Beginning the Audit Report Peter Serunjoji ACC546 January 15, 2012 Arlette Peoples
Beginning the Audit Report
MEMORANDUM
TO: Larry Lancaster, Chairman, President, and CEO of Apollo Shoes, Inc.
FROM: Matrix Certified Public Accountants (MCPA) Inc.,
DATE: January 15 2012
SUBJECT: Beginning the Audit Report (Engagement letter, Engagement checklist, Outline of timeframes and milestones of the audit) Dear Mr. Lancaster,
This letter is to confirm the understanding of the arrangements for the objectives and terms of the upcoming auditing procedure for Apollo Shoes, Inc. Our firm is pleased to continue to work with your company and perform the audit of the year ending on December 31, 2011. Our
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Our team demands that the management provide us with all financial records and related information. We will require that your management team provide us with a letter to confirm management responsibility for the preparation of a financial statement in conformity with GAAP and provide all information necessary in a timely basis for our audit process.
The timing of the auditing process and the schedules are listed below for your review. The timely completion of this work will be at the end of our audit work.
Our firm’s fees of the auditing process are to be estimated on a base of hourly rates. Our initial estimate of total fees, $250,000.00, will be billed as work progresses. In the case of unusual circumstances, the fees may be adjusted to the new expansion of the engagement. Unless terminated, amended or otherwise superseded, this letter remains effective for the future years.
If your company agrees to the terms and conditions of this engagement, we would like to ask you to sign this letter and return it to us and keep a copy for your references. We appreciate providing you with our services.
Accepted: Sincerely
Acknowledged on behalf of Apollo shoes Company
By: ________________ Name and title
Date: ______________
Audit/Engagement
Describe how you would conduct the audit process, incorporating the analytical procedures you would use to investigate selected business transactions?
“A company’s business model explains the rationale behind why its business approach and strategy will be a moneymaker. Absent the ability to deliver good profitability, the strategy is not viable and the survival of the business is in doubt.” (Crafting and Executing Strategy, Hough) This definition puts into perspective what Farmwise’s business model should look like and on the evidence given, it would seem that they have achieved this. Farmwise has made it clear that their strategy is to become the major private broker of agricultural commodities in Southern Africa. They are well on their way to achieving this and the profits that they have delivered in recent years would indicate the preliminary successes that they have had on the ay to achieving this long-term goal.
The following memo aims to outline the results of the audit of Apollo Shoes, give recommendations to improve the company’s operations, and provide justification for our qualified opinion.
I’ve attached a copy of Apollo’s organizational table. Please let me know what my staff or I can do to help the audit go smoothly for you. I will have Karina Ramirez, our Director of Internal Audit, contact you to provide you with any other information that you need.
Accounts Receivable, Other Receivables, Allowance for Doubtful Accounts, Bad Debt ExpenseInventories and Reserve for Inventory Obsolescence
Anderson, Olds, and Watershed rely on Apollo Shoes management for the financial statements. In addition, Apollo Shoes management is responsible for internal control over financial reports, ensuring the company complies with applicable laws and regulations, providing all financial records and other related financial information to the firm, and providing a representation letter at the conclusion of the audit confirming management’s
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Apollo Shoes, Inc. as of December 31, 2008, and the related statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year ended, and related notes to the financial statements. We have also audited management’s assessment, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting, that Apollo Shoes, Inc. maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, based on criteria established in
Our firm Assurance service is performed by our professional CPAs, possessing the goal of improving Apollo Shoes financial information or the contest of the financial information so that management decision-making can make more informed and making better decisions. Our CPAs provide professions and independent opinions that reduce the information risk that will come from incorrect information. Our professional CPAs performing the audits are
The aim of this report is to develop an audit plan using the 2007/2008 annual reports of the WesFarmers. This report will provide an understanding of the underlying concepts of an overall audit strategy. This strategy will bring forward the direction and scope of the WesfFarmers audit plan. This report will address five major points these are as follows:
The Apollo Shoe's management has not kept its business manual up to date. Several issues, such as classifying sales and authorization, have not been outlined in
1. To provide the schedule for major portions of the audit, and the staffing requirements for the engagement.
I hope you’re doing well, I am the new audit staff and I would be auditing the Employee Handbook . I have two questions that would really help me in performing the Employee Handbook Audit Engagement. First , can you provide me with information about the steps taken to ensure that all the required forms that are needed to be signed by Life Care Assurance Employees are complete and returned to Human Resources on time , also can you provide me with information about the order in which the Employees Handbooks are filed , are the Employee’s Handbook arranged according to Employees first name /last name or by department name.
Arens, A. A., Elder, R. J., & Beasley, M. S. (2013). Auditing and Assurance Services. Old Tappan, NJ: Pearson Education.
Please accept this letter as formal notification of my resignation at Payless shoe store. My last day will be() It is with great sadness that I leave a role where I have worked with such a fantastic and supportive team. I have enjoyed the variety of projects and challenges in this job and have Learned so much about the industry.
For the part of the test “Verify the BA, Developer, and QA attended a meeting to assign the user story points” Could you please see if we had requested screen shot of outlook to see who all attend the meeting or some other evidence? If so, please reference as source. If not please expand (Audit Procedures or on the workpaper testing) how you came to the determination.