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"Other Information" In An Audit (Part 2), Foo S.L. Aug 2016

"Other Information" In An Audit (Part 2), Foo S.L.

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

In light of the new reporting requirements, SSA 720 (Revised) articulates a systematic approach on Other Information (OI) work. It comprises five key elements. These are Obtaining, Reading and Considering, Responding, Reporting and Documentation of OI (Figure 1). Invariably, these enhancements provide useful guidance to the auditors. With additional prescribed work efforts, it also calls for a greater integration of OI work scope with the overall audit planning.

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Thoughts From The Iaaer’S 12th World Congress Of Accounting Educators And Researchers, Greg Stoner, Themin Suwardy Aug 2016

Thoughts From The Iaaer’S 12th World Congress Of Accounting Educators And Researchers, Greg Stoner, Themin Suwardy

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

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In Fair Value We Trust, Or Not, Joyce Tang, Nick Leong, Pan, Gary, Keng Kevin Ow Yong, Chu Yeong Lim, Tee Yong Jeffrey Ng Aug 2016

In Fair Value We Trust, Or Not, Joyce Tang, Nick Leong, Pan, Gary, Keng Kevin Ow Yong, Chu Yeong Lim, Tee Yong Jeffrey Ng

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

The objective of financial reporting is to provide financial information that is useful to existing and potential investors, lenders and other creditors (IASB’s Conceptual Framework ED/2015/3). General purpose financial reports provide information about the financial position of a reporting entity, as well as information about the effects of transactions and other events that will change a reporting entity’s economic resources and claims (para 1.12 ED/2015/3). Investor confidence and trust in the financial statements is a crucial component for financial markets to function smoothly. This report presents the attitudes and concerns of over 700 respondents toward fair value accounting. The survey …

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Preparing Students For The Future Workforce: An Experiential Learning Approach To Deliver An Accounting Analytics Course, Gary Pan, Venky Shankararaman, Poh Sun Seow, Gan Hup Tan Aug 2016

Preparing Students For The Future Workforce: An Experiential Learning Approach To Deliver An Accounting Analytics Course, Gary Pan, Venky Shankararaman, Poh Sun Seow, Gan Hup Tan

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

This paper describes an undergraduate accounting analytics course which was delivered based on an experiential learning approach. This accounting analytics course is timely as, with the proliferation of Big Data, several accounting professional bodies have highlighted the importance of developing analytical skills among accounting graduates. The experiential learning approach was adopted because there is a need to equip students with future work skills so as to tackle increasingly complex problems. The professors collaborate with external partners to design a course which combines theory with experiential learning through heavy use of projects involving real world problems. Students rated the course favourably. …

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Preparing Students For The Future Workforce: An Experiential Learning Approach To Deliver An Accounting Analytics Course, Gary Pan, Venky Shankararaman, Poh Sun Seow, Gan Hup Tan Aug 2016

Preparing Students For The Future Workforce: An Experiential Learning Approach To Deliver An Accounting Analytics Course, Gary Pan, Venky Shankararaman, Poh Sun Seow, Gan Hup Tan

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

This paper describes an undergraduate accounting analytics course which was delivered based on an experiential learning approach. This accounting analytics course is timely as, with the proliferation of Big Data, several accounting professional bodies have highlighted the importance of developing analytical skills among accounting graduates. The experiential learning approach was adopted because there is a need to equip students with future work skills so as to tackle increasingly complex problems. The professors collaborate with external partners to design a course which combines theory with experiential learning through heavy use of projects involving real world problems. Students rated the course favourably. …

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Impact Of Assurance Level And Tax Status On The Tendency Of Relatively Small Manufacturers To Manage Production And Earnings, Benjamin P. Foster, John M. Mueller, Trimbak Shastri Aug 2016

Impact Of Assurance Level And Tax Status On The Tendency Of Relatively Small Manufacturers To Manage Production And Earnings, Benjamin P. Foster, John M. Mueller, Trimbak Shastri

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

The number and importance of private companies in the United States indicates that reliable quality of financial accounting reports (QFAR) of private companies that are useful for decision making is likely to be important for economic growth. Most previous research examining QFAR addressed earnings management among publicly-traded companies. This study extends prior literature by examining whether abnormal production of public and private companies is impacted by (i) assurance type (PCAOB-audit, GAAS-audit, and SSARS-Review), (ii) tax status (separately taxed versus pass-through entity) of private companies, and (iii) relative size. An audit of financial statements provides a high degree of assurance, whereas …

