...|Details of Assessment | |Term and Year |3, 2013 |Time allowed |Week 9 | |Assessment Type |Assignment |Assessment Weighting |20% Total | |Date | |Room | | |Details of Subject | |Qualification |FNS60210 Advanced Diploma of Accounting | |Subject Name |Auditing and Reporting | |Details of Unit(s) of competency | |Unit Code |FNSACC602A |Unit Title |Audit and Report on Financial systems and records | |Details of Student | |Student...
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...Disposition sheet and Deficiency List 6. Handouts 7. Lecturer’s ideas for success! 3 1 BC2 Introduction: • How long does BC2 take to do? • Computer requirements: - Windows 2000 or higher - CaseWare (CGA version) - Internet access 4 BC2 Student Tasks • Task 1: Review client acceptance and engagement letter, takeover letter, and reply. . Task 2: Perform preliminary analysis. • Task 3: Determine materiality and assess risk. • Task 4: Gain an understanding of the client’s internal control and assess control risk. • Task 5: Design and perform tests of controls and dual purpose tests. 5 BC2 Student Tasks • Task 6: Perform audit of cash. • Task 7: Perform audit of accounts receivable using dollar unit sampling. • Task 8: Perform audit of inventory. • Task 9: Perform audit of accounts payable using non-statistical sampling. • Task 10: Complete the audit. 6 2 BC2 P. 3 Student Tasks • • • • • Client acceptance Establish Independence Obtain understanding of client’s business Perform preliminary analysis Overall Audit Assess inherent Risk, Assess Control Risk, and Perform Tests of Controls • Perform Substantive Tests Complete Audit • Issue Auditor’s Report! 7 BC2 Marks: • Read BC2 instruction pages that come with the BC2 set. • All work must be in good form. • Professional standards apply. 8 BC2 Audit Planning and Audit Work: • • • • Initial and date working papers Use pencil...
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...Accounting and Taxation Full Length Research Paper Auditors’ perceptions on impact of mandatory audit firm rotation on auditor independence –Evidence from Bahrain Kousay Said* and Hussein Khasharmeh Department of Accounting, College of Business Administration, University of Bahrain, P.O. Box: 32038, Kingdom of Bahrain. st th Received 21 November 2013; Accepted 13 February 2014; Published April 2014 The current study examined several issues regarding auditor independence from the perspective of an emerging market such as Bahrain. Factors affecting the ability of auditors to remain independent include long audit tenure, financial dependence on a single audit client, non-audit services provided to audit clients, ex-auditor employment with an audit client and the existence of audit committees. It is therefore timely to examine the importance of auditor independence in the provision of reliable and credible financial information. The current study uses a questionnaire survey to examine auditors’ perceptions of the impact of mandatory audit firm rotation on auditor independence. The results of the study revealed that the majority of auditors agreed that MAR could safeguard auditor independence. The results also reveal that there is a significant relationship between mandatory audit firm rotation and auditor independence. Analyses of variance (ANOVA) were also conducted to test for the possibility of confounding effects arising from participants’ background...
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...AUDITING DEFINITION Auditing can be defined as an independent examination of the books of accounts and vouchers of a business with a view of forming an opinion as to whether these have been kept properly according to the Companies Act and as to whether the statement drawn there from portrays a true and fair view of the company’s state of affairs at a given date. The above definition can be broken down as follows: i. Independent examination: this is conducted by a qualified accountant qualified according to the Companies Act. The qualified accountant must be independent of all parties with an interest in the company e.g. management, directors and third parties. His independence is very crucial because; a. This independence is a requirement of the Companies Act, Cap 486. b. The independence is a requirement of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) professional body for ethical reasons. ii. Books of accounts: according to the Companies Act, Cap 486, of the laws of Kenya, a limited company must maintain: a. Cashbook b. Asset register c. Ledgers d. Shareholders’ register The first three books are statutory books of accounts that must be kept by companies at their registered offices. iii. Vouchers: these are documents in support of transactions in the books of account e.g. an agreement, a receipt, invoice, debit and credit notes etc. the auditor will check a voucher for: a. Authorization:...
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...The fundamental Principles ( COBIC ) Integrity Members should behave with integrity in all professional, business and personal financial relationships. Integrity implies honesty, fair dealing and truthfulness. Objectivity Members should strive for objectivity in all professional and business judgments. Objectivity is the state of mind which has regard to all considerations relevant to the task in hand or fair judgment. Professional competence Members should not accept or perform work which they are not competent to undertake unless they obtain such advice and assistance as will enable them competently to carry out the work. Confidentiality Be prudent in the use and protection of information acquired in the course of duties. Not to use information for any personal gain or in a way that would be contrary to the law or detrimental to the ethics. Professional behavior Members should behave with courtesy and consideration towards all with whom they come into contact during the course of performing their work. Ethical threats Self-interest threat It occurs when auditor could benefit from a financial interest in an audit client. Self review threat It occurs when the audit from a member or audit team put itself in a position of reviewing the subject that previously the member is responsible Familiarity threat It occurs when auditor has a close relationship with the client Advocacy threat It occurs when the audit from a member of the audit team promotes/support...
