How has SOX Changed Management Responsibilities

As a tax consultant, you receive tax forms and financial reports from various companies. Following are independent cases in which you have to check the given numbers and decide whether it is correct or not. If it is wrong, then you have to provide (a) the correct answer with detailed calculations and (b) explanations of your answers including the appropriate accounting treatment of the various transactions. A. National Tourism Company reported on 31 December, 2018 a pretax financial income of $900,000 which is subject to 40% tax rate. At the beginning of that year, the company had a deferred tax liability of $18,000 and a deferred tax asset of $12,000. During the year, National recorded warranty costs of $156,000 to be paid in 2019 and prepaid advertising expense that will be used in 2019 of $36,000. Also, the company in 2018 received an interest on governmental bonds of $72,000. National reported $114,000 operating losses carryforward and $78,000 of installment sales revenue to be…

KPMG is the auditor for an IESBA public interest entity audit client. Which non-audit service is permitted for this type of audit client?     Designing a technology system for financial reporting that generates information significant to the accounting records.     Preparing annual tax returns subject to review by the client and appropriate assessment of threats and safeguards.     Valuations that might create a self-review threat.     Tax calculations for the purpose of preparing the accounting entries included in the financial statements on which the firm will express an opinion.

21)Granny Apples has worked for Bubba Inc. for 20 years without taking a vacation. An internal control feature that would address this situation would be   a)human resource controls.       b)physical controls.  c)documentation procedures.   d)establishment of responsibility.   25)Receivables are a)always the result of revenue recognition. b)shown on the income statement. c)one of the most liquid assets and thus are always considered  current assets. d)claims that are expected to be collected in cash.   28)Which of the following expressions is incorrect? a)Net income + Operating expenses = Gross profit b)Gross profit - Operating expenses = Net income c)Operating expenses - Cost of goods sold = Gross profit d)Sales revenue - Cost of goods sold - Operating expenses = Net income

An IT auditor is conducting data analysis procedures on an employee expense report file and notices several expenses for $24.99 from the same individual.  The company’s policy requires that any expenses that are under $25.00 do not require a receipt.  The IT auditor should: [SELECT ALL THAT APPLY a) Maintain professional skepticism and investigate these transactions further b) Pass on investigating these items further, focusing on higher dollar amounts c) Evaluate the business process approval controls, and related procedures d) Discuss fraud awareness and detection programs with management to gain an understanding of management’s commitment to fraud prevention and related entity-level anti-fraud controls.

Ray, the owner of a small entity, asked Holmes, CPA, to conduct an audit of the entity’s records. Ray told Holmes that the audit was to be completed in time to submit audited financial statements to a bank as part of a loan application. Holmes immediately accepted the engagement and agreed to provide an auditors’ report within three weeks. Ray agreed to pay Holmes a fixed fee plus a bonus if the loan was granted.Holmes hired two accounting students to conduct the audit and spent several hours telling them exactly what to do. Holmes told the students not to spend time reviewing the controls but instead to concentrate on proving the mathematical accuracy of the ledger accounts and on summarizing the data in the accounting records that support Ray’s financial statements. The students followed Holmes’ instructions and, after two weeks, gave Holmes the financial statements, which did not include footnotes. Holmes studied the statements and prepared an unmodified auditors’ report. The…

Consider the following material and independent situations (i) to (iii) below.In each situation, the following dates apply:• Balance date: 30 June 2021• Date of audit report: 16 August 2021• Audited financial report and audit report sent to shareholders: 23 August 2021• Annual general meeting: 30 September 2021(i) The client purchased raw materials that were received before the financial year end. The purchase was recorded based on its estimated value. The supplier’s invoice, received on 30 July 2021, showed that the cost was substantially different from the estimated value.(ii) On 10 August 2021, the directors signed a contract to upgrade the client’s airconditioning system. The first payment of $100,000 is due on 1 September 2021. Work will be completed by 30 June 2022, and the final contract payment will be made at that time.(iii) On 25 August 2021, the general manager informed you that on 18 August 2021 the directors decided to sell land that the client was holding as a long-term…

UnderCover Ltd sells and supplies security and surveillance equipment and other spyware, and also provides related services.              The accountant of UnderCover Ltd is currently preparing its financial reports for the year ended 30 June 2020. The company is a reporting entity. The reports have not been completed as at 11 August 2020. Required: Explain (with reasons) in your own words how and where (including class/category where applicable) each of the events/transactions described below would be treated, recognised and/or disclosed in the financial reports of UnderCover Ltd for the year ended 30 June 2020.  Note: You need to consider whether information about the event or transaction needs to be presented separately. Journal entries and actual disclosure notes are not required. On 6 July 2020, the government announced new regulations relating to the sale and use of drones (i.e. unmanned aerial vehicles). Part of the new regulations require that from 1 September 2020, drones can…

