SUMMARY OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF NIGERIAN ENAMELWARE PLC. NAME OF THE COMPANY: Nigerian Enamelware Plc. NAME OF THE AUDITORS: Akintola Williams Deloitte‚ Charted Accountant‚ Lagos Nigeria. SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Annual Report & Accounts 2012. SCOPE: The financial statement audited by the auditors include; the balance sheet‚ profit and loss account‚ statement of cash flow‚ value added statement‚ financial summary‚ significant accounting policies and other
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Auditor Responsibility The expectation is that an auditor should be held responsible for the quality of his/her work. This is because a major error or omission by the auditor can result in a false opinion. Auditors have a moral‚ professional and legal responsibility. In the Companies Act 2006‚ Section 507 prevents auditors knowingly or recklessly causing an audit report to include any matter that is “misleading‚ false or deceptive in a material way”. To be proved in cases of civil liability
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of failure (bankruptcy and fraud) and financial scandals like earnings restatement to ensure financial reporting quality (Zeleke Belay‚ 2007). These corporate upheavals have driven external regulators to find ways of promoting greater accountability‚ disclosure and transparency. The main role of corporate governance is to restore the trust and market confidence as well; shareholders. (Carl Rosen‚ 2010) It has been widely recognised that the role of the internal auditor becomes a continuing contributor
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Auditor Rotation | Raising Auditor ’s Independence | Proposed By: Varun Basantani | Auditor Rotation- Raising Auditor ’s Independence ------------------------------------------------- Abstract: The question for mandatory audit rotation has been a concern to academics‚ investors‚ practitioners and the public at large. This paper is designed to determine the relationship between mandatory audit rotations and audit Independence. The paper makes an earnest effort to evaluate the need
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for record-keeping. It wasn’t until the 1800s during the Industrial Revolution that auditing expanded into a fraud detection and financial accountability field. Now audits are performed to manage and confirm the correctness of a company ’s accounting procedures. Auditing evolved into a business necessity once it became evident that a standardized form of accountancy must exist to avoid fraud. Today it has developed into a standardized yet complex field that is regarded as an important procedure in
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Auditor Independence: An Impossible Dream In recent months there has been much discussion about the independence of CPA auditors; the leadership of the AICPA‚ the Auditing Standards Board‚ the Public Oversight Board‚ the Independence Standards Board‚ and most recently the proposed independence rules promulgated by the SEC have all attempted to clarify and strengthen auditor independence. Several newspaper and magazine articles have also addressed the issue. In my opinion‚ all the efforts to
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Introduction The topic of the report is an exploration of a career option and a Tax Auditor at Canada Revenue Agency. The purposes of this report are to not only prepare myself for the position by examining and learning but also introduce a different field of work to colleagues All residents in Canada must pay a tax and Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)‚ formally known as Revenue Canada‚ is a federal agency that has as its main function the administration of Canadian tax laws for most of the provinces
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Auckland University of Technology‚ New Zealand Abstract ‘Accounting practice has always been concerned with fraud’ (Lehman & Okcabol‚ 2005) The global business environment is rapidly changing and this has resulted in evolutionary changes in the skills accountants need to meet the requirements of their clients so they can continue to add value to their businesses. The role of the accountant has altered‚ they are no longer required to be just scorekeepers‚ accountants now need specialised
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Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Audit 1.2 nature of auditor independence 1.3 principle of auditor independence 2.0 The concept of auditor rotation 3.0 The history and current debates concerning auditor rotation 4.0 Different countries regimen should be considered 5.0 Conclusion 6.0 List of references 7.0 Appendices 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Audit Auditing is the analysis of the financial accounts or records‚ by a qualified accountant‚ and
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HealthSouth Corporation Case Study By Robert H. Barr‚ Jr. - © 2012 In 2002‚ HealthSouth Corporation was one of North America’s largest outpatient surgery‚ rehabilitation and diagnostic imaging companies. HealthSouth had over 1800 facilities in all 50 states plus the United Kingdom‚ Australia‚ Puerto Rico‚ Canada and Saudi Arabia. In 2002 HealthSouth had over 50‚000 people on staff in sales revenues in excess of $4 billion per year. HealthSouth worked with more than 85‚000 referring physicians
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