Abstract This paper discusses the role and function of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and Auditing Standard 5 (AS 5). Due to the increased demand for oversight in auditing standards, this paper also examines the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and the reasons for the creation of the PCAOB, as well as the implementation of the rules and regulations. Additionally, this paper examines the impact of AS 5. Keywords: audit, AS 5, financial statements, PCAOB, SEC, SOX Table
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relied upon from prospective shareholders and lenders are accurate.(Li-ying 2011). The law, as I have said was enacted as a knee jerk reaction to the Enron collapse, it was discovered that Arthur Anderson the accounting firm for Enron was both their internal and external auditors. The two companies were so comingled it was hard to differentiate which employee worked for who, both the CEO and CFO both had previously worked for Arthur Anderson (Ryu, 2009). The law which is known as SOX changed how responsible
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CHAPTER 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO ASSURANCE AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDITING Answers to Multiple-Choice Questions 1-13 | b | | 1-19 | a | 1-14 | b | | 1-20 | d | 1-15 | c | | 1-21 | d | 1-16 | c | | 1-22 | d | 1-17 | c | |
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Auditing & assurance Case 1.2 1. Consider the principles, assumptions and constraints of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Define the revenue recognition principle and explain why it is important to users of financial statements. According to the revenue recognition principle, revenues are recognized when they are realized or realizable, and are earned. Thus, it does not matter when the cash is received. To break that definition down, revenues are realized when products are exchanged for
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CHAPTER 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO ASSURANCE AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDITING Answers to Review Questions 1-1 The study of auditing is more conceptual in nature compared to other accounting courses. Rather than focusing on learning the rules, techniques, and computations required to prepare financial statements, auditing emphasizes learning a framework of analytical and logical skills to evaluate the relevance and reliability of the systems and processes responsible for financial
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INTERNAL AUDIT PRINCIPLES The main and ancillary objectives of an internal audit The main objective of internal auditing is to assist members of executive and senior management in the effective discharge of their duties and responsibilities with regard to risk management, control and governance processes. To this end, the internal auditor furnishes them with analyses, appraisals, recommendations, counsel and information concerning the activities reviewed. The discovery of errors and fraud
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client’s internal control? A. The auditor has two primary reasons for conducting an evaluation of a company’s internal control. 1) First, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requires an audit of management’s assessment of internal controls for publicly traded companies. This type of audit is an integrated part of the financial statement audit. In some substances, the auditor issues three opinions: one on the company’s financial statements, one on management’s evaluation of their internal controls over financial
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Building an Effective Internal IT Audit Function (While this topic is written from an internal auditor's perspective, the concepts and philosophies can be adapted to guide the external audit function as well) AUDIT DEPARTMENT PURPOSE Why does the internal audit department exist? What's the end goal? * Is our purpose to issue reports? * To raise issues? * To make people look bad? * To show how smart we are and how dishonest, incompetent, and corrupt the rest of the company is? *
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AUDITING THEORY TESTBANKS / REVIEWERS 1. When an auditor believes that an understanding with the client has not been 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
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Auditing Auditing is considered an efficient and self-governing inspection of the performances, operations, data, statements and records of a company for its stated determination. As with any audit the auditor is required to recognize the different proposals before his or her examination, the collection of evidence, and the evaluation of his or her findings. Auditors can be either internal or external auditors of financial statements. An external auditor is considered as an independent auditor
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