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The Relationship Between Income Taxes And Market Returns, Chelsea Hepworth Aug 2016

The Relationship Between Income Taxes And Market Returns, Chelsea Hepworth

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

This paper investigates the relationship between book to tax differences and market returns. Prior research has been conducted that shows the ability of book to tax differences to predict future earnings, and this study expands that research to see if book to tax differences have predictive value in terms of actual market returns. This study uses a sample of firms from the Compustat database and runs a regression using book to tax differences and company returns as compared to the market. Results show that book to tax differences do have some predictive value which could potentially allow an investor to …

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Audit-Related Services And Audit Quality: Evidence From Benefit Plan Audits, Jaclyn Prentice Aug 2016

Audit-Related Services And Audit Quality: Evidence From Benefit Plan Audits, Jaclyn Prentice

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The following study examines a material but less understood component of the public audit marketplace, namely the provision of “audit-related” services to financial statement audit clients. I use the benefit plan audit service setting to examine the company and benefit plan characteristics associated with auditor selection and the impact of audit-related services on financial statement audit quality. I provide market evidence of distinct shifts in the use of the same audit firm for the financial statement audit and other audit-related services over time as well as characteristics of the choice of auditors. I then test whether having the same audit …

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Aggregate Earnings Surprises, Monetary Policy, And Stock Returns, Lindsey A. Gallao, Rebecca N. Hann, Congcong Li Aug 2016

Aggregate Earnings Surprises, Monetary Policy, And Stock Returns, Lindsey A. Gallao, Rebecca N. Hann, Congcong Li

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

This paper examines whether the negative association between aggregate earnings and returns is explained by the monetary policy news in aggregate earnings. Using Federal funds futures data to construct a measure of policy news, we find that aggregate earnings convey information about the Fed׳s policy actions. Additionally, the negative aggregate earnings-returns association is muted when we control for policy surprises. This result is more pronounced in periods with negative policy surprises, which tend to trigger a more significant market reaction. Taken together, these results suggest that aggregate earnings convey policy news and the market reacts negatively to policy surprises, which …

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Getting Your Company Ready For Sustainability Reporting, Themin Suwardy, Melvin Yong Aug 2016

Getting Your Company Ready For Sustainability Reporting, Themin Suwardy, Melvin Yong

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

No abstract provided.

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Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting Summary, August 1-4, 2016, Milwaukee, Wi, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Aug 2016

Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting Summary, August 1-4, 2016, Milwaukee, Wi, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.

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Auditing Standards Board (Asb), August 1-4, 2016, Meeting Agenda, Milwaukee, Wi, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Aug 2016

Auditing Standards Board (Asb), August 1-4, 2016, Meeting Agenda, Milwaukee, Wi, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.

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The Timeliness Of State And Local Governments By Gasb: An Evaluation Of Efficacy Of Financial Reports, Achraf Seyam, Alexander Hinners, Lauren Freire, Victor Parbat Jul 2016

The Timeliness Of State And Local Governments By Gasb: An Evaluation Of Efficacy Of Financial Reports, Achraf Seyam, Alexander Hinners, Lauren Freire, Victor Parbat

Publications and Research

In March 2011, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) issued a research brief titled “The Timeliness of Financial Reporting by State and Local Governments Compared with the Needs of Users.” This study formally exposed an apparent gap between the time-of-issuance of governmental financial reports and their usefulness according to a large and diverse group of survey participants. According to the GASB in the aforementioned report, nearly a quarter of the government entities take longer than six months to issue their annual reports, with many evidencing release times of a year or more. Comparatively, the users surveyed indicated that report usefulness …

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J. W. Ford & Company - Hartford, Kentucky (Mss 595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2016

J. W. Ford & Company - Hartford, Kentucky (Mss 595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 595. Account books documenting the financial transactions of the J. W. Ford Company which operated several business interests in Ohio County, Kentucky. The chief industry documented in the account books is the Hartford Roller Mills, which was located near the Rough River in Hartford, Kentucky.

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Comment Letters On Proposed Statement On Auditing Standards, Auditor Involvment With Exempt Offering Documents, July 13, 2016, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jul 2016

Comment Letters On Proposed Statement On Auditing Standards, Auditor Involvment With Exempt Offering Documents, July 13, 2016, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.

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Proposed Statement On Auditing Standards, Auditor Involvment With Exempt Offering Documents, July 13, 2016, Comments Are Requested By October 13, 2016; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2016, July 13, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jul 2016

Proposed Statement On Auditing Standards, Auditor Involvment With Exempt Offering Documents, July 13, 2016, Comments Are Requested By October 13, 2016; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2016, July 13, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.

