Case 1.9 Case 1.9 Question 1: Ernst & Whinney never issued an audit opinion on financial statements of ZZZZ Best but did issue a review report on the company’s quarterly statements for the three months ended July 31, 1986. How does a review differ from an audit, particularly in terms of the level of assurance implied by the auditor’s report? Answer: A review report does not assess the control risk of a company, which means Ernst & Whinney could have not gotten the proper risk that a material
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Assignment # 1 Case 6.1 The Greater Providence Deposit & Trust Embezzlement Accounting Information Systems – ACC 564 Professor Jim Ridilla October 23, 2011 Discuss how Greater Providence Deposit & Trust might improve its control procedures over the disbursement of loan funds to minimize the risk of this type of fraud. Segregation of duties is a fundamental element of internal control in any company. No single employee should be given too much responsibility over certain
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Commissions (SEC). Our assurance programs have various auditing and attesting categories that your company can select. We concentrate in auditing services based upon your need in the areas of system audit, product and services audit, department audit, conformance audit, compliance audit, and process audit. We approach each audit through the evaluation of internal control, analyzing procedures, and applying the best strategic systems approach to auditing. I get involved on the high level assurance valuation
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......... p. 6 Step 5: Important Risk Areas and Factors ........................................................................... p. 7 Step 1: Client Acceptance Decision Process Barnes and Fisher needs to decide whether it will accept the auditing request of Ocean Manufacturing Inc. or not. In the process of the client acceptance decision five steps are necessary in order to come to a result. The first step of this process is to gain information about client’s company background. Ocean Manufacturing
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Esanda Finance Corporation Ltd v Peat Marwick Hungergords – indirect recipient of info • Facts: financier (Esanda) lent money to Excel in reliance on E’s audited accounts (Peat Marwick) and reports - could not recover money. Sued E’s auditors for alleged negligence. • Issue: whether auditors owe a duty of care to persons other than their clients who have relied on their unqualified reports in entering various financial transactions. • Held: Esanda appealing – appeal dismissed auditors do not
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The Art Of Auditing Internal Auditor, August, 2000 by Lawrence Metzger "Creativity" and "auditor" are not contradictory terms. In fact, creative thinking is the linchpin of effective internal auditing--and it's a skill you can learn and polish. The work of internal auditors is as much an art as it is a science or technique. The internal audit process encompasses far more than a series of rote checklists; it is much more akin to an archeological dig, where layers of information are methodically uncovered
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Case Synopsis 1918 : Arthur Androids form an audit firm called Androids & Co. For many years, the Androids’ motto was “Think straight, talk straight” as it emphasis on honesty. 1987 : David Lawrence appointed as Androids’ partner in charge of auditing Enronaa’s accounts. His job was to check Enronaa’s accounts and to make sure that they fairly represent the state of the business. 1997 : US SEC found Androids guilty of issuing materially false and misstatement audit reports on Solid Waste financial
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Chapter seven: fraud risk assessment Definitions related to fraud * White collar crime: Misdeeds committed by business and government professionals, typically non violent * Fraud: in a financial statement audit team, an intentional act by one or more individual amount management, those charged with governance, employees or third parties, involving use of deception to obtain an unjust or illegal advantage is knowingly making material misrepresentations of fact, with the intent of inducing
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Transcript of ZZZZ Best Company, Inc ZZZZ Best Company, Inc Case 1.9 Audit Review VS Full Audit Review • The accountant is not aware of any misstatements or material modifications that need to be made • Limited assurance • Auditor has no opinion on the financial statements, just looks them over Barry Minkow- 16 years old 1982 Carpet cleaning business turned insurance restoration Tom Padgett and Interstate Appraisal Services Ernst & Whinney- elaborate scheme to convince them History
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Auditing Introduction Letter From: Langroodi, CPA To : Management of Apollo Shoes, Inc. RE: Auditing and assurance services Dear Mr. Jason, First, I would like to appreciate to giving me this opportunity to explain a couple points related to our firm and services, so then I’ll try to make them understandable and short as much as I can; because I know how valuable your time is. Langroodi CPA has proud to being in business for more than 15 years and we always tried to build a close and
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