Assignment 1 Name: Leung Hiu Ting Student no.10348622 Course : Auditing a. Outline the main reasons for a company requiring an external audit. Nowadays‚ a lot of company’s ownership and management is separated. It had major influences for auditing. Shareholders were concerned that their funds may not be used in proper ways to maximize the value of the company by appointed managers. For example‚ management may distort or withhold material information in their financial statements for personal
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Demand * Competitive Salaries * Career Progression Disadvantage: * Without solid government accounting experience‚ it’s almost impossible to progress to a senior management level. B. GOVERNMENT AUDITOR Government accountants and auditors maintain financial records for government agencies‚ and audit businesses in the private sector that are subject to government taxation or regulation. They make sure revenues due to Federal‚ State‚ and local governments are received
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Accounting Fraud at WorldCom 1) What are the pressures that lead executives and managers to “cook the books?” After the rapid evolution of the telecommunication industry in the 1990s‚ WorldCom shifted its strategy to focus on building revenues and acquiring capacity sufficient to handle expected growth. Their biggest goal was to be the No. 1 stock on Wall Street rather than capturing the market share. As a result‚ their Expense-to-Revenue (E/R) Ratio was their measurement for their main objective
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Just for this reason‚ he was kicked out from his position. Moreover‚ the other two of his executives Rognlien and Lawrence‚ just approved the $203‚000 adjusting entry recorded link to Airlines-Cardillo transaction. Afterward‚ Helen Shepherd‚ an auditor of Touch Ross‚ found the mistake that the money cannot be recorded for the payment to Cardillo was refundable under certain conditions and thus not immediately as revenue‚ so she questioned Rognlien and Lawrence‚ but they still insisted the entry
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financial information Review of economy‚ efficiency and effectiveness (‘value-for-money’ audits) Review of compliance with external laws and regulations Review of internal policies Review of the authorization of transactions Special investigations‚ including fraud Risks assessments Comparison of internal and external audit function: Internal auditor External auditor Objectives Advise management on adequacy of systems to protect the organisation Provide opinion on ‘true and fair view’/present
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Evaluate the auditors’ current responsibility to detect corporate fraud. What factors should be of consideration when deciding on the appropriate level? Prepared for Professor Brenda Porter Course Co-ordinator‚ BEA 2004 Auditing Author Ho Jian Hong‚ Shawn BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance University of Exeter Tutor Dr Amama Shaukat Tutorial (Wednesday 11am) Date 1st May 2011 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Corporate fraud is a problem within society that has been on an upward trend over
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GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT FIN 6650 Accounting and Control for Islamic Institutions Group Assignment: “Issues and Challenges of Shariah Audit: Post IFSA 2013 Establishment” Prepared for: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Noraini Mohd. Ariffin Prepared by: Siti Azrai Binti Ahmad Akil G1019578 Mirzohid Nizamidiniv G1124429 Asaad Mohamed G1311795 Table of Contents ABSTRACT 3 CHAPTER ONE 4 INTRODUCTION 4 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 4 1.2 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 5 1.3 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES 6
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Molex have to hire external auditors? The major reason for firms to hire external auditors is to help the control of conflict of interest between firm managers‚ investors and shareholders. External auditors help you determine whether companies are in compliance with all applicable Internal Revenue Service rules. Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act‚ a public company must hire an external audit team to review their accounting procedures and their financial statements. While internal auditor checks the organizations
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was passed by Congress in 2002 (www.sarbanesoxley. com). The Act‚ along with subsequent regulations adopted in 2003 and 2004‚ affected the responsibilities of auditors‚ boards of directors‚ and corporate managers with respect to financial reporting. Also‚ the act established the Public Companies Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) that is now responsible for oversight of financial statement audits of publicly-traded corporations and the establishment of auditing
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between 1999 and 2002. The main players in WorldCom’s accounting fraud included CFO Scott Sullivan‚ the General Accounting and Internal Audit departments‚ external auditor Arthur Andersen‚ and the board of directors. While individuals did have their own sins‚ employees cowardice and self-interested‚ the board passive and ineffective‚ external auditors preoccupied‚ and bankers permissive‚ WorldCom’s organization structure and culture should take most of the responsibility that Ebbers could cooked the
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