...October 10, 2011 Apollo Shoes Inc. 1234 Industrial Drive Phoenix, AZ 12345 Attention Board of Directors and Shareholders of Apollo Shoes, Inc. We have completed the audit of the balance sheet, income statement, statement of owner’s equity, and statement of cash flows. We have completed our audit of management’s assessment of internal controls. We have determined that Apollo Shoes management has implemented effective internal controls over financial reporting. It is our job, as your auditor, to express an opinion of the financial information and internal control position of Apollo Shoes, Inc. based on the information gathered during our audit of the company information. Our audits were conducted in accordance with Public Company Oversight Accounting Board (PCAOB). These guidelines ensure that throughout the audit we obtain sufficient evidence to provide reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the financial statements and related information are free from material misstatement. These regulations also require us to provide assurance that there are effective internal controls in place to aid in prevention and detection of fraud throughout the organization and over financial reporting. During the internal control audit we were able to gain an understanding of Apollo’s internal control system and test and evaluate individual controls to ensure their effectiveness. After these tests and evaluations we believe that our internal control audit will support our audit opinion...
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...Audit Program Design Part II ACC/546 May 2, 2011 Audit Program Design Part II The audit of Apollo Shoes, Inc. requires a design of steps to develop audit objectives to plan the audit. The financial statements are divided into cycles to better manage the audit and disperse to staff within the firm. The following cycle’s sales and collection, payroll and personnel and acquisition and payment were developed to design test of controls, substantive tests of transactions and analytical procedures. Anderson, Olds, and Watershed, LLP will be designing test of controls, substantive tests of transactions and analytical procedures for Apollo. This will allow our firm to better understand the internal controls within their company along with making sure the company is in compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and generally accepted accounting principles. Sales & Collection cycle Sales and collections audits test financial information relating to the sales of goods and services to consumers and the payment collection for these sales. In Apollo shoes audit AOW will involve the decisions and processes necessary for the transfer of the ownership of goods and services to customers after they are made available for sale; it begins with a request by a customer and ends with the conversion of material on service into an account receivable and ultimately into cash. There are several functions include in this cycle such as processing customer...
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...To: Apollo Shoes Board of Directors, Audit Committee From: Joe Gish, CPA RE: Audit Introductory Letter Gentlemen and Ladies: It is with great pleasure that our firm, JK CPA will be conducting the annual audit of Apollo Shoes. This is a tremendous responsibility that JK CPA will undertake in being the auditors for your prestigious firm. Over the next two months, we will conduct various tests of the accounts to determine within reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatements. Within two weeks we will send out exactly what we need from the accounting and internal audit department. This way, we want this audit to be as smooth as possible. In addition, we will also send out a detailed engagement letter along with a checklist, which will also contain our plans and goals to accomplish for the audit. I have made sure we have a solid team in place that is well versed in manufacturing and distributing companies such as yours to give you the top auditors in the field, so you can rest assured that JK CPA will cover all of your needs and then some. Once again, thank you for your choice in JK CPA as your auditors we look forward collaborating now and in the years to come. Engagement Letter: John Doe, CFO Apollo Shoes 1234 W. Main Street Anywhere, USA 00000 Dear Mr. Doe, This letter is to confirm our understanding that JK CPA will perform the audit of the financial statements of Apollo Shoes. The primary objective is...
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...2007 Apollo Shoes Inc. 100 Shoe Plaza Shoetown, ME 00001 Dear Mr Lancaster, We would to thank you for choosing Anderson, Olds and Watershed for the audit of Apollo Shoes Inc. From our conversation last week we understand that your old auditors withdrew from the engagement and we very much look forward to working with you and your team through this 2007 fiscal year-end. At Anderson, Olds, and Watershed we have many years of experience working with manufacturing firms similar to yours and will be able to bring a better level of service to your company. As you may know, our firm provides a variety of audit and assurance services that would be of use to Apollo Shoes. The primary service we provide is the audit of the year-end financial statements of your company. As we are an independent auditing firm, we will provide an unbiased review of the financial statements including substantive testing for line items that make up the Balance Sheet, Income Statement, other accompanying schedules and footnote disclosures. We will be able to certify whether or not, in our opinion, the financial statements are not materially misstated. As Apollo Shoes is a publicly listed company, The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires that we make sure that Apollo Shoes establishes and maintains adequate internal control structure and procedures for financial reporting, as well as assessment of effectiveness of internal control. This will provide shareholders and investors in Apollo Shoes a fair...
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...To the Board of Directors of Apollo Shoes, Inc. 100 Shoe Plaza Shoetown, ME 00001 We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Apollo Shoes, Inc. as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 and the related statements of income, shareholder’s equity and cash flow for the two years in the period ended December 31, 2007. Apollo Shoes’ management is responsible for the financial statements presented, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of internal control. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements, an opinion on management’s assessment, and an opinion on the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit of the financial statements including examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included...
