Survey Of Accounting
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Author: Edmonds, Thomas P.
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Chapter 10, Problem 18E
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To determine
Indicate whether the amount has been understated or overstated for each element.
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To determine
Identify the actions that should be taken by employee.
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Suppose an auditor has been paid $1,000,000 each year for the past several years to perform the audit of a company's annual financial statements. This company is the auditor's largest client. In the current year, the auditor notices that the preliminary income statement excludes certain expenses that typically are shown. When asked, management tells the auditor that these expenses do not reflect the company's true performance, so they will not be shown in this year's income statement. Plus, management informs the auditor it will be paying $1,200,000 for this year's audit, and management commits to using the auditor for at least five more years.
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1. Understand the reporting effect: Does the audit arrangement described above have the potential to jeopardize the auditor's opinion of management's decision not to report certain expenses?
2. Specify the options: Are auditors employees of the company who must accept requests of management?
3. Identify the impact: Do…
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A privately held company recently outsourced its information processing system to a CPA who also has been asked to conduct the year-end financial statement audit.
Management accepts responsibility for the information processed by the CPA and the CPA will not assume the role of an employee in any way. The statement pertains to AICPA code of conduct rule:
A. Commissions and Referral Fees C. Independence
B. Confidential Client Information D. Integrity and Objectivity
What is NOT an example of rationalization as one of the three elements causing a person to commit fraud?
CA The company will never miss it
CB. Employer pressure to report fictitious accounting results
c. This replaces my bonus that was suspended this year
CD. I will repay the "loan" before anyone misses it
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