Audit Exam

The election to itemize is appropriate when total itemized deductions are less than the standard deduction based on the taxpayer’s filing status.

According to an article in the CPA Journal, the accounting profession has long contended that an audit conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) provides reasonable assurance that there are no material misstatements contained within financial statements. Suggest at least two (2) alternative methods that auditors can use to provide a more concrete level of assurance to investors. Provide support for your responses with examples of such methods in use.

After the recovery process was completed, the patient was placed in the care of the discharge nurse. She was given a report and was aware that the mother had not showed up to collect her child and several overhead pagers had been performed. While the interview was taking place the nurse stated that she was unsure how to proceed, with the mother not being located, the nurse stated that she was relieved when she was informed that the patient father was there, the discharge nurse stated that the

The auditor must review disclosures for adequacy, and if the auditor concludes that information disclosures are not reasonably adequate, the auditor must state so in the auditor’s

RAFT –Task 2 Root Cause Analysis A-1. Sentinel Event A sentinel event is an event that happens expectantly in a healthcare facility that could result possible death, physical or mental injury to patients unrelated to natural causes of the patients illness as defined by Joint Commission (www.joint commission.org). On the afternoon of Thursday, September 14, at approximately 12:30 p.m. a ‘Code Pink’ (child abduction alert) was called when a minor child/patient, Tina, was discharged to the care of her father without the knowledge of her mother with whom she was admitted with. Tina was registered into the hospital system by Katie Jessup, hospital registrar, who entered all proper demographics and all proper insurance information into the

1. Indicate which statement you would examine the fine each of the following items: income statement, balance sheet, retained earnings statement, or statement of cash flows

There were 3 departments audited for Pain Reassessment compliance over a 12 month period, NIGHTINGALE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL averaged

When a patient checks into Nightingale Community Hospitals they believe the hospital will put there care first and provide quality medicine. Looking at the recent compliance reports there are areas of patient care this hospital needs to improve in. Reporting critical results within 60 minutes, labeling medication containers and reactions with anticoagulation therap.0y are areas that this hospital needs to improve upon. Improving these areas would be just one step toward increasing patient care and satisfaction at this hospital. There are three areas to focus on that Nightingale Community Hospital is not in compliance with according to the Joint Commission standards. These areas are reporting critical results

E. Why does the auditor not use the same tolerable misstatement or percentage of account balance for all financial statement accounts?

because some costs expire with the passage of time and have not yet been journalized.

d. “The auditor's reliance on substantive tests to achieve an audit objective related to a particular assertion may be derived from tests of details, from analytical procedures, or from a combination of both. The decision about which procedure or procedures to use to achieve a particular audit objective is based on the auditor's judgment on the expected effectiveness and efficiency of the available procedures. For significant risks of material misstatement, it is unlikely that audit evidence obtained from substantive analytical procedures alone will be sufficient (PCAOB, AS 2305.09).”

B) I think the auditors should have equal responsibility for detecting material misstatements due to error and fraud. It’s their job to make sure the financial statements are as accurate as possible. Although it may be hard to check all the information from a company it’s the responsibility of the auditor to sign off that everything is in check.

This report contains the outcomes of the audit assessment carried out at the University of Canberra surroundings. The purpose for this audit was carried out to identify and assess the health issues and impacts using walkability, access and food supply as the focus point. The University of Canberra, Bruce campus was the chosen location for the audit. The audit toolkit used for this report was developed at the UNSW Built Environment Program with comparison to the Western Australian Department of Transport: Walkability Audit Tool. Path maintenance, path size and wheelchair accessibility, shade, safety and transport were assessed. Overall, the walkability, accessibility and food supply were averagely good with need for improvement in some section.

An audit is based when management prepares the financial statements, maintain internal control over financial reporting, and provide relevant information and access to the auditor.

Following the risk assessment procedures, substantive procedures are designed and conducted to detect material misstatements of relevant assertions. Substantive procedures include analytical procedures and tests of details. Analytical procedures involve evaluations of financial statement information by a study of relationships among financial and nonfinancial data. Tests of details may be divided into three types. One test is the test of account balances to address whether there are misstatements in the ending balance of an account. In the case of Crazy Eddie, auditors should have put greater attention to inventory and accounts payable accounts. The second test is a test of classes of transactions to determine whether particular types of transactions have been properly accounted for during the period. Crazy Eddies fraudulently classified these transshipping transactions as retail sales to inflate its sales revenue and continue growth at existing stores. A key ratio for retailers is to compare growth in existing stores to growth from new stores. The third and final test is a test of disclosures to evaluate whether financial statement disclosures are properly presented. Crazy Eddie prepared bogus debit memos of over $20 million to understate accounts payable.