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... Apollo Shoes, Inc. Langley, ME Dr Mr. Elliot, We have developed test o controls of substantive test of transactions, and analytical procedures for the audit of Apollo Shoes Inc.’s sales and collection cycle, payroll and personnel cycle, acquisition and payment cycle, and Inventory and Warehousing cycle in line with the generally accepted auditing principles. The objective is to verify existence, accuracy and completeness. A substantive test should be associated with each of the transactions related to the audit objectives. The objectives of the audit include the occurrence, accuracy, completeness, posting, classification, summarization, and timing. Analytical Procedures must be performed in the planning stage of the audit and reviewed near the end of the audit. This serves to provide additional assurance to the auditor that the account has also been presented fairly in line with the generally accepted accounting principles. Based on previous research, it is our opinion that the sales and collection cycle controls are significantly ineffective. Several of the results indicate that the sales transactions are improperly recorded due to absent bill of ladings and a lack of correct approvals resulting in issues with Apollo Shoes Inc. collection activities as well as erroneous customer...
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...Audit Report and Internal Control Evaluation Nathalie Salib University of Phoenix ACC546/PR April 9, 2015 Prof. Rafael Marrero - Diaz ANDERSON, OLDS & WATERSHED Certified Public Accountants Independent Auditor’s Report To the Board of Directors of Apollo Shoes, Inc. We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Apollo Shoes, Inc. as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 and the related statements of income, shareholder’s equity and cash flow for the two years in the period ended December 31, 2007. Apollo Shoes’ management is responsible for the financial statements presented, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of internal control. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements, an opinion on management’s assessment, and an opinion on the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit of the financial statements including examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the...
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...REPORT OF COOPER AUDITING FIRM OF APOLLO SHOES, INCORPORATED To: The Board of Directors and Shareholders of Apollo Shoes, Incorporated The ____ Auditing Firm audited the balance sheets of Apollo Shoes, Inc. beginning December 31, 2008 and 2009 and the reports shared to the revenue, complete revenue, investors’ equity, and cash-flow for the period of two years that ended on December 31, 2008. ___ Auditing Firm has evaluated the manager’s statements of Apollo Shoes, Inc. that is placed with the attached Management’s Report in the part of the Internal Control-Over Financial Reporting. In this part, Apollo Shoes, Incorporated has retained effective internal control over financial reporting beginning December 31, 2008, the concern of a variety of standards, of the Internal Control Integrated Framework distributed by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Apollo Shoes’ organization has a responsibility to uphold accurate financial statements, keeping effective internal control over financial reporting, and evaluation of internal control over the financial reporting system. __ Auditing Firm is accountable for issuing a professional judgment that will exemplify a complete evaluation of the financial statements, organization’s evaluation, and efficiency and success of the organizations internal control over financial reporting according to the auditing decisions of __ Auditing Firm. ___ Auditing Firm has performed the audit in agreement with the...
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...------------------------------------------------- To: The Board of Directors and Shareholders of Apollo Shoes Inc. From: CBA Auditing Firm Re: Audit Report and Internal Control Evaluation Date: June 10, 2013 CBA Auditing Firm has audited the balance sheets of Apollo Shoes as of December 31, 2012. In addition, our auditing firms also reviewed statements of income such as shareholders equity, comprehensive income, and cash flows for the same period. Our company also assessed Apollo Shoes financial reporting internal controls based on the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO criteria) and determined that they are adequate and effective for the period ending December 31, 2012. Apollo Shoes Inc. management holds sole responsibility for maintaining effective internal controls, validity of their financial statements. CBA Auditing responsibility is only to reflect an opinion on management’s assessment, the company’s internal controls, and the financial statements based on the results of our Audit. Our audit was conducted in accordance with the standards set by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. These standards require for our organization to prepare and execute the inspection to attain reasonable assurance of whether Apollo Shoes Inc. financial statements are without material misstatements and determine if the internal controls are effective enough over financial reporting for all material aspects. Our audits provide a reasonable...
