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Potter and Partners are a chartered accounting firm with offices in capital cities in most states. The head of the business development department is seeking to grow the firm’s revenue from non-audit services.
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What non-audit services could a chartered accounting firm provide to its listed company clients? Explain why a company would buy these services from its audit firm instead of another consulting firm.
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- Explain the ‘audit expectation gap’. What causes the gap? b: Potter and Partners are a chartered accounting firm with offices in capital cities in most states. The head of the business development department is seeking to grow the firm’s revenue from non-audit services. Required: What non-audit services could a chartered accounting firm provide to its listed company clients? Explain why a company would buy these services from its audit firm instead of another consulting firm.Assume that you have finished your MBA program and have applied for a position in the FinancialAccounting Department of a large multinational company. The company is struggling with itsaccounting reporting matters and several accounting reports are under regulatory scrutiny. In theinterview board, the recruitment committee members have asked you the following questions. How can you contribute the Financial Accounting Department of this company if youare recruited?Assume that you have finished your MBA program and have applied for a position in the Financial Accounting Department of a large multinational company. The company is struggling with its accounting reporting matters and several accounting reports are under regulatory scrutiny. In theinterview board, the recruitment committee members have asked you the following questions. i. How can you contribute the Financial Accounting Department of this company if you are recruited?
- Tana Thorne works in a public accounting firm and hopes to eventually be a partner. The management of Allnet Company invites Thorne to prepare a bid to audit Allnet’s financial statements. In discussing the audit fee, Allnet’s management suggests a fee range in which the amount depends on the reported profit of Allnet. The higher its profit, the higher will be the audit fee paid to Thorne’s firm. Q. What are some ethical considerations guiding your recommendation?XYZ Company is an electronic company. Its board members are independent directors. The company receives auditing and tax consultancy services from MNO Company. Also, XYZ hired former MNO partners as senior financial executives. 1) What is your opinion about the above case? 2) What recommendation(s) would you give to the board of directors? Explain your answer.Tana Thorne works in a public accounting firm and hopes to eventually be a partner. The managementof Allnet Company invites Thorne to prepare a bid to audit Allnet’s financial statements. In discussingthe audit fee, Allnet’s management suggests a fee range in which the amount depends on thereported profit of Allnet. The higher its profit, the higher will be the audit fee paid to Thorne’s firm. What are the ethical factors in this situation? Explain.
- Assume that you have finished your MBA program and have applied for a position in the FinancialAccounting Department of a large multinational company. The company is struggling with itsaccounting reporting matters and several accounting reports are under regulatory scrutiny. In theinterview board, the recruitment committee members have asked you the following questions. i. How can you contribute the Financial Accounting Department of this company if youare recruited? (PLEASE DO NOT GIVE OTHER OR EXISTING ANSWER OF BARTLEBY)The purpose of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to Question 7 options: require firms to be more rigorous in their accounting and reporting practices. eliminate accounting firms from having to hire accountants that are certified. define generally accepted accounting principles. force accounting firms to combine their consulting and auditing businesses. establish standards and testing procedures for becoming a CPA.Tana Thorne works in a public accounting firm and hopes to eventually be a partner. The management of Allnet Company invites Thorne to prepare a bid to audit Allnet’s financial statements. In discussing the audit fee, Allnet’s management suggests a fee range in which the amount depends on the reported profit of Allnet. The higher its profit, the higher will be the audit fee paid to Thorne’s firm. Describe some ethical considerations guiding your recommendation.
- Accenture (which spun off of former accounting firm Author Anderson) wrote an article entitled "Meet the Finance 2020 Workforce" which suggests that accountants will need to embrace new financial roles to analyze new business opportunities and the ways firms can profit from them. Consider the internal and external business processes and give ideas of how they might allow the accountant to analyze business opportunities and how the firm might profit from them. You can use examples from the text or other companies in the news.Assume that you have finished your MBA program and have applied for a position in the Financial Accounting Department of a large multinational company. The company is struggling with its accounting reporting matters and several accounting reports are under regulatory scrutiny. In the interview board, the recruitment committee members have asked you the following questions. What have you learnt in the BUS 505 course relating to financial accounting? How you can contribute the Financial Accounting Department of this company if you are recruited?Assume that you have finished your MBA program and have applied for a position in the FinancialAccounting Department of a large multinational company. The company is struggling with itsaccounting reporting matters and several accounting reports are under regulatory scrutiny. In theinterview board, the recruitment committee members have asked you the following questions. i. What have you learnt in the BUS 505 course relating to financial accounting?