Below here were subsequent event that occurs in your client. Consider that all events were has material effect on client’s financial statement. The auditor is auditing financial statement for the year ended December 31, 2020 and is completing the audit in March 15, 2021.4) On February 15, 2021, the civil court decided that Client Company must pay compensation loss due to defect product sold to their customer. lawsuits started in court since June 20205) On February 20, 2021, a major of client customer which has large amount of outstanding A/R suddenly fill for bankruptcy6) On April 1, 2021 fire rage accident destroy client warehouse and the loss were materialQuestions:Indicate type 1 subsequent event, type 2 subsequent event, or not subsequent event. What kinds of action, client need to do? Adjust, disclose, or no need to do adjust/disclose for every point form 1) to 6). Provide the reason why it should be adjusted or disclose or neither.

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For the 2021 audit of the financial statements, you are tasked to audit EMPLEO Corporation's liabilities. The following information relates to the obligations of EMPLEO Corporation as of December 31, 2021: • Accounts payable for goods and services purchased on open account amounted to P350,000 on December 31, 2021. This amount was gross of a supplier's debit balance of P30,000. On the other hand, the testing of the accounts receivable account revealed that a customer's credit balance of P50,000 was netted against the balance of the accounts receivable. At December 31, 2021, EMPLEO declared a cash dividend at P0.50 per share on its P10 par value ordinary share capital, payable at January 12, 2022, to shareholders as of December 31, 2022. At December 31, 2021, EMPLEO had 1,000,0000 issued ordinary shares and 800,000 oustanding ordinary shares. • The company financed its receivables, dated November 1, 2021, by discounting its 180-day P400,000 accounts receivable to a bank on a with…

You have been recently hired as an assistant controller for XYZ Industries, a large, publically held manufacturing company. Your immediate supervisor is the controller who also reports directly to the VP of Finance. The controller has assigned you the task of preparing the year-end adjusting entries.  In the receivables area, you have prepared an aging accounts receivable and have applied historical percentages to the balances of each of the age categories.  The analysis indicates that an appropriate estimated balance for the allowance for uncollectible accounts is $180,000.  The existing balance in the allowance account prior to any adjusting entry is a $20,000 credit balance. After showing your analysis to the controller, he tells you to change the aging category of a large account from over 120 days to current status and to prepare a new invoice to the customer with a revised date that agrees with the new category.  This will change the required allowance for uncollectible accounts…

You have been recently hired as an assistant controller for XYZ Industries, a large, publically held manufacturing company. Your immediate supervisor is the controller who also reports directly to the VP of Finance. The controller has assigned you the task of preparing the year-end adjusting entries.  In the receivables area, you have prepared an aging accounts receivable and have applied historical percentages to the balances of each of the age categories.  The analysis indicates that an appropriate estimated balance for the allowance for uncollectible accounts is $180,000.  The existing balance in the allowance account prior to any adjusting entry is a $20,000 credit balance. After showing your analysis to the controller, he tells you to change the aging category of a large account from over 120 days to current status and to prepare a new invoice to the customer with a revised date that agrees with the new category.  This will change the required allowance for uncollectible accounts…

You have been recently hired as an assistant controller for XYZ Industries, a large, publically held manufacturing company. Your immediate supervisor is the controller who also reports directly to the VP of Finance. The controller has assigned you the task of preparing the year-end adjusting entries.  In the receivables area, you have prepared an aging accounts receivable and have applied historical percentages to the balances of each of the age categories.  The analysis indicates that an appropriate estimated balance for the allowance for uncollectible accounts is $180,000.  The existing balance in the allowance account prior to any adjusting entry is a $20,000 credit balance. After showing your analysis to the controller, he tells you to change the aging category of a large account from over 120 days to current status and to prepare a new invoice to the customer with a revised date that agrees with the new category.  This will change the required allowance for uncollectible accounts…

You have been recently hired as an assistant controller for XYZ Industries, a large, publically held manufacturing company. Your immediate supervisor is the controller who also reports directly to the VP of Finance. The controller has assigned you the task of preparing the year-end adjusting entries.  In the receivables area, you have prepared an aging accounts receivable and have applied historical percentages to the balances of each of the age categories.  The analysis indicates that an appropriate estimated balance for the allowance for uncollectible accounts is $180,000.  The existing balance in the allowance account prior to any adjusting entry is a $20,000 credit balance. After showing your analysis to the controller, he tells you to change the aging category of a large account from over 120 days to current status and to prepare a new invoice to the customer with a revised date that agrees with the new category.  This will change the required allowance for uncollectible accounts…