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Gaines Family - Business Records (Sc 3025), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2016

Gaines Family - Business Records (Sc 3025), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3025. Two account books of Squire C. Gaines, Fayette County, Kentucky, 1875-1878, recording time records, payments to laborers, haulage of stone and other details of work on the Cincinnati Southern Railway; unidentified notebook, 1873, with ideas and sketches for stories; unidentified account book, 1886-1887, recording expenses for individual laborers and merchandise.

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The Effect Of Presentation Format On Investor Judgments And Decisions: Does The Effect Differ For Varying Task Demands?, Kevin Agnew Jul 2016

The Effect Of Presentation Format On Investor Judgments And Decisions: Does The Effect Differ For Varying Task Demands?, Kevin Agnew

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study examines the efficacy of presenting footnotes information in alternative display formats on investors’ judgments and decisions. Non-professional investors play a significant role in the capital markets yet they do not always attend to information contained in footnote disclosures. As a result, nonprofessional investors systematically misprice firms and misallocate resources. Recognizing that increased mandatory and voluntary disclosures create additional challenges for non-professional investors, both the FASB and SEC have actively sought ways to increase the effectiveness of disclosures. I hypothesize that high display proximity, low signal-to-noise presentation formats can increase investors’ attention to and processing of footnote disclosures and …

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Proposed Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services, Amendment To Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services No. 21, Section 90, Review Of Financial Statements, July 6, 2016, Comments Are Requested By September 2, 2016, Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2016, July 6, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee Jul 2016

Proposed Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services, Amendment To Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services No. 21, Section 90, Review Of Financial Statements, July 6, 2016, Comments Are Requested By September 2, 2016, Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2016, July 6, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.

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Comment Letters On Proposed Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services, Amendment To Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services No. 21, Section 90, Review Of Financial Statements, July 6, 2016, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee Jul 2016

Comment Letters On Proposed Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services, Amendment To Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services No. 21, Section 90, Review Of Financial Statements, July 6, 2016, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.

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Proposed Statement On Auditing Standards, The Auditor’S Consideration Of An Entity’S Ability To Continue As A Going Concern, July 5, 2016, Comments Are Requested By September 5, 2016; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2016 July 5, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jul 2016

Proposed Statement On Auditing Standards, The Auditor’S Consideration Of An Entity’S Ability To Continue As A Going Concern, July 5, 2016, Comments Are Requested By September 5, 2016; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2016 July 5, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.

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Comment Letters On Proposed Statement On Auditing Standards, The Auditor’S Consideration Of An Entity’S Ability To Continue As A Going Concern, July 5, 2016, Comments Are Requested By September 5, 2016, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jul 2016

Comment Letters On Proposed Statement On Auditing Standards, The Auditor’S Consideration Of An Entity’S Ability To Continue As A Going Concern, July 5, 2016, Comments Are Requested By September 5, 2016, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.

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A Case Study In The Use And Potential Misuse Of Non-Gaap Financial Measures, Benoit Boyer, Ralph Lim, Bridget M. Lyons Jul 2016

A Case Study In The Use And Potential Misuse Of Non-Gaap Financial Measures, Benoit Boyer, Ralph Lim, Bridget M. Lyons

WCBT Faculty Publications

Firms reporting under US GAAP are allowed to supplement financial information with non-GAAP measures. We examined 6 Firms in the chemical industry and looked at what information was presented (Dow, Du Pont, Monsanto, FMC, PPG, Praxair). We use the 2014 Annual Report so that we would have comparable data for all companies. For 2 firms we looked at numbers presented in Cap IQ and in Bloomberg and compared them to the numbers presented by the company (Dow and Du Pont). The numbers reported by the firms and the analysts differed greatly.

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The Effect Of Statement Of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 Fair Value Measurements On Analysts' Information Environment, Orie E. Barron, Sung Gon Chung, Kevin Ow Yong Jul 2016

The Effect Of Statement Of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 Fair Value Measurements On Analysts' Information Environment, Orie E. Barron, Sung Gon Chung, Kevin Ow Yong

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

This study examines the effect of the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 Fair Value Measurements (hereafter FAS 157) on analysts’ information environment. A major controversy surrounding FAS 157 disclosures is whether Level 3 measurements provide useful information to financial statement readers. We provide evidence suggesting that FAS 157 disclosures regarding Level 3 measurements are able to reduce uncertainty in analysts’ information environment. Our results reveal that the provision of such fair value disclosures is associated with reduced uncertainty regarding future earnings and lower forecast errors. We also find that unrealized gains and losses from fair value …

