THE ROLE OF AUDITORS IN FINANCIAL CRISIS Submitted by Syed Ijtaba Ali Bukhari In the Fulfillment for the Degree of B.Com Honors LAHORE SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTANCY & FINANCE THE UNIVERSITY OF LAHORE (2013) The University of Lahore ------------------------------------------------- Lahore School of Accountancy & Finance Supervisory Committee We the Supervisory Committee‚ certify that the contents and the form of thesis submitted by Syed Ijtaba Ali Bukhari have been found satisfactory and recommend
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References: AICPA (1983)‚ Audit Risk and Materiality in Conducting an Audit. Statement on Auditing Standards No AICPA (1996)‚ Statement on Auditing Standards No. 78: Consideration of Internal Control in a Financial Statement Audit: An Amendment to SAS-55‚ American Institute of Certified Ashbaugh-Skaife‚ H.‚ Collins‚ D.‚ Kinney‚ W. and LaFond‚ R. (2007)‚ “The effect of
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3. There are several standards to comply with when considering the supervisory responsibilities of senior auditing professionals. According to GAAS‚ the first general standard of ten auditing standards is that the auditing practitioner should have adequate technical training and proficiency as an auditor. Therefore‚ in this case Marshall had the legal responsibility to provide essential trainings‚ including technical and ethical issues‚ to Rojas‚ regardless whether Rojas would violate the law to
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Auditing Lecture Notes- Chapter Two The CPA Profession 14e Vignette Discussion- CPA Firms – 4 Types (Table 2-1……..pg. 26) 1. Big Four 2. National 3. Regional 4. Large Local Major Activities of these firms * accounting and bookkeeping * taxes * consulting Six Organizational Structures p. 29 1. Proprietorship 2. General Partnership 3. General Corporation 4. Professional Corporation 5. Limited Liability Company 6. Limited Liability Partnership Typical
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Developing severe civil and criminal penalties for corporate wrongdoers Establishing new protections for corporate whistleblowers PCAOB established by SOX Registering public accounting firms that audit publicly traded companies Establishing or adopting auditing‚ quality control‚ ethics‚ independence‚ and other standards relating to audits of publicly traded companies Investigating registered public accounting firms and their employees‚ conducting disciplinary hearings‚ and imposing sanctions where justified
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Auditing failure is also a key factor contributing to the Wedtech scandal. It is presented as a result of independence of auditing reporting and confirmation.On the one hand‚ even if auditors complied with auditing process on the surface (Berg and barbanel‚ 1987)‚ they are not independent since they were bribed to forge auditing reports.In 1982‚ Wedtech employed the Main Hurdman to financially audit its financial statementswhen it went to Initial Public Offerings. One of the auditing partners‚ Richard
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8/default.htm Vorhies‚ James Brady (2005) Journal of Accounting‚ The new importance of materiality: CPAs can use this familiar concept to identify key control exceptions. Accessed November 29‚ 2010 http://www.allbusiness.com/accounting-reporting/auditing/435687-1.html
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The objectives of a review in accordance with the statements on standards for accounting differ significantly with those of audit financial statements in compliance with the general accepted auditing standards. During a review the accountants will perform analytical procedures and will obtain their information from asking the management a variety of questions rather than obtaining an understanding of the internal control structures and obtaining evidential matter throughout inspection‚ observation
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Auditing Problem 2-1 A. The objective of the IAASB is to provide the public interest by having the high quality auditing and by doing that‚ they enhance the quality and the practice throughout the world to strengthen the public confidence in the global auditing and assurance professions. They are dealing with auditing‚ review‚ other assurance‚ quality control‚ and related services. The International standards on auditing are issued by the International federation of accountants which then is through
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1. According to PCAOB quality control standards applying to an audit‚ the engagement quality reviewer evaluates The documentation. 2. Which of the following professional services would be considered an attestation engagement? Preparing the income statement and balance sheet for one year in the future based on client expectations and predictions. 4. The securities of Donley Corporation are listed on a regional stock exchange and registered with the SEC. The management of Donley engages a
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