Executive summary In the dawn of 21st century‚ Italian company Parmalat suddenly collapsed with €14 billion in debt‚ which made it the biggest corporate failure in Europe history. This case provides us a good opportunity to 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
Premium Audit Corporate governance Calisto Tanzi
Melissa Ginez‚ Matthew Gourlie‚ Juel Rypka) University of Phoenix ACC/491 Alisa Dumond December 19‚ 2011 ------------------------------------------------- interoffice memorandum to: John Smith‚ CEO Key west company from: Audit Team D subject: Audit Findings for Key West Company date: 12/18/2011 ------------------------------------------------- Dear Mr. Smith The purpose of this memo is to communicate to you the results and findings from our team’s assessment of the Accounts
Premium Accounts receivable Sampling Risk
company. B. What are an auditor’s responsibilities under auditing standards to detect management fraud? An auditor should conduct an audit in accordance with GAAS and design procedures to provide reasonable assurance that material frauds that might misstate the financial statement are detected. C What are some characteristics of management fraud that an audit team should consider to fulfill the responsibilities under auditing standards? Auditors are concerned about the management fraud that
Premium Audit Auditing Financial audit
Buckless‚ Steven M. Glover‚ Douglas F. Prawitt INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES • • • • • • To provide students with an opportunity to learn (by doing) how auditors identify various client and audit risks. The case also provides students with insight into how a risk analysis ties in to the strategic audit planning process. To provide students with hands-on experience responding to client concerns and issues. Often auditing students do not realize the extent to which clients request interpretations
Premium Audit Risk Stock
INTRODUCTION This case presents the actual family-business dilemma and identities have been changed to protect family privacy. The author’s opinions do not necessarily reflect the views of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and this case was written for academic purpose only and the author disclaims any legal responsibilities. This report will be discussed more details about the issues that arise in the company. Those issues are about the leadership‚ management and also
Premium Fiduciary Board of directors Leadership
Final Review Questions Chloe Granahan 1. Assume that the audit team notes the client has made a significant change in its product line which requires that new equipment be purchased. Which of the following would be of greatest concern to the auditor? A. Inappropriate book value of new equipment. B. Impaired value of new equipment. C. Impaired value of old equipment. D. Inappropriate depreciation calculation for new equipment. 2. A. B. C. D. Audit procedures should be proportional to which of the following
Premium Audit Auditing
related party have been properly recorded by a client‚ an auditor should review info that provided by the management regarding the related party transactions. The auditor has to conduct audit procedure to ensure that information provided can be reviewed for completeness. If the availability regarding related party audit evidence is limited‚ the auditor may discuss with the management regarding the transaction amount and term‚ the nature of the relationship of client and related party and inspect the
Premium Auditing Financial audit Audit
The Auditors’ Objectives in Audit of Inventories and Cost of Goods Sold are to: 1. Consider internal control over inventories and cost of goods sold. 2. Determine the existences of inventories and the occurrence of transactions affecting cost of goods sold. 3. Establish the completeness of inventories. 4. Establish that the client has rights to the recorded inventories. 5. Establish the clerical accuracy of records and supporting schedules for inventories and cost of goods sold
Premium Inventory Cost accounting Cost of goods sold
Audit Planning Name: Course: Tutor: Date: Audit Planning Introduction Auditing is a vital activity‚ in every business activity. The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) is the overall organization that sets international standards for assurance‚ auditing and other related fields‚ globally. The organization ensures that there is the harmonization of all international and national auditing and assurance standards to enhance uniformity‚ in accounting
Premium Auditing Audit Internal control
company has no internal audit function‚ its internal control systems is very basic. 1) The internal audit evaluates the all kinds of business and control to organization. It makes sure the organization whether compliance with the police and procedures‚ whether it meet a regulations and a criterion‚ whether use the sources effectively and economically as well as whether or not it achieves the organizations goals. But this company of AL and MO‚ they have no internal audit function. They cannot
Premium Auditing Internal control Financial audit