Case Study of Just For Feet Inc. Xuan Zhang Q1. Prepare common-sized balance sheets and income statements and compute key ratios for 1997-1998. What were the high-risk financial statement items for the 1998 audit? * Common-sized financial statements: * Key ratio analysis: Liquidity and solvency: | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | Current ratio | 3.387 | 1.998 | 2.142 | Debt to equity | 1.117 | 0.672 | 0.720 | Times interest earned | 6.376 | 24.665 | 28.286 | Activity | | |
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ACCT 3596: Auditing Just For FEET‚ Inc. Case Analysis: Case 1.2 #1-3‚ 5 Beka Vinogradov Seat #1 2011 1 Beka Vinogradov ACCT 3596: Case Analysis #1. Common-Sized Balance Sheets. Just for FEET‚ Inc. Balance Sheet Years ending Jan 31st 1997 18.40% 0.00% 3.53% 45.97% 1.50% 69.40% 21.08% 8.05% 1.46% 100.00% 20.22% 11.41% 2.07% 0.30% 0.72% 34.73% 5.48% 40.21% 0.00% 48.76% 11.03% 59.79% 1996 Current Assets: Cash & Equivalents Marketable Securities AFS Accounts Receivable Inventory Other
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Just for Feet‚ Case Study Just for Feet‚ Case Study 1. Balance Sheets Just for FEET‚ Inc. | Balance Sheet | Years ending Jan 31st | | | | Current Assets: 1996 1997 1998 | Cash & Equivalents | 36.93% | 18.40% | 1.80% | Marketable Securities AFS | 9.04% | 0.00% | 0.00% | Accounts Receivable | 1.74% | 3.53% | 2.74% | Inventory | 35.47% | 45.97% | 58.01% | Other Current Assets | 0.56% | 1.50% | 2.65% | Total Current Assets | 83.75% | 69.40% | 65
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CASE 1.3 Just for FEET‚ Inc. 1. (1) Common-sized Balance Sheet 01/01/1999 01/01/1998 01/01/1997 Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents 2% 18% 37% Marketable securities available for sale - - 9% Accounts receivable 3% 4% 2% Inventory 58% 46% 35% Other current assets 3% 1% 1% Total current assets 65% 69% 84% Property and equipment‚ net 23% 21% 15% Goodwill‚ net 10% 8% - Other 1% 1% 2% Total assets 100% 100% 100% Current liabilities: Short-term
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1. Discuss three management events that occurred that should have been a “red flag” to the auditing firm. The auditing firm has been in engagement with the company throughout the period when the fraud was being committed. One of the common and clear indicators of possible fraud was the company’s cash flow statement. The company experienced positive growth in its profits from the year 1996 through to the year 1998. However‚ a close analysis of the cash flow statement shows that the company had experienced
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Inherent Risk i) expanded into a national manufacturer of high technology sustainable energy products brings with it a range of uncertainties‚ including compliance requirements and logistical problems increased potential for misstatement due to the judgements required requiring more judgement such as research and development (valuation)‚ intangible assets (valuation)‚ inventory (valuation) and property plant and equipment (valuation). ii) assets include “intellectual property rights”
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Inherent risk Computerizing risk Non-routine transactions (Beasley 2010‚ p268) ‘Transactions that are unusual for the client are more likely than routine transactions to be incorrectly recorded‚ because of the client often lacks experience in recording them.’ Why it is risk: Santos use a series of computerizing or IT technology to support their business for increase market competition. IT technology has been used for trade ordering systems between customs and Santos. Customers can order
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THE RELATIONSHIP OF RISK ASSESSMENTS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO DETECTED MISSTATEMENTS Lizabeth A. Austen Assistant Professor University of Arkansas Aasmund Eilifsen Associate Professor Institute of Accounting‚ Auditing and Law Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration William F. Messier‚ Jr. Deloitte & Touche Professor Georgia State University Professor II Institute of Accounting‚ Auditing and Law Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration Preliminary Draft:
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I. Executive Summary This Comprehensive Online Marketing Campaign for Sossy Sauce has been created by social media experts to reach the international market in effective and efficient promotions and advertisements online especially in Social Medias. Although Sossy Sauce was launched few years ago‚ the firm wants to go international for its products‚ and research shown that the target market of food enthusiast consumers and Overseas Filipino Workers would like to buy Filipino food that they currently
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Inherent Risk * i/3 of audit risk model.. lesast amount of evidence awailable use professional judgement * not static‚ assessed at the planning stage mostly and audit too Major factors that an auditor should consider when assessing inherent risk 1) Nature of clients business – the more susceptible the client the greater the risk ( if the client is in a business with heavy changes in technology 2) Nature of data processing – the more poorly the IT system is made
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