Motive is the reason people commit fraud. They say it is a driving force. In McKinley’s case the motive and driving force was to have been the emotion of humiliation. McKinley was a church going man and a family man. He was CPA and a highly respected bank CFO and a well educated. So the driving force of protecting his image coupled with the need for money which shows the motive. The driving force behind this act of embezzlement was his own
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