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Seeing Is Believing: Analysts' Corporate Site Visits, Qiang Cheng, Fei Du, Xin Wang, Yutao Wang Jul 2016

Seeing Is Believing: Analysts' Corporate Site Visits, Qiang Cheng, Fei Du, Xin Wang, Yutao Wang

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

This study examines the impact of corporate site visits on analysts’ forecast accuracy based on a sample of such visits to Chinese listed firms during 2009–2012. We find that analysts who conduct visits (“visiting analysts”) have a greater increase in forecast accuracy than other analysts. Consistent with the notion that site visits facilitate analysts’ information acquisition through observing firms’ operations, we find that the results are stronger for manufacturing firms, firms with more tangible assets, and firms with more concentrated business lines. Moreover, we find that the effect of a site visit is greater when the site visit is an …

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Data Mining Journal Entries For Fraud Detection: A Replication Of Debreceny And Gray's (2010) Techniques, Poh Sun Seow, Pan, Gary, Themin Suwardy Jul 2016

Data Mining Journal Entries For Fraud Detection: A Replication Of Debreceny And Gray's (2010) Techniques, Poh Sun Seow, Pan, Gary, Themin Suwardy

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

The alarming frequency of fraud occurrences suggests that corporations continue to face persistent threat of fraud (Cecchini et al., 2010a; Summers and Sweeney, 1998). According to Association of Certified Fraud Examiner (ACFE)’s 2014 Report, a typical organization may lose five percent of its revenue to fraud every year. As such, the consequences of fraud may impact the shareholders, creditors, auditors and the public’s confidence in the integrity of corporations’ financial systems (Rezaee, 2005).

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Designing An Accounting Analytics Course Using Experiential Learning Approach, Pan, Gary, Shankararaman, Venky, Poh Sun Seow, Gan Hup Tan Jul 2016

Designing An Accounting Analytics Course Using Experiential Learning Approach, Pan, Gary, Shankararaman, Venky, Poh Sun Seow, Gan Hup Tan

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

This paper describes an undergraduate accounting analytics course which was delivered based on an experiential learning approach. This accounting analytics course is timely as, with the proliferation of Big Data, several accounting professional bodies have highlighted the importance of developing analytical skills among accounting graduates. The experiential learning approach was adopted because there is a need to equip students with future work skills so as to tackle increasingly complex problems. The professors collaborate with external partners to design a course which combines theory with experiential learning through heavy use of projects involving real world problems. Students rated the course favourably. …

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Being Agile To Thrive Amidst Disruptive Digital Innovation, Say Yen Teoh, Calvin M. L. Chan, Pan, Gary, Mark Goh Jul 2016

Being Agile To Thrive Amidst Disruptive Digital Innovation, Say Yen Teoh, Calvin M. L. Chan, Pan, Gary, Mark Goh

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

Firms around the world have been experiencing disruptive digital innovation. Such disruptions affect their business operations and models over time and geography. In this paper, we adopt Lucas and Goh’s (2009) framework of disruption response to examine how do firms achieve agility in responding to disruptive digital innovation. The framework draws on dynamic capability theory, disruptive innovation concept, organizational agility concept and organizational core rigidity concept. This research-in-progress paper aims to conduct an in-depth case study to understand how firms can be agile in responding to disruptive digital innovation. As a case study, this study adds to the growing corpus …

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Internal Governance And Real Earnings Management, Qiang Cheng, Jimmy Lee, Terry J. Shevlin Jul 2016

Internal Governance And Real Earnings Management, Qiang Cheng, Jimmy Lee, Terry J. Shevlin

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

We examine whether internal governance affects the extent of real earnings management in U.S. corporations. Internal governance refers to the process through which key subordinate executives provide checks and balances in the organization and affect corporate decisions. Using the number of years to retirement to capture key subordinate executives’ horizon incentives and using their compensation relative to CEO compensation to capture their influence within the firm, we find that the extent of real earnings management decreases with key subordinate executives’ horizon and influence. The results are robust to alternative measures of internal governance and to various approaches used to address …

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Depository And Lending Institutions: Banks And Savings Institutions, Credit Unions, Finance Companies And Mortgage Companies, July 1, 2016; Audit And Accounting Guide, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Jul 2016

Depository And Lending Institutions: Banks And Savings Institutions, Credit Unions, Finance Companies And Mortgage Companies, July 1, 2016; Audit And Accounting Guide, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.

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