auditors‚ banks‚ and whoever else that was interested in the success of a small carpet cleaning company that made it big. Like all frauds they eventually get blown wide open. In this case it was a young female journalist writing a filler piece on Barry Minkow’s success. When tying the story up she decided to make a call to the city just to verify their contractor’s license number‚ which never existed. The ZZZZ Best case is relevant for getting into the field of auditing and forensic accounting work because
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Topic: ZZZZ Best Company One of the most elaborate and frauds in the United States corporate history was done by a man named Barry Minkow during the 1980s. At the age of 12 Barry got involved with the carpet cleaning business through his mother. One of the good things for a young person of Barry’s age is that this industry is fairly simple to get into. Therefore it required no prerequisite abilities or permits. However what Barry Minkow did not expect was the high tolerance required in order to
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Hi‚ I need an Introduction and conclusion for this case. Please refer some company background and data that base on the case for introduction (I put the link for this case on other attachment). I already got the answer for question 1-3. Need a summary of my solution for conclusion. About 2 pages total. Question : Nike‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital 1 What is the WACC and why is it important to estimate a firm’s cost of capital? Do you agree with Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation? Why or why not? 2 If
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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 ZZZZ Best case is that the auditors review was not sufficient enough to review any misstatements on the financial statements. Ernst & Whinney never questioned the internal control‚ reviewed contractual agreements or made comparison of the previous statements
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Chapter 7 Activity-Based Costing: A Tool to Aid Decision Making Solutions to Questions 7-1 Activity-based costing differs from traditional costing systems in a number of ways. In activity-based costing‚ nonmanufacturing as well as manufacturing costs may be assigned to products. And‚ some manufacturing costs—including the costs of idle capacity--may be excluded from product costs. An activity-based costing system typically includes a number of activity cost pools‚ each of which has its
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ZZZZ Best‚ Inc. The start of ZZZZ Best: ZZZZ Best started as a carpet cleaning company. Barry Minkow founded ZZZZ Best in his parents’ garage in 1982 when he was only sixteen years old. Due to high competition in the industry‚ low enter barriers‚ and bad internal control‚ this young entrepreneur started to have cash flow problems‚ and a shortage of working capital. Pressure Leads to Fraud: Under financial pressure‚ Minkow started to commit fraud. He forged credit card applications‚ staged
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ACC 461 Auditing Financial Statement Fraud: Lessons from the ZZZZ Best Case The video “Cooking the Books” discussed the ZZZZ Best case of fraud‚ it tells how and why fraud was perpetrated by Barry Minkow and why it was undetected for so long. According to the video‚ ZZZZ Best was founded by Barry Minkow in 1982; when he was sixteen years old‚ it started as a carpet cleaning company. But‚ due to high competition in the industry‚ low entry barriers‚ and bad internal control‚ this young entrepreneur
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Jordan Company Solution Jordan Company has two departments‚ X and Y. Overhead is applied based on direct labor cost in Department X and machine-hours in Department Y. The following additional information is available: Budgeted Amounts Direct labor cost Factory overhead Machine-hours Actual data for Job #10 Direct materials requisitioned Direct labor cost Machine-hours Department X $180‚000 $225‚000 51‚000 mh Department X $10‚000 $11‚000 5‚000 mh Department Y $165‚000 $180‚000 40‚000 mh Department
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Running head: PROBLEM SOLUTION: BEST SNACKS INC. Problem Solution: Best Snacks Inc. Taleish M. Daniels University of Phoenix Problem Solution: Best Snacks Inc. “Best Snacks‚ Inc.‚ a 150-year-old company which has been held publicly for more than 100 years‚ has traditionally held the number one or two positions in the snack market‚ providing an excellent and stable investment for stockholders. But in the past several years‚ Best Snacks sales have been slipping‚ market share has decreased
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Solutions to Valuation Questions 1. Assume you expect a company’s net income to remain stable at $1‚100 for all future years‚ and you expect all earnings to be distributed to stockholders at the end of each year‚ so that common equity also remains stable for all future years (assumes clean surplus). Also‚ assume the company’s β = 1.5‚ the market risk premium is 4% and the 20-30 year yield on risk free treasury bonds is 5%. Finally‚ assume the company has 1‚000 shares of common stock outstanding.
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