2003 rules on the topic of audit partner rotation states that an audit partner must be rotated off the audit engagement if he/she has worked (been responsible for the issuance of the audit report reflecting the reporting of the financial statements and the dealings with the audit committee and management) on the engagement for the prior five consecutive years and be subject to a five year “time-out period” from the registrant. Previously‚ this rule was that the lead audit partner was to be rotated
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ACCA Paper F 8 AUDIT AND ASSURANCE SERVICES (INTERNATIONAL STREAM) Lecture 2 Audit Planning and Risk Assessment DATE: December 2012 TUTOR: Feroza Cooper ISA 300 AUDIT PLANNING Auditors should plan the audit so that the engagement is conducted in an effective manner. The objectives of planning include:- • Directing appropriate attention to the different areas of the audit such as assessing materiality‚ so that when
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Case 2.1 (Doughtie’s Foods‚ Inc.) In the late 1970s‚ William Nashwinter accepted a position as a salesman with Doughtie’s Foods‚ Inc.‚ a publicly owned food products company headquartered in Portsmouth‚ Virginia.1 The ambitious young salesman impressed his superiors with his hard work and dedication and was soon promoted to general manager of the Gravins Division of Doughtie’s‚ a promotion that nearly doubled his salary. The Gravins Division was essentially a large warehouse that wholesaled frozen-food
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Watershed Certified Public Accountants Littleton‚ CO 80123 Audit Committee Apollo Shoes‚ Inc 100 Shoe Plaza Shoetown‚ ME 00001 Anderson‚ Olds‚ and Watershed (AOW) has completed the audit of the financial statements for the year ended December 31‚ 2007 for Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. The financial statements include the balance sheet‚ the income statement‚ the statement of retained earnings‚ and the statement of cash flows. The audit has been performed in accordance with generally accepted auditing
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the application system so the test transactions are not counted in the application system’s control totals. This third approach is the most expensive‚ but it is often the most effective. System Control Audit Review File With a system control audit review file (SCARF)‚ auditors embed audit routines into an application system and collect data on events that are of interest to them. This data is then written to a file (hence the name of the technique) for subsequent review or subsequent use in
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Background of the company Ray-Ban‚ irremovable leader in the sunglasses and eyeglasses market‚ is an American company. It has been founded by Bausch&Lomb in 1937 when the US Army Air Corps asked them to come out with a new model of lenses able to guarantee to avoid headaches and sickness when pilots fly high in the sky. Obtaining the patent and the copyright for this new sunglasses technology‚ the first “Ray-Ban Aviator” came out. Following this powerful flow and the popularity reached with
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Microenvironment This section will focus on the factors within the company that effect its ability to serve its customers and follow its strategy successfully. The factors that will be looked at are: The company‚ suppliers‚ intermediaries‚ customers‚ competitors and publics. The Company HSBC is one of the world ’s largest and most successful banks. To have an idea of its magnitude have a look at the organisational structure (appendix 1). In the UK alone it has 1700 branches‚ approximately
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Physical environment Store Location Woolworth’s stores are situated around Central business districts. Most of their stores are located in places that are busy such as Shopping malls. However for the convenience of customers Woolworths introduced Woolworth’s food outlets near Engen Garages for the convenience of shopping a limited Woolworth’s food offering‚ 24 hours a day at a convenient location .This was to cater for the consumer who shop for convinience.These kind of consumers are always on
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According to a McDonald ’s corporate press release: "i ’m lovin ’ it is a key part of McDonald ’s business strategy to connect with customers in highly relevant‚ culturally significant ways around the world." Translation: the focus groups they used happen to listen to rap and hip-hop. In an effort to show that McDonald ’s is "down" with their customers‚ they bought off a few rap artists to pose with this goofy white guy and their dumbass mascot: [pic] [pic] Introduction McDonald
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Introduction – Hotel Industry and Catering The purpose of this report is to evaluate The Felbridge Park Hotel’s marketing capabilities. This family owned business based in Sussex belongs to the UK Hotel Industry. Elements of Hotel Catering are also included in discussion due to the hotel’s restaurant. The recession is the main economic factor affecting this industry. 2009 has been tougher than 2008‚ ‘although there has been an increase in the number of consumers taking UK breaks in 2009 ‚ it is
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