........................................ OTHER NAMES......................................................... STUDENT NUMBER................................................. MOCK FINAL EXAMINATION SEMESTER 2‚ 2009 PAPER A Unit: ACCG340 Auditing and Assurance Services Time Allowed: 2 hours plus 10 minutes reading time Total Number of Questions: FIVE (5) Instructions: Answer question 1 on the computer marking sheet provided. Answer questions 2 to 3 in the space provided in
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bank and the creditors (Peacock 2001). After investigations by ASIC and official examinations by the company’s receivers and managers‚ ASIC alleged the chief financial officer‚ who has since been jailed‚ had altered Harris Scarfe’s accounts to inflate the company’s profits and had created a false picture that Harris Scarfe was in good financial health‚ permitting it to trade when it was virtually insolvent. A suit has been filed against Harris Scarfe’s auditors by the ANZ Bank‚ seeking recovery of
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ACC 3401 Audit and Professional Ethics │LECTURE 1│ Concepts of Auditing Learning Objectives After the lecture‚ students should be able to: describe the nature‚ purpose and scope of an audit; describe various basic principles and concepts of auditing and explain their importance in the actual audit procedures; and describe the professional framework within which auditors must operate. 1. Accounting vs. Auditing Accounting - the process of recording‚ classifying‚ summarizing and
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Auditing Case study Answers to case study: 1. What are the auditor ’s primary objectives when he or she observes the client ’s annual physical inventory? Ans. The Primary Objective of auditor is to make sure the inventory reflected on the balance sheet actually exists and that the balance sheet includes all inventory owned by the company .This includes all raw material‚supplies‚inventory in transit.The company may have on consignment with another business and inventory stored off the
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Standards Issued by the AASC Engagement Standards | Application | 1. Philippine Standards on Auditing (PSAs) | * Audit of historical financial statements | 2. Philippine Standards on Review Engagements (PSREs) | * Review of historical financial information | 3.Philippine Standards on Assurance Engagements (PSAEs) | * Assurance engagements dealing with subject matters other than historical financial information | 4. Philippine Standards on Related Services (PSRSs) | * Compilation engagements
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account. Following the scientific method‚ answer the following questions below: a. Do background research in relationship to the issue to get a more in-depth understanding of the situation. What questions would you ask of management to determine how the fraud is occurring based on the specific fraud identified? Fraud Item #1 Are the employees in charge of shipping comparing the product shipped with the sales invoice to determine that the goods are being shipped to the customer who ordered them
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Process Of Auditing‚Auditing Vs Investigation INTRODUCTION: Introduction to auditing: Economic decisions in every society must be based upon the information available at the time the decision is made. For example‚ the decision of a bank to make a loan to a business is based upon previous financial relationships with that business‚ the financial condition of the company as reflected by its financial statements and other factors.As a result the bank has lost both the principal and the interest
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I THE RED FLAGS and the Allegations by the SEC -1996‚ Ruttenberge family sold a large chunk of stocks for $49.6m on the second public offering while the financial statements continuously showed positive trends - The financial statements analysis - Cash flows were negative while profit was reported. Early 1999‚ liqutity problem arised‚ sold $200M of high-yield or Junk bonds in mid 1999. - Justice Department: Adam Gilburne: guilty to conspriracy to commit wire and securities fraud to inflate
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Question 1 Incentives: Financial pressures from changes in the market and industry intense competition (national‚ regional‚ local) under cut prices from municipalities that could offer lower prices by using tax revenue. Pressure to meet earnings expectations Stock ownership benefits Retirement benefits Performance based bonuses Maintain growing stock price Maintain industry leadership Maintain reputation Opportunities: Able to use a lot of estimates in depreciation of PPE (over 1/2 of assets)
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they work for can be held liable. The staff employees‚ or anyone else‚ cannot simply say ’they did it without approval’‚ even if that statement is correct. 1b) In this case‚ when Sam book a holiday trip with “The Easy as ABC to travel Co Ltd”‚ he is entering into an agreement. The information that is provided in the advertising in all local newspapers must not be false or misleading. If Sam enter into the contract on the basis of what was in the advertising given by the company‚ he can claim damages
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