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Management acknowledgements its responsibility for the fairness of the financial statements in accordance with a reporting framework (US GAAP).
Access Dole's 2009 10K (filed in 2010) from the SEC's website (www.sec.gov). 1. What is Dole's fiscal year-end?
Question: Describe the typical documents and controls present in the finance and investment cycle.
An explanation of reliance on the reports of other auditors is an illustration of report departures referred to as
An auditor should normally perform alternative procedures to substantiate the existence of accounts receivable when
Which do you think matters more to Fisher's board of directors: internal or external auditing? Why do you think so?
Do you believe that a public accounting company can be truly independent if they are being paid by the client to audit the financial statements?
Question: What should auditors do if their evidence is questioned? If someone thinks that the evidence is actually NOT persuasive.
Why is sampling so important? Some people have argued that sampling is not beneficial, because important aspects of the population may be omitted.
Critically evaluate whether or not the reforms will address the problems of independence and reliability of the audited financial statements.
Identify which of the conditions requiring a modification of or a deviation from an unqualified standard report is applicable.
Why would the owner of Lakeside as well as the company's banks require that an independent CPA firm perform an annual audit?
Task: Audit Information: Tetonic Metals Company a. How do you, as the auditor, know that all minutes have been made available to you?
Problem: As part of the audit of different audit areas, auditors should be alert for the possibility of unrecorded liabilities.
Is the purchasing function performed by personnel who are independent of the receiving and shipping functions and the payables and disbursing functions?
Explain why the emphasis in auditing property, plant, and equipment is on the current period acquisitions and disposals rather than on the balances
The audit for the year ended December 31, 2013 was completed on June 10, 2014, and the report was issued to CLICO Ltd, a private company, on June 30, 2014.
Will it prevent the auditors from engaging in practices that could undermine the intent of Sarbanes-Oxley?
The ultimate purpose of ERM is to increase shareholder value through a risk-return based strategy.
Define a Ponzi scheme. Next, describe why the Madoff fraud is considered a Ponzi scheme.
Give an example of an Audit firms systems of quality control.
Consider the principles, assumptions, and constraints of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
What is the definition of a material misstatement and how can this lead to conflict between the auditor and the client?
Is an auditor responsible for detecting fraud, or just making sure that the financial statements don't have material misstatements and conform to GAAP?
What is the AICPA's process for issuing a new standard? How is an ICFR different from an audit of financial statements?