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An example of the negative effects a long-term tenure has on auditor independence is the consideration to issue a going-concern opinion. For example, if an auditor has been auditing a firm for over 10 years, they may brush off a large problem in the company and issue a clean opinion because they believe that they are familiar with the company.
Many U.S. states impose versions of those cooling-off period laws, and offer similar laws for an additional range of transactions, such as time share purchases and health club contracts. For example, California provides cooling-off periods for many consumer transactions, including insurance purchases, car warranties, dental services, and weight ...
30-day cooling off period, a mediation or conciliation period required by law or contract before strike or lockout can go into effect; Cooling-off period (consumer rights), a period of time during which the purchaser may cancel a purchase; Quiet period, the time which a company making an IPO must be silent about it, so as not to inflate the ...
The auditor must state in the auditor's report whether the financial statements are presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The auditor must identify in the auditor's report those circumstances in which such principles have not been consistently observed in the current period in relation to the preceding period.
Big Bath in accounting is an earnings management technique whereby a one-time charge is taken against income in order to reduce assets, which results in lower expenses in the future. [1] The write-off removes or reduces the asset from the financial books and results in lower net income for that year. The objective is to ‘take one big bath ...
Analytical procedures include comparison of financial information (data in financial statement) with prior periods, budgets, forecasts, similar industries and so on. It also includes consideration of predictable relationships, such as gross profit to sales, payroll costs to employees, and financial information and non-financial information, for examples the CEO's reports and the industry news.
Auditing revenue in certain industries, new edition as of June 1, 2001 full-text: 06-02: 2004: Auditing revenue in certain industries, with conforming changes as of May 1, 2004 full-text: 06-03: 2005: Auditing revenue in certain industries, with conforming changes as of May 1, 2005 full-text: 06-04: 2006
For example, to ensure completeness of electricity expense, the auditor ensures the 12 months of payments were booked. Since the client may record the bills paid on a cash basis, electricity expense of a month of previous basis period might be entered in the current year.