Audit Evidence This chapter deals with the types of evidence decisions auditors make‚ the evidence available to auditors‚ and the use of that evidence in performing audits. NATURE OF EVIDENCE • Evidence is any information used by the auditor to determine whether the information being audited is stated in accordance with the established criteria. • Evidence includes information that is highly persuasive‚ such as the auditor ’s count of marketable securities‚ and less persuasive information
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Mandatory Audit Firm Rotation – A Literature Review Introduction Since the passing of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002‚ much debate has occurred concerning mandatory auditor rotation for publicly held companies. Most corporate scandal involves dishonest or questionable accounting. This realization has brought about the priority to take more measures are taken to assure companies disclose the most reliable financial information. It is believed that a lack of auditor independence may be to blame
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Flash Technologies‚ Inc Memo to the Planning File by Audit Manager – General Information 12/31/2008 General Background Information Emanuel “Manny” Schwimez‚ is the CEO and chairman of the board of Flash. Mr. Schwimez is originally from Tel Aviv. He has an impressive resume‚ including a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and many years of eexecutive-level experience. He has led several high technology companies in the U.S and abroad since the early 1970’s. In 1990 he became president
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Audit Office Size‚ Audit Quality and Audit Pricing By Jong-Hag Choi‚ Chansog (Francis) Kim‚ Jeong-Bon Kim‚ and Yoonseok Zang Forthcoming at Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory ________________ *Jong-Hag Choi is an Associate Professor at Seoul National University (acchoi@snu.ac.kr). Chansog Kim is an Associate Professor at City University of Hong Kong (acckim@cityu.edu.hk). Jeong-Bon Kim is a Chair Professor at City University of Hong Kong (achead@cityu.edu.hk). Yoonseok Zang is an
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Definition of Audit: To audit means to go through the process of examining and verifying a company ’s financial records and supporting documents. While a business might go through an audit for any number of reasons‚ such as wanting to attract investors‚ get a loan‚ or sell the business‚ for many business people the word "audit" is welded to the words "income tax". An income tax audit is an inspection and verification of a company ’s records and supporting documents conducted by a CRA (Canada
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contingency. ASC 450 also directs auditors on how management should assess the probability of a contingency. Lastly‚ the excerpt explains the determination of which financial period the loss or gain should be reported in. The planning stage of the audit should identify elements and techniques that help auditors recognize the potential for losses arising from legal contingencies. These losses are not
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ASOS PLC 1. Carry out a background research on your proposed client and obtain as much information as possible about your client in particular and about the market sector which your client operates in. ASOS originates from or is an abbreviation for “As Seen on Screen” indicating its method of operating business in other words online retailing. It was founded by Nick Robertson and his business partner Quentin Griffiths and it was incorporated in 2000 by its current Chief Executive Officer Nick
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current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0268-6902.htm Past control risk and current audit fees Past control risk Thomas G. Calderon‚ Li Wang and Thomas Klenotic George W. Daverio School of Accountancy‚ The University of Akron‚ Akron‚ Ohio‚ USA 693 Abstract Purpose – The authors posit that audit fees are driven by historical risk factors and risk encountered in the current period. The purpose of this paper is to focus on historical
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BOUTIQUE CONSULTING FIRMS Management and Business Strategy Consulting CRA International CRA International is a leading global consulting firm that offers economic‚ financial‚ and business management expertise to major law firms‚ industries‚ accounting firms‚ and governments around the world. www.crai.com ECG Consulting Group Inc ECG provides its U.S. and international clients with business strategy and development‚ strategic market planning and technology commercialization services. www.ecgconsulting
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CONTROLS IN AN EDP ENVIRONMENT The second standard of field work requires that we obtain a sufficient understanding of the client’s internal controls (I/C) to plan the audit and assess control risk. We hope that our assessment of control risk shows it to be low so that we can reduce substantive testing‚ thereby reducing audit costs. When EDP is used in significant accounting applications‚ then you must consider the effects the computer has when evaluating the internal controls. The auditor’s
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