Worksheet for You Decide Name Cathie Reid Course Code ACC555 Grade ___/ Date_12_/12_/12_ Questions: Q1: Discuss how the SEC has influence (if any) over the audit of Smackey Dog Foods, Inc. Solution: The SEC does not have direct influence over the audit of Smackey Company because, Smackey is not a public held organization, they do not have assets in excess of $10 million, and they do not have over 500 stockholders; which are the requirements for public and privately held companies
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express an opinion about the accuracy and level of assurance • Auditor tests internal controls and tests for misstatements and obtains and understanding of the entities internal control and fraud risk Matt Sepiol Samantha Claysen Limitations of Audit Evidence AU 326- Audit Evidence Auditors Used Confirmation, Documentation, and Analytical Procedures AU 326.08- Information from outside sources is better than from internal sources Confirmations were made by Tom Padgett who was involved in the scheme
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Internal auditing covers a broad range of areas that includes a lot of regulation. Even more focus is on information technology. “As the demands of traditional audits responsibilities and the growing burden of information security evolve, the industry is beginning to see emerging trends in internal auditing departments across many organizations” (Hirth, 2012). Information technology controls continue to increase in importance to today’s organizations as reliance on technology and compliance requirements
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analysis According to Holmes, Langford, Welch, & Welch, (2002). The article examined several points in connection with fraud. These points were: (a) whether fraud schemes varies and depending on the attitude of Top level executives regarding controls; (b) whether discovering of such schemes varies based upon attitude; and (c) whether outcomes differ based on attitude also this article contain several dimensions as follows: victim to any fraud, fraud perpetrator, scheme characteristics, Discovering
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1. The major difference between review and audit are the following: The review does not contemplate obtaining an understanding of internal control structure. The review does not assess control risk, tests of accounting records and responses to inquiries by obtaining corroborating evidence through inspection, observation or any other audit procedure. It can point out significant matters of the financial statements but does not provide assurance of their accuracy. A review service provides a moderate
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major goal is to identify the different factors that lead to fraudulent activities such as fraudulent financial reporting and make recommendations to reduce the incidences. COSO established a variety of internal controls and criteria that companies and organizations can use to assess their control systems in order to manage risk. “In 2001, COSO initiated a project, and engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers, to develop a framework that would be readily usable by managements to evaluate and improve their organizations’
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which was relayed to me I wanted to formally address your concerns with internal control and acceptable usage guidelines at LBC company. As I am sure you are well aware, your intension on taking the company public will demand very tight internal controls and the highest standards for your employees. I have prepared a few remarks, and suggestions which I recommend you implement before your company goes public. Internal controls comprises the enterprise of systems established in an organization to
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Michelle B. Case Study #2 Internal Control Acct Fin: Managerial Use, Analysis October 6, 2013 Summary: The LJB Company is a local distributor located on New York’s lower east side. I was asked evaluate their system of internal controls because they are planning togo public in the near future. The president of the company wants to be aware of any new regulations required of his company if they go public, so he met with my colleague at a local restaurant. The president of the company explained
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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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4.1 Audit objective relating to database access is verify that database access authority and privileges are granted to users in accordance with their legitimate needs. Audit procedures for testing data access controls are: Responsibility for authority tables and subschemas. The auditor should verify that database administration personnel retain exclusive responsibility for creating authority tables and designing user views. Evidence may come from three sources: (1) by reviewing company policy and
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