Chapter 21 Audit of the Inventory and Warehousing Cycle Review Questions 21-1 Inventory is often the most difficult and time consuming part of many audit engagements because: 1. Inventory is generally a major item on the balance sheet and often the largest item making up the accounts included in working capital. 2. The need for organizations to have the inventory in diverse locations makes the physical control and counting of the inventory difficult. 3. Inventory takes many different
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ABSTRACT The accounting fraud is frequent‚ widespread and familiar in many countries and organization. It brings a loss to firms and investors. But there is no research trying to explain factors comprehensively influencing it. The obyectives of the research are to test and explain the effect of the internal control effectiveness‚ suitability of reward‚ compliance to accounting rules‚ information asymmetry‚ management morality toward unethical behavior and intention to accounting fraud. More particularly
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year and 4th year‚ researcher chose them to become their respondents. The researcher‚ 1st year Accounting Student made a research about some factors of motivation and distraction that affect the performance of the students. Motivation and effort significantly influence individual performance in college as the review of prior research below indicates‚ few studies have investigated their impact on accounting student. The objective of the study is predicated on the assumption that identification of some
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Management Accounting Techniques adopted by Puma are essentially reported on thereby describing the company’s strategic positioning and the challenges faced by Puma in implementing is techniques. PUMA was established in 1924 by founding brothers Schuhfabrik Rudolf Dassler and Adi Dassler and was renamed PUMA Schuhfabrik Rudolf Dassler in 1948 when Adi left the company to start his own shoe company‚ Adidas. This revolution of management came to understand the need for amalgamating accounting and management
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Lean Accounting Summary As companies grow‚ they continuously look for ways to save on costs‚ be more productive‚ and overall be more efficient. Many companies are starting to implement lean accounting. The traditional accounting method focuses mainly on reducing costs and creating increased shareholder value‚ whereas lean accounting is mainly focused on increasing capacity‚ creating more customer value‚ and reducing the amount of waste. Successfully changing the accounting system within a company
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the section you wish to be ignored by the examiner. 4. Return all exam papers and scripts upon completion of the exam including any workings Question 1 (20 marks) Applying agency theory‚ positive accounting theory focused on the agency relationships between principals and agents. Positive accounting theory proposed that agents have incentives to enter various contracts. Firms themselves were considered as a nexus of contracts between many self interested individuals. The contractual arrangements
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Introduction to Financial Accounting Introduction to Financial Accounting The question asked was what accounting and auditing standard does Abercrombie and Fitch utilize. We also need identify the accounting and auditing standard for Hennes and Mauritz. Lets discuss the difference standards and where they are enforced. In accounting there are standards and practices that each company has to adhere to when dealing with finance. There
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million Transmile accounting fraud – how Liong Sik is to assume responsibility as Chairman? Former MCA President and Cabinet Minister‚ Tun Dr. Ling Liong Sik was quite active in the past month‚ as a search with The Star archives would produce eight news items featuring him‚ including one today at the ceremony at the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Utar) campus in Kampar yesterday planting a Blue Pine tree. But he has been very reticent on what has been described as the biggest accounting and corporate
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another person or company in order to damage them‚ usually for personal gain. Defrauding people of money is the money is the most common type of fraud. Some types of fraud include false accounting‚ check fraud‚ and Internet fraud. Accounting fraud or scandals are business scandals that come from the tampered reports‚ usually by long time employees or trusted executives in either a large corporation or small business. In order to hide serious financial problems‚ these companies will use fraudulent
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Case Study 2 Internal Control of Ljb Company |Case study : 2 | |Internal Control Evaluation | |LJB Company | | | To whom to be submitted: Prof. Kim Chung By whom to be submitted: Md.Tanvir Apon Submission Date: 02/09/2014 Table of Contents |S/L. |Description |Page No. | |1. |Preface |3 | |2. |LGB Company: Internal Control Evaluation |4-6 | |3. |References |7 |
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