ACG 4632 ZZZZ Best Case Questions (40 points) 1. Identify the primary audit objectives that auditors hope to accomplish by: * Confirming a client’s year-end accounts receivable‚ and (Balance related existence) * Performing year-end sales cutoff tests. (transaction-related objective timing) (5 points) 2. Ernst & Whinney never issued an audit opinion on financial statements of ZZZZ Best but did issue a review report on the company’s quarterly statements for the three
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ZZZZ Best case case1.9 Q1 There are three different levels of services you could obtain from a certified public accountant. These are referred to as compilation‚ review‚ and audit. There are significant differences between the objectives of an audit of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and the objectives of a review in accordance with statements on standards for accounting and review services. The objective of an audit is to provide a reasonable basis
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Case 1.9 Question 1: Ernst & Whinney never issued an audit opinion on financial statements of ZZZZ Best but did issue a review report on the company’s quarterly statements for the three months ended July 31‚ 1986. How does a review differ from an audit‚ particularly in terms of the level of assurance implied by the auditor’s report? Answer: A review report does not assess the control risk of a company‚ which means Ernst & Whinney could have not gotten the proper risk that a material misstatement
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Case 1.9: ZZZZ Best Company‚ Inc. 1. A review differs from an audit because a review does not allow the auditor to test or observe internal controls and assess control risk. According to AS 5‚ effective internal control over financial reporting provides reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial statements. As a result‚ an auditor cannot provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of the financial statements by just completing a review; they must complete a full audit
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Case Study: ZZZZ Best Company‚ Inc. 1. Ernst & Whinney never issued an audit opinion on financial statements of ZZZZ Best but did issue a review report on the company’s quarterly statements for three months ended July 31‚ 1986. How does a review differ from an audit particularly in terms of the level of assurance implied by auditor’s report? Although a review is similar to an audit‚ it differs from an audit in its limited scope and assurances. The objective of an audit is to provide a reasonable
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Case 1.9 Zzzz Best Company Case 1.9 ZZZZ Best Company‚ Inc. 1. A review is similar to an audit but is less in scope and only provides limited assurance in regards to the presentation of the financial statement. This differs with an audit that gives reasonable assurance that no material errors or illegal acts are detected. The objective of an audit is to provide a reasonable basis for expressing an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. A review does not provide a basis
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Auditing Concepts ZZZZ Best Company‚ Inc Case Solutions: 1. A review is performed to obtain a reasonable basis for providing limited assurance that the client’s financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. An independent audit is designed to provide a reasonable basis for expressing an opinion concerning whether or not a client’s financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
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ZZZZ Best Company Case Ernst and Whitney never issued an audit opinion on financial statements of ZZZZ Best but did issue a review report on the company’s quarterly statements for the three months ended July 31‚ 1986. How does a review differ from an audit‚ particularly in terms of the level of assurance implied by the auditor’s report? While both a review and an audit are attestation services provided by CPAs. A review and an audit differ in that a review does not offer the level of assurance
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the visited selected restoration sites are more reliable than management assertion of occurrence. Management assertions can be purposely misleading and the individuals might go to a great length to defraud the auditors and the public. In the ZZZZ Best Companies case‚ Barry Mirkov asserts that all financial statements are properly presented and when the auditors decide to take further auditing procedures‚ Barry Mirkov creates fraudulent contracts‚ rents real estate spaces for a few hours and hires a
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auditors‚ banks‚ and whoever else that was interested in the success of a small carpet cleaning company that made it big. Like all frauds they eventually get blown wide open. In this case it was a young female journalist writing a filler piece on Barry Minkow’s success. When tying the story up she decided to make a call to the city just to verify their contractor’s license number‚ which never existed. The ZZZZ Best case is relevant for getting into the field of auditing and forensic accounting work because
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