The firm in carrying out the new assignment needs to consider some ethical issues. Discuss the ethical issues involved in accepting the new assignment. Professional Ethics can be Rules based or Principles based. Describe the differences between the two approaches to professional ethics.
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a) Michelle, Melissa and Marvellous and Co, are the auditors to Frank Ventures Limited, a chemical manufacturing company at Hatfield. The firm has carried out audit for several years on the Company. A request was recently made for the company to also carry out compliance advisory services, financial reporting valuation services and tax planning.
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The firm in carrying out the new assignment needs to consider some ethical issues. Discuss the ethical issues involved in accepting the new assignment.
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Professional Ethics can be Rules based or Principles based. Describe the differences between the two approaches to professional ethics.
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- Barbara Wells is a first-year auditor for a large public accounting firm. She was assigned to audit Larson Brothers; the CEO of Larson is her brother. She discussed some of her findings with family members. What is the relevant requirement (s) for the ethical behavior of an auditor? a. Qualified to carry out the scope of service b. Confidential c. All of those listed d. Independence(b) You are the audit partner in Jason & Associates. Jason & Associates have accepted a recent engagement for a retail company called, Food Co-op. You have obtained the Annual Financial Statements of Food Co-op and studied the opening balances. As part of the audit plan you have decided to place reliance on the work of the prior auditors. Explain what are the main procedures you would have to perform to place reliance on the work of the prior auditors, i.e. in this case the opening balances?Identify 3 different factors that may have an impact on the risk of performing the audit (i.e. inherent risk, control risk, etc) and how the factor identified impacts the risk of the audit (i.e. increases/decreases risk). One of your firm's longtime audit clients owns a group of companies and recently added a new addition to the group - Stained Glass Inc - which your firm will be auditing for the first time this year. The manager of Stained Glass Inc, Jennifer, is relied upon by the owner to run the day-to-day operations of the company with minimal oversight. Jennifer's annual bonus is based on a percentage of pre-tax net income per the audited F/S. Jennifer has hired her sister to perform all of the accounting for Stained Glass Inc as Jennifer does not know much about accounting. Additionally, you are told that the bank relies on the audited F/S of the group to make lending decisions.
- 1 views (A) As an auditor you are assigned to carry out the audit of the financial statements of Shine Cleaning Products Ltd for the year ended 31 March, 2019. You discover that two of the audit working files from the preceding year’s audit are missing. The preceding year’s audit was carried out by Ben Smith, who has already left the firm. You are concerned as you do not have much knowledge about cleaning products and this is only the second audit assignment for which you are responsible. You consult your manager and ask to be given more time to complete the audit. Required: (i) Discuss the significance of audit quality control. ASA220 (ISA 220) states that the audit firm should implement quality control policies and procedures at both audit firm level and individual audit level.…Erica Gray, CPA, is a sole practitioner. She has been practicing as an auditor for 10 years. Recently a long-standing audit client asked Gray to design and implement an integrated computer-based accounting information system. The fees associated with this additional engagement with the client are very attractive. However, Gray wonders if she can remain objective on subsequent audits in her evaluation of the client’s accounting system and its records if she was responsible for its design and implementation. Gray knows that professional auditing standards require her to remain independent in fact and appearance from her auditing clients. Required 1. What do you believe auditing standards are mainly concerned with when they require independence in fact? In appearance? 2. Why is it important that auditors remain independent of their clients? 3. Do you think Gray can accept this engagement and remain independent? Justify your response.Erica Gray, CPA, is a sole practitioner. She has been practicing as an auditor for 10 years. Recently a long-standing audit client asked Gray to design and implement an integrated computer-based accounting information system. The fees associated with this additional engagement with the client are very attractive. However, Gray wonders if she can remain objective on subsequent audits in her evaluation of the client’s accounting system and its records if she was responsible for its design and implementation. Gray knows that professional auditing standards require her to remain independent in fact and appearance from her auditing clients. Submit a substantive posting of at least 250 words that answers the questions Question 1: What do you believe auditing standards are mainly concerned with when they require independence in fact? In appearance? Question 2: Why is it important that auditors remain independent of their clients? Question 3: Do you think Gray can accept this engagement and…
- Comment upon each of the following statements you heard in a conversation between two newly hired staff auditors.a. “Of course, I’m qualified to be assigned to this engagement. I have an accounting degree from a top university and was an honors graduate. I know some of the accounting rules have changed since I graduated, but I’ll be able to figure that out as we go through the audit.”b. “It doesn’t really matter what others think. . . . I’m completely independent of Acme Industries and should be a member of the audit team. While I own some stock, it’s a small amount and I’m holding it for the long term, anyway.”c. “You really have to question everything the client tells you. That’s what professional skepticism is all about. It’s a shame you can’t believe a word they say.”d. “The evidence is lower in quality, but we typically use internal evidence when we audit property, plant, and equipment. It just takes too much time and costs too much to get more reliable evidence.”e. “On that last…Question 3 Garret & Brown CPAs has been in business for over twenty years and has served as the auditors for several companies over the years. Garret and Brown's CPAs manage to retain their audit clients through the high-quality work they perform and the issuing of reports that are appropriate. The firm knows audit reports are essential to audit and assurance engagements because they communicate the auditors' findings. However, recently the firm has been experiencing some challenges in the preparation of reports for some of their audit clients. An audit report prepared by Garrett and Brown, CPAs, is provided below. The audit for the year ended December 31, 2019 was completed on March 1, 2020, and the report was issued to Javlin Corporation, a private company, on March 13, 2020. A. In keeping with a standard unqualified report, highlight the deficiencies in the above report, and make recommendations for how it is to be improved. We have examined the accompanying financial statements…II. Case Studies / Problem Solving . Below are summaries of cases studied in class. Please read each case, analyze the facts, and provide a brief solution to the problem. The auditors of JKL Company are about to conclude their audit. Before they completely finish, they observe a pre-publication copy of the company’s annual report to shareholders in the CFO’s office. In the annual report, the auditors read that the company is seeking to expand its operation by acquiring a small firm. Should the auditors react to this information? What ought they do?
- 1. How does the role of a forensic accounting differ from a traditional accounting? 2. How does the role of a traditional accountant differ from internal and external auditor? 3. prepare 10 year professional development plan that will prepare you for a role in forencis.For each of the following situations involving relations between auditors and the companies they audit, indicate whether it violates IFACs Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants and the rationale for the applicable guideline. a.Paul Asante, CPA, discloses confidential information in a peer review of the firms quality control procedures. b.Frank Smith, CPA, is auditing a company in Ghana, which has offered to send him and his wife on a holiday in Hawaii for two weeks. b.Tabula Gonzales, CPA, says in an interview in the local paper that Emilio Rios, CPA, misleads his clients about the quality of his audit work.Grant Thornton was appointed as the new auditing firm for a publicly listed IT Company. The auditing firm's Engagement Partner, an IT expert, has just replaced the previous partner only this year. The previous partner left the firm to become the Finance Director of a competitor IT Company. Which of the following ethical principles will be least breached by the previous partner in the given situation? a. Confidentiality b. Objectivity c. Integrity d. Professional Competence