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Proposed Statement On Auditing Standards: Communication Of Internal Control Related Matters Noted In An Audit (To Supersede Statement On Auditing Standards No. 60, Communication Of Internal Control Related Matters Noted In An Audit), September 1, 2005; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2005, Sept. 1, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
Proposed Statement On Auditing Standards: Communication Of Internal Control Related Matters Noted In An Audit (To Supersede Statement On Auditing Standards No. 60, Communication Of Internal Control Related Matters Noted In An Audit), September 1, 2005; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2005, Sept. 1, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position
This Statement establishes standards and provides guidance for communicating matters related to an entity's internal control over financial reporting1 observed during an audit of financial statements.2 The internal control related matters specified by this Statement should be communicated to management and those charged with governance. The term those charged with governance refers to the person(s) with responsibility for overseeing (a) the strategic direction of the entity and (b) the entity’s financial reporting and disclosure process. In most entities, governance is a collective responsibility that may be carried out by a board of directors, a committee of the board of directors …
Who Pays The Auditor Calls The Tune?: Auditing Regulations And Clients' Incentives, Amy Shapiro
Who Pays The Auditor Calls The Tune?: Auditing Regulations And Clients' Incentives, Amy Shapiro
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
As we move on from the financial scandals of the early 2000s, the question of how to prevent the next Enron continues to be a pressing one. This Article focuses on the law’s deeply conflicted treatment of auditors of public corporations. Though the audit firm is charged with serving as the public’s watchdog in insuring good financial disclosure, the auditor’s actual client is the audited corporation itself, whose interests concerning disclosure are not necessarily aligned with those of investors. Because the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 left this structure in place, further reform is needed. One promising suggestion is to give …
The Efficacy Of Auditors' Going-Concern Opinions Compared With A Temporal And An Atemporal Bankruptcy Risk Model: Analysing Us Trade And Service Industry Failures 1974-1988, Carolyn Windsor, P Cybinski
The Efficacy Of Auditors' Going-Concern Opinions Compared With A Temporal And An Atemporal Bankruptcy Risk Model: Analysing Us Trade And Service Industry Failures 1974-1988, Carolyn Windsor, P Cybinski
Carolyn Windsor
Conflicting results have emerged from several past studies as to whether bankruptcy prediction models are able to forecast corporate failure more accurately than auditors’ going-concern opinions. Nevertheless, the last decade has seen improved modelling of the path-to-failure of financially distressed firms over earlier static models of bankruptcy. In the light of the current crisis facing the auditing profession, this study evaluates the efficacy of auditors’ going-concern opinions in comparison to two bankruptcy prediction models. Bankrupt firms in the U.S. service and trade industry sectors were used to compare model predictions against the auditors’ going-concern opinion for two years prior to …
Analytical Procedures, With Conforming Changes As Of May 1, 2005; Audit And Accounting Guide:, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Analytical Procedures Audit Guide Revision Task Force
Analytical Procedures, With Conforming Changes As Of May 1, 2005; Audit And Accounting Guide:, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Analytical Procedures Audit Guide Revision Task Force
Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists
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Graduate Student Audit Project, Michael D. Akers, Jodi L. Gissel
Graduate Student Audit Project, Michael D. Akers, Jodi L. Gissel
Accounting Faculty Research and Publications
This paper discusses Marquette University’s graduate student audit project, designed to enhance student learning and retention of auditing procedures and concepts learned in the classroom.
Interviewing The Client, Michael D. Akers, Robert Yahr
Interviewing The Client, Michael D. Akers, Robert Yahr
Accounting Faculty Research and Publications
This paper examines an assignment where students taking either an introductory auditing students or an accounting communications course interview a client to gain an understanding of internal control and the interview process. Students document the results of the interview in a memorandum. The paper provides detailed information regarding the design and implementation of a portion of the internal control system. The three main objectives of the assignment are 1) to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate, develop, and enhance their communication skills; 2) to convey a realistic picture of the accounting environment; and 3) to familiarize students with a …