ROLE OF AUDITORS Sections 138 to 148 of the Companies Act deal with accounts, audit and auditors. These provisions will have far reaching implications for the audit profession. In this article some important provisions contained in the companies act, 2013 are discussed. Understanding the definition of auditor An auditor is an independent professional person qualified to perform an audit. In accounting, an auditor is someone who is responsible for evaluating the validity and reliability
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com/researchregister The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0268-6902.htm The changing role of the auditors R. Jayalakshmy, A. Seetharaman and Tan Wei Khong Faculty of Management, Multimedia University, Cyber Jaya, Malaysia Abstract Purpose – To highlight the pressures that the auditors would face in the era of globalisation and the challenges they should be willing to accept in order to maintain trust and integrity. Design/methodology/approach
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Chapter 3 3-23 a. (2) The report includes additional paragraphs for the definition and limitations of internal control. b. (3) Completion of all important audit procedures. c. (3) Portion of the financial statements audited by the other auditor. 3-24 a. (3) Unqualified opinion. b. (4) Unqualified opinion with explanatory paragraph. c. (1) Indicate a division of responsibility. 3-25 a. (3) A qualified “except for” opinion or adverse opinion. b. (2) Management does
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Introduction Corporate governance is the set of processes, customs, policies, laws, and institutions affecting the way a corporation is directed, administered or controlled. Corporate governance also includes the relationships among the many stakeholders involved and the goals for which the corporation is governed. The principal stakeholders are the shareholders, management, and the board of directors. Other stakeholders include labor(employees), customers, creditors (e.g., banks, bond holders)
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planning is of paramount importance as it allows to direct the audit effort towards the areas expected to be most at risk of material misstatement. Additionally, adequate planning helps identify and resolve problems on a timely basis and allows the auditor to organize the engagement, including selecting suitably experienced team members to deal with specific risks, so that it can be performed in an effective and efficient manner. ISA 300 in particular requires setting out an overall audit strategy and
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while vertical analysis, also called a common size Financial Statement discloses the internal structure of the firm. It indicates the existing relationship between sales and each income statement account. It shows the mix of assets debt that produces income and the mix of the sources of capital, where by current or long-term debt of by equity funding. Financial Statement Analysis prepared for the internal auditors, Many different financial measures are used to analyze financial statements and rank
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........................................................................... 2 1.2 OVERALL ASSESSMENT.................................................................................................... 2 1.3 MAIN FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................. 2 1.3.1 Business Continuity Plan Governance (See Section 3.1 of the BCP Standard) ......... 2 1.3.2 Business Impact Analysis (See Section 3.2 of the BCP Standard).............................. 3
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economic, social and environmental performance Evolution of the main indicators 2011 Turnover (in millions of euros) Sales 2010 13,793 12,527 Results and cash flow (in millions of euros) Operating profit (EBITDA) Operating profit (EBIT) Net income Net income attributable to the parent company Cash flow 3,258 2,522 1,946 1,932 2,613 2,966 2,290 1,741 1,732 2,540 Financial and management ratios ROE ROCE 28% 37% 30% 39% Other relevant information Number of stores
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Background and Overview CITIC Pacific (CP) is the Hong Kong arm of the CITIC group, China’s largest state-owned investment company. It is publicly traded on the “Hong Kong Stock Exchange”(HKEx). CP’s major businesses are special steel manufacturing, mining of iron ore and property development in mainland China. For the year ending 31 December 2007, Citic Pacific showed a record net profit of about US$1.5 billion, representing a growth of almost 33% over the previous year.
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SCHEMATIC EVALUATION OF INTERNAL ACCOUNTING CONTROL SYSTEMS Kuo-Tay Chen* and Ronald M. Lee# * Department of Management Purdue University at Calumet Hammond, IN 46323 U.S.A. chenk@pucal.bitnet # Erasmus University Research Institute for Decision and Information Systems (EURIDIS) Erasmus University Rotterdam The Netherlands rlee@fac.fbk.eur.nl ERASMUS UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DECISION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS Schematic Evaluation of Internal Accounting Control Systems by Kuo-Tay Chen
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