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...of this part of the audit process for Apollo Shoes is to design tests of controls, substantive tests of transactions, and analytical procedures for the sales, collection, payroll, personnel, acquisition, and payment cycles. These test and procedures are with intent to attest operating effectiveness of internal controls of Apollo Shoes on the basis of documentation provided. It is with the understanding that with the performing of test and procedures an opinion can be formed but management of Apollo shoes is responsible for the maintenance and assessment internal controls of over financial reporting. The design of test of controls of the sales and collection cycle follows. Sales and Collection Cycle Tests of Controls Sales Cycle: The review of the revenue and collection cycle manual of Apollo Shoes provides the improper record keeping of sales orders and that sales orders are not numbered which may affect the accuracy of pricing on invoices so steps. The test of controls for sale cycle to determine accuracy will be: 1. Examine sample 1004345 for Anglonesia Rehabilitation and Reprogramming Institute invoice to review unit prices of merchandise listed. 2. Compare unit prices on invoice for merchandise to these shoe types from inventory status report of 2007. 3. Verify unit prices on invoices are correct. Collection Cycle: A review of balance confirmation from customers provides a customer of Apollo Shoes Neutralizer’s account balance was understated by $ 1,388.75, which...
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...REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Apollo Shoes, Inc. We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Apollo Shoes, Inc., as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and related statements for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2005. We have also audited management’s assessment including the Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, maintained by Apollo over the Financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. The management of Apollo shoes is responsible for maintaining effecting internal control over financial reporting, its assessment of internal controls and for the financial statement. The responsibility of our firm is to express an opinion on the financial statements, an opinion on management’s assessment, and an opinion on the effectiveness of Apollo Shoe’s, Inc. internal controls over financial reporting based on our audit. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). These standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement and whether there are effective internal controls in place over financial reporting. The audit of the financial statements...
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...Beginning Audit Process Anderson, Olds, & Watershed, CPAs August 13, 2012 Larry Lancaster Apollo Shoes, President 444 Primrose St New York, New York 12345 Dear Mr. Lancaster: Greetings! This letter is to confirm our understanding of our engagement of the approaching auditing process for Apollo Shoes, Inc. Our firm is delighted to carry on the work with Apollo Shoes, Inc. and complete the assessment for the year ending on December 31, 2011. Our team associates would like to attest the audit objectives, terms, limitations, and various services provided for this engagement. Our services will include auditing financial statements such as income statement, balance sheets, statement of retained earnings, and the statement of cash flows. The financial audits will make sure that financial statements are in accordance to General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). As we all know, investors, creditors, managers, and government agencies use these statements. Additionally, our team checks and evaluate the operational performance by learning particular areas of the organization, its significance and effectiveness. Anderson, Olds, & Watershed will provide sensible, but not complete, assurance services that are being carry out by professional auditors to enhance the reliability of internal controls, IT systems, financial statements, compliance with regulation, and...
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...Beginning the Audit – Apollo Shoes Anderson, Olds & Watershed, CPAs, LLC Phoenix, AZ 85210 October 15, 2012 Mr. Larry Lancaster Chairman, President & CEO Apollo Shoes 1 Shoeplace Shoetown, Maine 00001 Dear Mr. Lancaster, The Objective and Scope of the Audit of the Financial Statements You have requested that we audit the financial statements of Apollo Shoes Incorporated, which comprise the balance sheet as of December 31, 2012, and the related statements of operations, changes in equity and cash flows for the year end, and the related notes to the financial statements. We are please to confirm our acceptance and our understanding of this audit engagement by means of this letter. Our audit will be conducted with the objective of our expressing an opinion on the financial statements. The Responsibilities of the Auditor We will conduct our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. The standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall...
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...Anderson, Olds, and Watershed CPAs 1234 CPA Lane Shoetown, ME 00001 123-456-7890 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT To the Stockholders Apollo Shoes, Inc. We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Apollo Shoes, Inc. as of December 31, 2008, and the related statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year ended, and related notes to the financial statements. Managements Responsibilities for the Financial Statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes, the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement whether do to fraud or error. Auditor’s Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgement, including the...
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...Audit Process Letter Laura Sferra ACC/546 November 23, 2015 Allen Foster Mrs. Susan Right Senior Partner Anderson, Olds, and Watershed 1 Shoe Street New York, NY. 90001 Dear Mrs. Right, Mr. Lancaster, President of Apollo Shoes, has expressed his satisfaction with the services that our firm offers and would like to continue with a full audit. Because our client does not want our firm to talk to the predecessor auditor, I recommend accepting a prospective engagement after I perform an investigation by gathering information about our client's reputation and background. Client acceptance and continuance procedures are the foundation of the risk assessment process (SAS No. 8). Upon acceptance of our client, I am confident that we will be able to move forward under the AICPA auditing standards to determine that the financial reporting framework is appropriate. My objective is to plan the audit so that it is conducted efficiently and effectively, in accordance with Generally Accepted Auditing Standards. I will take into consideration the preliminary planning activities such as the client acceptance, ethical position of our audit firm and our understanding of the entity and its environment, including its internal control, to develop an effective and efficient overall audit strategy that will appropriately respond to assessed risks. Our engagement letter, will include the timetable of fieldwork, the scope and duration of...
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