B) Estimates may be used without disclosing their use to the IRS. C) Estimates may be used, but Jane should disclose their use to the IRS. D) The Statements on Standards for Tax Services do not address the use of estimates. 78) During the course of an audit, a CPA discovers an error in a prior return. According to the Statements on Standards for Tax Services, the CPA should A) ask the client for permission to disclose the error to the IRS.
The consultation involves a determination on whether financial statement reporting follows regulations and guidelines established in the Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404. The consultation also includes identity of internal risks detected within Apollo Shoes. A brief synopsis of our responsibility concerning the detection and reporting of fraudulent activity follows at the end of this engagement letter. Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 An integral part of a financial audit includes an evaluation of the internal controls in the company's financial reporting. As an auditor, understanding and testing internal control over financial requires knowledge of standards applicable to the corporation established by GAAP or IFRS.
As occurred in this case by the fact that the incorporation would be filed until November 1. In general on pre-incorporation contract, the promoters would be liable on a contract he makes for the benefit of a no-yet-formed. But also, because Goodman informed the managing partners of DDS that he would be forming a corporation, the promoters are not personally liable for pre-incorporation contract where the other party
Explain. [Bannister v. Bemis Co. , 556 F.3d 882 (8th Cir.2009)] Case brief: Bemis Co, breached the covenant not to compete, the breach was material. Bannister could not accept employment with a Bemis competitor, but Bemis was to pay Bannister his salary. There was no term for a partial release. Bemis “released” Bannister to seek employment with one exception—Mondi Packaging.
Executive Summary Kenneth Jones, the president of Viscotech, has a handful of regulatory issues to resolve before moving any further with operations. Ideally, the company would have considered SEC regulations before raising the $976,000 in December 1997 from 34 investors through the MIFT pool. Most importantly, Viscotech was desperate for money, so they did not notify the SEC, and accepted money for securities offered under Regulation A, which had not been finalized by the SEC staff. Viscotech advertised the MIFT as a trust, when it appears to be a contract to buy securities at a future date, but we argue that the security vehicle is exempt under Regulation A (see Exhibit 1) for the following reasons. Under the Securities Act of 1933, the MIFT does not automatically fall into the category of exempt securities, so the company must still file a offering statement with the SEC to avoid penalties.
The company should have been able to follow up with all venders and customers to attest to the validity of the financial statements and they were not able to do this and not able to gather the “appropriate and sufficient evidence” needed. When a client will not allow the auditor to gather evidence needed to perform a correct auditor then the opinion can be affected. The auditor cannot attest to the fairness of the financial statements if the evidence is lacking or
Auditors should not reveal materiality thresholds to their clients, in case that the clients would make use of the thresholds to do fraud. In the North Face case, because Christopher Crawford,
(b) What are the ethical issues involved in this situation? The ethical issues involved in this situation pertain to following accepted accounting principles. Violating the generally accepted accounting principles to satisfy a short-term personal or company would create misleading financial statements. This situation would therefore be unethical. Robbin Industries is jeopardizing itself by not properly reporting the advertising costs.
Moreover, Small Fries Inc. should not report the repairs and maintenance in their balance sheet as aggregate cost but instead designated the expense to each facility as each expense is incurred. According to 210-10-S99 SEC materials, Accumulated depreciation, depletion, and amortization of property, plant and equipment. The amount is to be set forth separately in the balance sheet or in a note thereto. It should be recorded in the year when it is happening and make notes to the financial statement to that
For Pharma to survive and become viable it was obvious that some decisions had to be made, but was the sale of the assets in the best interest of the corporation, or was it in the best interest of Adams and Barker? One can only conclude that the directors violated all their duties of financial interests, care and rational belief and were not acting with best information and, thus, cannot be shielded by the business judgment rule. 7. What type of lawsuit, derivative or direct, would be filed by Cornelius