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WIDELY REGARDED AS SOME OF THE MOST USEFUL DISCLOSURE IN FINANCIAL REPORTS BECAUSE OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY DISAGGREGATE FINANCIAL IMFORMATION INTO MEANINGFUL AND OFTEN REVEALING GROUPS.DISCUSS Word Count: 2554 Lecturer: MR LIM KAIM SOON Batch number: BAFE1 1232A SUBMISSION DATE: 24th NOVEMBER 2014 TABLE OF CONTENT Executive Summary 1a Discuss the

In the year 2002, the US reached a land mark decision when the Sarbanes Oxley act was finally affected into law which principally changed the way auditing and financial reporting was being conducted. This act was prompted by high level frauds that public companies engaged in with regard to financial reporting and auditing practices. The act therefore recommended the setting up of a Public accounting Oversight board which was mainly to conduct regulatory and supervisory roles in auditing public audit

auditor who concludes that substantial doubt exists about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern and who is not satisfied that management’s plans are enough to mitigate these concerns is required to issue a modified (but unqualified) report. It is also the duty for Mark to convince George about the financial position of his company’s going

considerable debate, comment and speculation have arisen regarding whether and at what point HIH became insolvent. When a company is close to insolvency, the risk associated with auditing that company is considerably higher than for one that is solvent. This report investigates methods of determining insolvency, the roles of directors and auditors, and the level of audit risk associated with HIH prior to its collapse. There is general agreement that the concept of solvency relates to having the capacity to

The objective of this study is to evaluate audit tenure, industry specialization, and firm size and its correlation to financial restatements. A client’s restatements suggest low audit quality because it indicates that the client’s financial statements are not in line with GAAP. I analyzed a sample of 250 firm-year restatements from public companies during 2008 to 2012. I gathered the data using COMPUSTAT and AuditAnalytics. For my results, I have found that auditor tenure has a negative correlation

Minority Report: From Story to Screen Adaptations are never carbon copies. A prime example is Philip K. Dick’s short story and Steven Spielberg’s 2002 film, Minority Report. The structure of the storytelling is indeed different as well as other key elements. The narrative transforms its structure into a more episodic approach when brought to the screen. Words on paper take on a new identity when brought to life on a visual basis. Philip K. Dick’s Minority Report, written in 1956

and objectives. Video Episodes View the videos in the weekly Video Episodes section. Team Assignments Team Video Analysis Report In preparation for preparing and submitting the team's Final Project, each week you will create your own consultant's notes as you observe various CanGo meetings (via the video episodes/cases). For the week 4 Team report you are to list 6 issues facing CanGo that you gleaned from the week 3 and 4 videos. They should be prioritized in order of importance

When asked to comment on Buffet's criticism of Peat Marwick in his company's 1984 annual report, a Peat Marwick partner simply noted, "It's the client's prerogative to disagree. Our report speaks for itself." Another prerogative of an audit client is to change auditors. In 1985, Berkshire retained Touche Ross & Company to audit its financial statements. As required by the Securities and

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

Phillips Petroleum Case Study Prepared by For Professor C.E. Reese in partial fulfillment of the requirements for ACC 502- Advanced Auditing School of Business/ Graduate Studies St. Thomas University Miami Gardens, Fla. Term A1/Spring 2014 February 17, 2014 Table of Contents Issues……………………………………………………………….Page 3-4 Facts………………………………………………………………..Page 4-5 Analysis/ Authority………………………………………………...Page 5-8 Conclusions/ Recommendation…………………………………….Page 8 References…………………………………………………………