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...Auditing and Assurance Services 14th Edition By Arens, Beasley and Elder– Test Bank Score A Grade In your Quizzes (Exams) Click Here to Purchase the Test Bank All 26 Chapters Quiz Answers Email me if there is any problem or if you need help with your other classes assignments, problems or quizzes. ewood6449@gmail.com Auditing and Assurance Services, 14e (Arens) Chapter 1 The Demand for Audit and Other Assurance Services Learning Objective 1-1 1) The Sarbanes-Oxley Act applies to which of the following companies? A) All companies. B) Privately held companies. C) Public companies. D) All public companies and privately held companies with assets greater than $500 million. Answer Terms: Sarbanes-Oxley Act Diff: Easy Objective: LO 1-1 AACSB: Reflective thinking skills Topic: SOX 2) Which of the following is considered audit evidence? A) Oral statements Written Auditor made by management Communications Observation Y N N B) Oral statements made by management N C) Oral statements made by management Y Written Communications Y Auditor Observation Y Written Communications Y Auditor Observation Y D) Oral statements made by management N Answer Terms: Audit evidence Diff: Moderate Objective: LO 1-1 AACSB: Reflective thinking skills Written Communications N Auditor Observation Y 3) Evidence is paramount to audit and attestation engagements. List the four basic types of audit evidence. 4) The criteria by which an auditor evaluates the information under audit may vary with...
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...pre-approved by the audit committee of the company. Yes b. Providing internal audit services to a public company that is not an audit client. No c. Implementing a financial information system designed by management for a private company. No d. Recommending a tax shelter to a client that is publicly held. The services were pre-approved by the audit committee. No e. Providing internal audit services to a public company client with the pre-approval of the audit committee. Yes f. Providing bookkeeping services to an audit client that is a private company. No 4-21 a. Rule 101 - Independence. No violation. If the services performed conform to the requirements of Interpretation 101-3, independence of Emrich would not be considered to be impaired. There would be a violation of SEC rules if the client were publicly held. b. Rule 101 - Independence. No violation. Franz Marteens is not a partner nor is he assigned to the engagement team for the audit client. c. Rule 201 - General Standards. Violation. Interpretation 201-1 states that a member who accepts a professional engagement implies that he or she has the necessary competence to complete the engagement according to professional standards. Wilkenson has violated the rule since he does not have the expertise to review the work of the consultant hired by Wilkenson. Wilkenson should have suggested that the company hire the consultant directly. d. Rule 102 - Integrity and Objectivity. Violation...
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...digits d. Adequate documents 3. Should the auditor feel, after obtaining an understanding of the EDP internal control structure, that control risk cannot be reduced, he or she will a. Issue a disclaimer b. Issue an adverse opinion c. Increase the sample size for tests of controls d. Expand the substantive testing portion of the audit 4. The real-time feature normally would be least useful when applied to accounting for a firm’s a. Bank-account balances b. Property and depreciation c. Customer accounts receivable d. Merchandise inventory 5. A sample in which the characteristics in the sample are the same as those of the population is a a. Random sample c. Attributes sample b. Variables sample d. Representative sample 6. Establishing a route through the random number table a. Is an arbitrary decision b. Needs to be done in advance of choosing the numbers c. Is essential and the route must be followed consistently d. Requires that all three of the above is true 7. When an auditor goes through a population and selects items for the sample without regard to their size, source, or other distinguishing characteristics, it is called a. Block selection b. Haphazard selection c. Systematic selection d. Statistical selection 8. Which of the following may be used to reduce the risk of...
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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 information, as well as the information itself. To be successful, students must learn the framework and then learn to use logic and common sense in applying auditing concepts to various circumstances and situations. Understanding auditing can improve the decision making ability of consultants, business managers, and accountants by providing a framework for evaluating the usefulness and reliability of information. 1-2 There is a demand for auditing in a free-market economy because the agency relationship between an absentee owner and a manager produces a natural conflict of interest due to the information asymmetry that exists between the owner and manager. As a result, the agent agrees to be monitored as part of his/her employment contract. Auditing appears to be a cost-effective form of monitoring. The empirical evidence suggests auditing was demanded prior to government regulation such as statutory audit requirements. Additionally, many private companies and other entities not subject...
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...CHAPTER 21 1. Which of the following does not affect the form and content of working papers? a. Nature and complexity of the business b. Form of the auditor's report c. Specific audit methodology and technology used in the course of the audit. d. Estimated audit fee agreed upon between the client and the auditor. 2. Which of the following need not be documented in the working papers as required by PSA 230(Clarified)? a. Audit evidence obtained, the audit procedures applied and the testing performed have provided sufficient competent evidential matter to afford a reasonable basis for an opinion. b. The work has been adequately planned and supervised. c. A sufficient understanding of the internal control structure had been obtained to plan the audit and to determine the nature, timing and extent of tests to be performed. d. Basis in choosing the members of the audit engagement team. 3. When planning an audit, which of the following is not a factor that affects auditors' decisions about the quantity, type, and content of audit working papers? a. The auditors' need to document compliance with financial reporting standards. b. The existence of new sales contracts important for the client's business. c. The auditors' judgment about their independence with regard to the client. d, The auditors' judgments about materiality. 4. An audit working paper that shows the detailed evidence and procedures regarding the balance in the accumulated depreciation...
