about “The Public Company Accounting and Investor Protection Act of 2002” and its impact on public businesses as well as the investors thereof. A Discussion about the NYSE and NASDAQ NASDAQ and the NYSE are both popular in the sector of trading. NASDAQ represents National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation and NYSE stands for the New York Stock Exchange. As I researched the NYSE and NASDAQ, I was only able to locate a few similarities between the two companies. The first similarity
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312.10 of the PCAOB standards, “the auditor’s consideration of materiality is a matter of professional judgment and is influenced by his or her perception of the needs of a reasonable person who will rely on the financial statements” (Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, 2011). This statement suggests that there are no hard and fast rules with regards to the determination of whether an adjustment is material or immaterial. In my opinion, much of the decisions are left to the auditor’s interpretation
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Auditing, Attestation, and Assurance Services Thing 1, Thing 2, Thing 3 ACC/491 February 25, 2013 Professor Thing Auditing, Attestation, and Assurance Services In the early part of the 1960s, research scientists, as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency, generated the concept that it was possible to create a globally interconnected collection of computers. Through this experiment, it was envisioned
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Sarbanes Oxley Act was enacted in 2002 as a reaction to a number of major corporate and accounting scandals which included Enron, Tyco International, Adelphia, Peregrine Systems, and WorldCom. This Act which is commonly known by the acronym “SOX” was put in place to protect investors from unethical companies practicing questionable accounting standards. The Senate refers to this Act as the “Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act” and the House refers to is as the “Corporate and
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statements and notes? Management has the primary responsibility for the preparation and integrity of Dell’s financial statements and notes. b. In which note does Dell report its significant accounting policies used to prepare financial statements? Note 1 is where Dell report its significant accounting policies used to prepare financial statements. c. What type of audit opinion is reported in its annual report and whose opinion is it? An integrated audit as been completed, of Dell Inc.’s January
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LJB Company Mr. President 1. According to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), Sarbanes-Oxley’s new requirement for internal controls if your company decides to go public is on the annual report; your company must report internal controls over your financial reporting. This report should include: • Statement of responsibility by management of the company (such as the President and CFO) for establishing structure and procedures for financial reporting. • Statement identifying
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thought is intriguing, in that our thoughts make up who we are as a person. Today’s society throws around the word integrity loosely these days. This paper will explain identifying situations that might lead to unethical practices and behavior in accounting. I will also share what I learned about the effect of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 on financial statements. Examples of unethical behaviors involved injured parties, how the unethical behavior affected the organization, individual and society
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NORTHCENTRAL UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET Learner: Patrick W. Bass THIS FORM MUST BE COMPLETELY FILLED IN Please Follow These Procedures: If requested by your mentor, use an assignment cover sheet as the first page of the word processor file. The assignment header should include the Learner’s last name, first initial, course code, dash, and assignment number (DoeJXXX0000-1) justified to the left and the page number justified to the right. Keep a Photocopy or Electronic
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observe public companies to ensure these public companies are following the generally accepted accounting principles when reporting their company’s financial data. The administration and finances of several regulatory boards and councils such as the financial accounting standards board, the financial accounting standards advisory council, governmental accounting standards advisory council, and the governmental accounting standards board is the responsibility of Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF)
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STUDY ON ORGANIZATIONAL ARCHITECTURE: ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP 1. Discuss the environmental, strategic and organizational changes that occurred over the life of Andersen in the context of Figure 11.1. Architectural design of firm may vary among companies. There are most common categories are business environment, strategy, and organizational architecture. Business environment of Andersen includes technology that was used effectively; structure of its markets, regulations which helped Andersen to
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