Assignment 4: Just for Feet Harold Ruttenberg, a native of South Africa, paid for his college education by working as a sales clerk in a men`s clothing store. Following his graduation, Harold Ruttenberg began importing Levi`s jeans from the United States and selling them from his car. Ruttenberg earned enough capital from selling the Levi`s jeans to open his own retail store. By the time Harold Ruttenberg reached the age of 30, he owned a small chain of men`s apparel stores. Due to mounting
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T.1.SAS No. 106 “Audit Evidence’, identifies the principal “managementassertions” that underlie a set of financial statements. The occurrenceassertion was particularly critical for ZZZZ Best’s insurance restorationcontracts. ZZZZ Best’s auditors obtained third-party confirmations tosupport the contracts, reviewed available documentation, performedanalytical procedures to evaluate the reasonableness of the revenuesrecorded on the contracts, and visited selected restoration sites.Comment on the limitations
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This written assignment will present and discuss management events that occurred that should have been a red flag to the auditing firm and other subsequent events that have taken place. I will use different resources in order to discuss opinions and facts of the accounting profession related to presented scenarios. The auditing firm has been associated with the company throughout the period of time when the fraud was being committed. One of the common and clear indicators of the possible fraud
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Case Study of Just For Feet Inc. Xuan Zhang Q1. Prepare common-sized balance sheets and income statements and compute key ratios for 1997-1998. What were the high-risk financial statement items for the 1998 audit? * Common-sized financial statements: * Key ratio analysis: Liquidity and solvency: | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | Current ratio | 3.387 | 1.998 | 2.142 | Debt to equity | 1.117 | 0.672 | 0.720 | Times interest earned | 6.376 | 24.665 | 28.286 | Activity | |
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Systems analysis – the process of understanding and specifying in detail what the information system should do Systems design – the process of specifying in detail how the many component parts of the information system should be physically implemented Systems analyst – a business professional who uses analysis and design techniques to solve business problems using information technology Supers system a larger system that contains other system Functional decomposition – dividing a system into components
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Acct 6355 Ruiyi Feng Auditing Standard No. 11 | Consideration of Materiality in Planning and Performing an AuditThe fact is material if there is "a substantial likelihood that the …fact would have been viewed by the reasonable investor as having significantly altered the 'total mix' of information made available."To obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, the auditor should plan and perform audit procedures to detect misstatements.To
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Just for Feet, Inc. Abstract Just for Feet, Inc. (JFF), its executive vice president; Don-Allen Ruttenberg, and the company’s auditing firm; Deloitte & Touche, LLP, and its associates; Steven H. Barry, CPA and Karen T. Baker, CPA, were all found guilty, on some level, in the fraud of Just for Feet, Inc. Ruttenberg purposely gave the company’s accounting department false financial information causing the accountants to record over $5 million in fictitious accounts receivable. This, in turn, caused
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Just for Feet 1) High risk financial statement items for Just for feet are the outrageous increase in debt from 1998 to 1999. The disappearance in property and equipment from 1998 to 1999. Also the large decrease in inventory from 1997 to 1998 would need to be looked into. The doubling in accounts payable is also something that would need to be examined 2) Some of internal audit risks are that management was obsessive over earnings and doing anything to meet earnings expectations. Also
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#1. Common-Sized Statements. Just for FEET, Inc. | Balance Sheet | Years ending Jan 31st | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | Current Assets: | Cash & Equivalents | 36.93% | 18.40% | 1.80% | Marketable Securities AFS | 9.04% | 0.00% | 0.00% | Accounts Receivable | 1.74% | 3.53% | 2.74% | Inventory | 35.47% | 45.97% | 58.01% | Other Current Assets
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Synopsis 1.) Just for Feet | Common Size Balance Sheet | | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | Current assets: | | | | Cash and cash equivalents | 36.93% | 18.40% | 1.80% | Marketable securities | | | | available for sale | 9.04% | 0.00% | 0.00% | Accounts receivable | 1.74% | 3.53% | 2.74% | Inventory | 35.47% | 45.97% | 58.01% | Other current assets | 0.56% | 1.50% | 2.65% | Total current assets | 83.75% | 69.40% | 65.20% | | | | | Property and equipment, net |
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