1. An Audit differs from a review‚ particularly in terms of the level of assurance by an auditor. An Auditor’s report must obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole‚ are free of material misstatement‚ whether it’s due to fraud or error. An Auditor expresses his opinion on whether the financial statements are prepared in accordance with an applicable financial reporting framework. As well as‚ to report on the financial statements and Auditors findings that relates
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Case Study – ZZZ Best‚ Inc. 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 three months ended July 31‚ 1986. How does a review differ from an audit particularly in terms of the level of assurance implied by auditor’s report? A quarterly review report is issued by a CPA and reviewed by an auditor to provide assurance that the financial statements are fair and follow the GAAP standards. Quarterly
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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 misstatement
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The objectives of a review in accordance with the statements on standards for accounting differ significantly with those of audit financial statements in compliance with the general accepted auditing standards. During a review the accountants will perform analytical procedures and will obtain their information from asking the management a variety of questions rather than obtaining an understanding of the internal control structures and obtaining evidential matter throughout inspection‚ observation
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“A REPORT ON PROFILE OF” SUBMITTED TO:- SUBMITTED BY:- MRS.T.ANUPMA NAMAN GUPTA(16) FACULTY (CMES) MBA-ET (2010-12) PROFILE:- Ernst & Young (EY) is one of the largest professional services firms in the world and one of the Big Four
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Case Study: ZZZZ Best Company‚ Inc. 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 three months ended July 31‚ 1986. How does a review differ from an audit particularly in terms of the level of assurance implied by auditor’s report? Although a review is similar to an audit‚ it differs from an audit in its limited scope and assurances. The objective of an audit is to provide a reasonable
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Case 1.9 ZZZZ Best Company‚ Inc‚ 1. Ernst & Whinney audit firm suffered tremendously from the backlash of ZZZZ Best’s case. One of the issues stemming from ZZZZ Best’s case is the difference between a review and an audit as evidence by civil suit filed by a California bank against the firm. The bank claimed that its decision to grant ZZZZ Best’s loan was based on the opinion of Ernst & Whinney review of ZZZZ Best’s financial statements period ending July 31‚ 1986. The case was ruled in favor
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ZZZ Best Company Inc. ZZZ Best Company‚ Inc. is good example for being explored by accounting students regarding audit field. In this case‚ ZZZ Best Company‚ Inc.‚ which is established by Barry Minkow‚ became a tool for its owner i. E. Barry Minkow to get money by lying to thrid parties via fictitious insurance restoration project. Difficulties in developing carpet cleaning industry made Barry Minkow think to get money in wrong way. Collaborate with Tom Padgett and also extensive social
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performing a review and actual audit on the financial statements‚ but the major one is that the review does not contemplate obtaining an understanding of internal control structure. Also‚ a review does not assess control risk‚ tests of accounting records and responses to inquiries by obtaining corroborating evidence through inspection‚ observation or any other audit procedure. It can point out significant matters of the financial statements but does not provide assurance of their accuracy. The issue with
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ZZZZ Best Company Inc. Introduction This paper explores the ZZZZ Best Company which was begun by a 16 year old individual who was able to pull the wool over the eyes of many customers‚ investors and auditors. This paper will define the difference between review and audit when it comes to financial reports‚ comments on the procedures provided with regard to the management assertion of occurrence‚ verification of payments for jobs and how they can lead auditors to improper conclusion‚ the purpose
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