Ocean: (1) complexities and problems with Ocean’s new IT system (2) management’s tendency to aggressively reflect year-end accruals in order to meet creditors’ requirements As far as we know the company switched to a new system in 2011 and the transition to the system was not well managed. The company was working to modify the system to make it better. Also‚ our local office’s IT team is fairly confident they will be able to diagnose Ocean’s control weakness and help Ocean overcome current difficulties
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Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our
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FINANCE COURSE CODE: AC211 COURSE TITLE: AUDITING THEORY AND PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT FIRST SEMESTER 2014 QUESTION 1 Brian Ltd was formed on November 2013 in order to manufacture microchips. The directors are unsure of their responsibilities and the nature of their relationship with the external auditors. The audit partner has ask you to visit the client and explain to the directors the more fundamental aspects of the accountability of the company and their relationship with the auditor. Required
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card company approves the customer’s purchase. Because credit card issuers often transfer funds electronically almost immediately after a sale‚ BestSellers.com could also set up their system to ship books only after payment has been received by the credit card issuer. Finally‚ BestSellers.com could arrange with an online credit service bureau to run credit checks on customers purchasing over a preset minimum amount. Although BestSellers.com sells its goods through the Internet‚ the company should
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* Diane is auditing a plastics subsidiary which is a material component of a large Australian unlisted public company. It is Diane’s responsibility to complete the yearend audit of the company on behalf of B & T. * The plastics market is in mature stage and the company’s results have been stable for a number of years. However‚ recent competition has threatened the company’s future. * Harry is the CFO for the subsidiary who is anxious about the future of the company due to the company’s
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The Importance of the Introductory Fable “The Cock and the Jasp” is an important fable as it sets the tone for the reader. However‚ it raises the question as to why this fable was chosen as the first. According to Rosemary Greentree‚ Henryson’s ‘use of “The Cock and the Jasp” traditionally an introductory fable‚ as the first in his collection shows a degree of conformity to accustomed order‚ when it suits his purpose’ (483). However‚ one could argue that it is the most straight forward fable as
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the following. The company has fairly voluminous purchase transactions. The company overcomes the inherent problems of obsolescence and overstocking by tight inventory control. However‚ The inventory is vulnerable to theft thereby reducing the overall reliability of internal control in terms of faithful representation and undermines quality of operations. Also unrestricted access to warehouse further increases risk. The company has numerous sales transactions. The company is facing fierce international
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a) The Report’s main points The report identifies the complexities that exist within the economic paradigms with relations to uncertainties and economic instability that have characterized the markets and businesses at large. The report analyzes the imperatives of organizations identifying efficient approaches to governance‚ risk and compliance (GRC). This is a sensitization on the part of various business organizations and entities about business environment that involves a number of risks and
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AUDITING 4 INTERNAL CONTROL In business control is required for optimum utilizatiion of resources and for maximising the profits.business operations are carried on with the help of human agents and equipments.both require supervision to ensure that tasks assigned to them are carried out properly to avoid wastes and losses. Internal control required for small business is not identical with that required for a large business in the sense that in case of the former‚the entire control
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is essentially done. While an introduction may be the first thing a reader sees in an essay‚ it should be the last or second to last thing you write when you work on your draft. They are the icing on the cake There are several ways to write an introductory paragraph. One particular structure that is useful in various disciplines is the funnel-approach introduction. It is called the funnel-approach because it begins with a broad or general statement about your essay’s topic then proceeds to elaborate
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