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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…………………………………………………………

Bearing in mind the prevailing issue of creative accounting, one cannot help but to question the accuracy of the data, be it to a small degree, presented in data sources such as prospectuses and annual reports. It is fair to say that the evidences presented in for example table 4 and 5 give a logical support to the assertions and observations made by the author. Overall, I believe the author has been successful in terms of providing the reader an understanding

Analysis and Report Objectives Apply theory in practice Conduct analysis of financial statement – to look beyond the numbers Experience formal report writing. REQUIRED: Written report (a soft copy on blackboard via turnitin and printed copy to tutors is compulsory) 1. Obtain the most recent annual report for two companies in any of the industries on the Australian Stock Market (for example, mining, retail, manufacturing, construction, service, transport). The reports should contain

CASE 1.10 United States SUrgical Corporation 1980 an ‘1981 ftnicia1 sheets and iicbme statements fOr the j 1 Thas and subsequent quOtatiOnS unless indicated othrwise, were taken from Secunties and Exchange AccountiAg and AuthdrzEifocerhe,# Release No 1O9A, August 1986. 122 H   SECTION ONE COMPREHENSIVE CASES IIBIT 1 TED STATES :GICAL PORAT1ON’S ‘9—1981 kNCIAL TEMENTS Current Assets: Cash Receivables (net) Inventories: Finished Goods Work in Process Raw Materials Other Current

Critical Assessment of JJB Sports plc Annual Reports and Accounts Table of Contents Introduction 3 Overview 3 Business Review 4 Governance 5 Reliance on Annual Reports 6 References 8 Appendices 9 Introduction An annual report is a ‘portrait’ of the business. It embeds a sense of achievement, as well as, future prospects into the minds of the company, as well as, its readers (Sanders, 1949). JJB Sports plc is one of the foremost vendors of sports goods in UK. They have been