BA (HONS) ACCOUNTING & FINANCE BA (HONS) PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTING PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANCY COURSE YEAR 3 AUDIT & ASSURANCE 1 INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT BRIEF HAND OUT DATE: 5th October 2011 HAND IN DATE: INSTRUCTIONS FOR COURSEWORK You are required to research and prepare a report based on one of the following topics. Please seek the assistance of the module leader Ivor Pingue and your seminar tutors for help and guidance with your coursework. Do not leave the research too late
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION 2 2.0 Role of internal control 2 2.1 Management: 2 2.2 Board of Directors: 3 2.3 Auditors: 3 2.4 Staff and junior managers 4 3.0 NEW RULES OF INTERNAL CONTROL 4 4.0 THE GOOD AND THE BAD 10 5.0 RECOMMENDATIONS 12 6.0 REFERENCES 14 1.0 INTRODUCTION Internal control is defined as a process affected by an organization ’s structure‚ work and authority flows‚ people and management information systems‚ designed to help the organization
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investigate corporate governance issue in Continental Europe. In this paper will be initiated with introduction of Parmalat’s history and events review on its bankruptcy‚ followed by analyzing the shortcomings of its corporate governance in both internal and external aspects and finally the conclusions about why the corporate governance of Parmalat failed to prevent the scandal from happening will be drawn. Changes made by government in regulations after the scandal will be also revealed and at the
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THE FINANCIAL AUDIT – THE GUARANTOR OF THE TRUE AND FAIR VIEW SUPPLIED BY THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Boa-Avram Florin Babe-Bolyai University‚ Cluj-Napoca‚ Faculty of Economical Science and Business Administration‚ St. Teodor Mihali‚ No. 58-60‚ 400591‚ Romania‚ botaavramflorin@yahoo.com‚ Tel: 0740-886491 Mati Dumitru Babe-Bolyai University‚ Cluj-Napoca‚ Faculty of Economical Science and Business Administration‚ St. Teodor Mihali‚ No. 58-60‚ 400591‚ Romania‚ dmatis@econ.ubbcluj.ro‚ Tel:
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Table of contents 1. Introduction..................................................................................................................2 2. The role of internal and external auditors in corporate governance..............................2 3. Difficulties faced by auditors in contribution to corporate governance……………....4 4. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………….6 5. References…………………………………………………………………………….7 1. Introduction Corporate governance involves measuring
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Question 11. 25 Your firm has been engaged to audit the financial statements of Haven Ltd. In obtaining an understanding of internal control relating to credit sales‚ the following questionnaire is used: 1 Does the company evaluate the customer’s credit history‚ and is amount of available credit checked before a sale is authorised? Select a sample of credit order and inspect credit history and other supporting documents. Review the policy/procedure for customer approval and setting of
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Phillip Canamar Accounting Case Analysis LP1 Assignment: Audit Failure 1. Analyze the actions of the auditors in both cases and identify any errors in judgment made by the auditors. The action of the Auditors‚ Audit Committee‚ and top management that worked for Molex Corporation were in error because FASB Concept Statement #2 (materiality defined) appears to apply to this case and should have know the appropriate way to handle the situation that conforms with GAAP and adjust the financials
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Abnormally High Audit Fees Impair Audit Quality? Jong-Hag Choi‚ Jeong-Bon Kim‚ and Yoonseok Zang SUMMARY: This study examines whether and how audit quality proxied by the magnitude of absolute discretionary accruals is associated with abnormal audit fees‚ that is‚ the difference between actual audit fee and the expected‚ normal level of audit fee. The results of various regressions reveal that the association between the two is asymmetric‚ depending on the sign of the abnormal audit fee. For observations
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THE INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM The internal control system includes all the strategies‚ policies and procedures adopted or instituted by the management of an entity to assist in their objective achieving as far as practicable‚ the orderly and efficient conduct of the business and includes adherence and compliance to management policies and applicable laws and regulations; the safeguarding of assets; the prevention and detection of fraud and error‚ the accuracy‚ reliability and completeness of the accounting
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Audit Proposal By: Catherine Chase Instructor: Khatrina Higgs‚ CPA ACC/542 Audit Proposal Abstract Understanding the audit process and how auditors operate is vital since it informs IT managers how to develop an environment that is compliant. More importantly‚ this brief will discuss the role of the auditor and its responsibilities as well as expand on the role and responsibilities of management during and after the audit. This brief will also focus on the methodologies of how
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