CHAPTER 7 AUDITING INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING Answers to Review Questions 7-1 Following are management’s and the auditor’s responsibilities under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: Management’s Responsibilities • Accept responsibility for the effectiveness of the entity's ICFR. • Evaluate the effectiveness of the entity's ICFR using suitable control criteria. • Support its evaluation with sufficient evidence, including documentation
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Coca-Cola VS PepsiCo Carmine Strayer Strayer University Intermediate Accounting III ACC305012VA016-1136-001 Professor Bob A. Wright August 25, 2013 This paper will discuss the financial health and similarities and differences between the two major producers of soft drinks in the United States as of 2013. In order to understand the financial health of the two companies we must first understand the markets, history and products produced by both companies. Both companies were founded in the late
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framework for financial reporting User needs: Accounting standards Board (ASBs) Statement of Principles INTRODUCTION This section of the unit discusses the qualitative characteristics of the financial statements and how it relates to the content and presentation of a financial statement. The second part of this paper sets out to assess the difficulty preparing a useful set of financial statements that exhibits the qualitative characteristics mentioned in the first part. Defining a financial report: A
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Multiple-choice questions must be completed in your Assignment submission area. This portion of the assignment will be automatically graded. Do not include your answers in your Word document as they will not be graded. a. During an audit of financial statements in an economic downturn, which of the following actions would the auditor be most likely to take? 1. 2. 3. 4. Increase sample size to gather more evidence. Place greater importance on management integrity. Hire an expert to evaluate accounting
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widely-held view, U.S. accounting standards are more rules-based than principles-based.1 This observation stems in large part from the emphasis put on two aspects of the wording of the typical attestation statement: ‘the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of X Company as of Date, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles [GAAP]’ (emphasis added).2 ‘Present
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funding from Fordham University. Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2202393 An Analysis of Accounting Frauds and the Timing of Analyst Coverage Decisions and Recommendation Revisions: Evidence From the US Abstract: This paper provides a comprehensive exploration of the types of accounting fraud committed by firms over the period 1995 – 2009. Using detailed data from US SEC Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Releases (AAER), we examine the likelihood and timing of analyst
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Michael C. Knapp Cases in Auditing , 2003 Ethics case enron corporation John and Mary Andersen immigrated to the United States from their native Nor-way in 1881. The young couple made their way to the small farming community of Piano, Illinois, some 40 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. Over the pre-vious few decades, hundreds of Norwegian families had settled in Piano and sur-rounding communities. In fact, the aptly named Norway, Illinois, was located just a few miles away
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measurement and far greater disclosure of information in financial statements. The implementation of IFRS in the UK brings better resource allocation decision. Because of all these reasons UK have adopted International Financial Reporting Standards. b) Apart from the global benefits of using similar accounting standards, convergence of UK GAAP with IFRS. The IFRS financial statements are significantly more complex than financial statements based on national accounting standards of UK. This complexity
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Rumelt (2011) “The perils of bad strategy” McKinsey Quarterly June 2011, pp1-10. Bad strategy abounds, says UCLA management professor Richard Rumelt. Senior executives who can spot it stand a much better chance of creating good strategies Horatio Nelson had a problem. The British admiral's fleet was outnumbered at Trafalgar by an armada of French and Spanish ships that Napoleon had ordered to disrupt Britain's commerce and prepare for a cross-channel invasion. The prevailing tactics in 1805
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1) scope of the analysis: companies assigned and their annual reports The listed firm assigned to me is Saipem S.p.A. is an Italian oil and gas industry contractor (also “Saipem” hereafter). The firm is a subsidiary of ENI S.p.A., the largest Italian energy company, which currently holds a 42.93% share in Saipem. The listed competitor of the firm assigned to me that I choose is Schlumberger Limited (also “Schlumberger” hereafter). In the World’s Top 10 biggest oilfield services companies list
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