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...AUDITING AND ASSURANCE STUDY TEXT Copyr i ght ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystemortransmittedinanyformorbyany means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recordingorotherwisewithoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthe copyright owner. ISBN NO: 9966-760-23-7 © 2009 Strathmore University Press First Published 2009 Strathmore University Press P.O. Box 59857, 00200, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: +254 (0) 20 606155 Fax: +254 (0) 20 607498 Acknowledgment We gratefully acknowledge permission to quote from the past examination papers of the following bodies: Kenya Accountants and Secretaries National Examination Board (KASNEB). v ACKNOWLEDGMENT ................................................................................................................. ii CHAPTER ONE ........................................................................................................................... 1 ThE GEnEral aUDiTinG EnvironmEnT .............................................................................. 3 CHAPTER TWO ......................................................................................................................... 23 ThE aUDiTor anD ThE CompaniES aCT............................................................................. 25 CHAPTER THREE ..................................................................................................................... 47 aUDiT planninG, ConTrol & rECorDinG (iSa 300)............
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...AICPA. These questions were released by the AICPA with letter answers only. Our editorial board has provided the accompanying explanations. Please note that the AICPA generally releases questions that it does NOT intend to use again. These questions and content may or may not be representative of questions you may see on any upcoming exams. 2007 AICPA Newly Released Questions – Auditing 1. CPA-05465 Which of the following categories is included in generally accepted auditing standards? a. b. c. d. Standards of review. Standards of planning. Standards of fieldwork. Standards of evidence. ANSWER: Choice "c" is correct. Generally accepted auditing standards include three categories: general standards, standards of fieldwork, and standards of reporting. Choices "a", "b", and "d" are incorrect, based on the above explanation. 1 2007 AICPA Newly Released Questions – Auditing 2. CPA-05466 A retailing entity uses the Internet to execute and record its purchase transactions. The entity's auditor recognizes that the documentation of details of transactions will be retained for only a short period of time. To compensate for this limitation, the auditor most likely would: a. b. c. d. Compare a sample of paid vendors' invoices to the receiving records at year-end. Plan for a large measure of tolerable misstatement in substantive tests. Perform tests several times during the year, rather than only at year-end. Increase the sample of transactions to be selected for cutoff tests. ...
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...provided by accounting firms. Many organizations separately employ or hire internal auditors, who do not attest to financial reports but focus mainly on the internal controls of the organization. External auditors may choose to place limited reliance on the work of internal auditors. Internationally, the International Standards on Auditing (ISA) issued by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) is considered as the benchmark for audit process. Almost all jurisdictions require auditors to follow the ISA or a local variation of the ISA. Auditing was developed by L. Ron Hubbard, and is described by the Church of Scientology as "spiritual counseling which is the central practice of Dianetics and Scientology". The auditor's report is a formal opinion, or disclaimer thereof, issued by either an internal auditor or an independent external auditor as a result of an internal or...
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...Lecture 1 Chapter 1- Demand for audit and assurance services. Assurance services * Independent professional services that improve the quality of information for decision makers. 1. Attestation services * A type of assurance services in which the public accounting firm issues a written communication that express a conclusion about the liability of a written assertion of another party. * Three categories of Attestation services: a. Audit historical financial statements A form of attestation services in which the auditor issues a written report expressing an opinion about whether the financial statement are in material conformity which accounting standard. b. Review of financial statement: A type of attestation service performed by public accountants. Many entities want to provide assurance on their financial statement, without incurring the cost of an audit. c. Other attestation services Such as a natural extension of audit of historical financial statement, as users seek independent assurance about other types of information. For example: banks often require debtors to engage public accountants to provide assurance about the debtor’s compliance with certain financial covenant provision stated in the loan agreement. 2. Other assurance services, They are similar to attestation services in that public accountant must be independent and must provide assurance about information used by decision maker, but differ in that the public...
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...The successor auditor could speak to the predecessor auditor, local attorneys, other CPAs, banks, and other businesses. For prospective clients that have previously been audited by another CPA firm, the new (successor) auditor is REQUIRED by auditing standards to communicate with the predecessor auditor. The burden of communication rests with the successor auditor but the predecessor is required respond. The predecessor does have to get the client’s permission before making communication with successor auditor. The purpose of communication is to help the successor auditor evaluate whether to accept the engagement. 2. What is the purpose of the engagement letter? What is included in the engagement letter? Audit standards require that auditors document their understanding with the client in an engagement letter. It includes the engagement’s objectives, the responsibilities of the auditor and management, identification of the financial reporting framework used by management, reference to the expected form and content of the audit report, and the engagement’s limitations. It should also state any restrictions, deadlines and assistance to be provided by the client. 3. What does the auditor have to document about the audit strategy and plan? Documents the nature, timing and extent of the planned audit procedures to be used in order to comply with...
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