Given the information below, Marco’s accountant, Stephen Violet, prepares financial statements and various financial statistics for the officers to review monthly. The Board reviews similar statistics on a quarterly basis at the regular Board meetings and questions the officers closely about what is going on in the business. In addition, Mr. Zen personally follows sales figures and gross profit margins. What is the: a) potential control strength and (b) potential mistatement detected or corrected.
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Given the information below,
Marco’s accountant, Stephen Violet, prepares financial statements and various financial statistics for the officers to review monthly. The Board reviews similar statistics on a quarterly basis at the regular Board meetings and questions the officers closely about what is going on in the business. In addition, Mr. Zen personally follows sales figures and gross profit margins.
What is the: a) potential control strength and (b) potential mistatement detected or corrected.
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- Miss Maria has recently joined the accounting department of SISHGC Limited as an assistant accountant. During her first meeting with the accounting department, the head of the department has elaborated her the responsibilities related to the general ledger and subsidiary ledger. Miss Maria uses the source documents such as purchase orders, sales invoices, and suppliers’ invoices to prepare journal vouchers for general ledger entries. At the end of each working day, she posts the journal vouchers to the general ledger and the related subsidiary ledgers. At the end of each month, Miss Maria reconciles the subsidiary accounts to their control accounts in the general ledger to ensure that there is no difference in these accounts. Required: Discuss the internal control weaknesses and risks associated with the above process.Tana Thorne is an accountant who aspires to become a partner in a public accounting company. Thorne is invited by Allnet Company's management to submit a proposal to audit Allnet's financial accounts. When considering the audit charge, Allnet's management offers a price range based on Allnet's reported earnings. The more the profit, the greater the audit fee payable to Thorne's business. What ethical considerations apply to this situation? Explain.Al Salam trading company is a newly started company with 50 employees. The company has its head office in Muscat and 5 branches in other parts of the country. Each branch has an accountant who take care of the following functions in addition to the normal accounting functions. a. Receiving and issuing goods b. Maintenance of stock register c. Maintenance of cash book d. Preparation of purchase order e. Preparation of sales bills As an auditor of the company, comment on the internal control system of the company. (Note: Explain with not less than 150 words)
- Adrianna has been hired as an accounting coordinator at a new dermatology office. During a meeting with all staff, she learned that the office had a potential investor that was interested in helping to expand the practice. Adrianna knows that all public corporations are required to issue annual reports. She recalls that these reports can be used by the public to learn about the company’s financial well-being and their internal control procedures. Why is it important for this potential investor to review the practice’s internal control procedures prior to investing in the practice? Write a response of at least 250 wordsTana Thorne works at a public accounting business and aspires to be a partner one day. Thorne is invited to create a proposal to audit Allnet's financial accounts by the company's management. When considering the audit charge, Allnet's management offers a price range in which the amount relies on Allnet's reported earnings. The larger the profit, the higher the audit fee paid to Thorne's business. Describe any ethical factors that influenced your recommendation.Consider the following independent situations, each of which applies to an audit of a client for the year ending 30th June 2019. XYZ Ltd is a large machinery manufacturer that uses business-to business e-commerce to transmit purchase orders to its many suppliers. Each supplier electronically transmits an invoice, which is credited directly to the accounts payable file. The goods usually take one or two weeks to arrive. Once they have been received, a goods received notes is raised by XYZ and matched with the supplier’s invoice, and payment is authorised. Spiral Ltd’s credit officer, whose prime responsibility was setting and reviewing customers’ credit limits, retired during the year. The position has remained unfilled for six months, as no suitably qualified and experienced replacement has yet not been found. Kent Ltd failed to discover an employee fraud on a timely basis because bank reconciliations were not being done each month. Required: For each of the above situations: What…