Accounting And Auditing Research Tools And Strategies 10th Edition Thomas R. Weirich, Thomas C. Pearson, Natalie Tatiana Churyk - Solutions

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Isabella Bank loaned Jim Alwood $150,000 for his gardening supplies company.As a result of a drought, the year was a disaster for Alwood. Since he was unable to repay the loan, Isabella Bank accepts the following plan to extinguish the debt:Jim Alwood is to pay cash of $3,000, transfer ownership of
Locate three different tax web sites listed in Figure 7-1, and identify three different items available on each web site.Figure 7-1 Internal Revenue Service Commerce Clearing House Research Institute of American Tax and Accounting Sites Directory Tax Library Tax Court Opinions Tax Planning Tax
The appendix to this chapter provides two additional research cases as practice for the CPA exam. Complete them.
Discuss the relationship between generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) and Statements on Auditing Standards (SAS).
Discuss the historical relationship of the Auditing Standards Board, Auditing Standards Executive Committee, and Committee on Auditing Procedure. Also, list the authoritative pronouncements issued by each body.
Explain the significance of Rules 202 and 203 of the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct.
How may accounting or auditing research aid the practitioner in complying with Rules 202 and 203 of the Code of Professional Conduct?
a. Utilizing PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Edgarscan, locate the most recent 10-K filing for a public company and summarize its Management’s Discussion and Analysis Section (MD&A).b. For the company selected in (a), utilize the benchmarking tool of Edgarscan and report the results of five different
a. Select a publicly traded company in the airlines industry. Using PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Edgarscan and the selected company’s home page, prepare a listing of management’s mission and business strategies by highlighting the entity’s business units, product lines, customers, competition,
Utilizing Figure 2-3 (Universal Elements of Reasoning), identify the eight elements for the following:A prospective client has requested a report as to the reliability of its electronic commerce activities on the Internet. You are trying to decide the type of assurance service engagement this would
Access the Web site http:/Wwww.Benchnet.com, and report on three benchmarking and best practices surveys in progress.
Access the Web site http://www.riskmetrics.com, and report on three different riskmetrics products available.
Access Thomson ONE and enter BA in the entry lookup (Boeing Co.).a. Click on News and summarize the two most recent news headlines about Boeing.b. Click on Related Content and determine the Return on Assets and Return on Equity ratios for the most current year.c. Click on the Financials tab and
What is the focus of accounting, tax, and auditing research?
What three-part approach is used to identify the precise problem or issue?
What are two common causes of accounting problems?
What should be included in the documentation of the research process?
What are some basic ways of keeping current with the authoritative literature?
Look at 17 CFR 229.306 and explain what the audit committee must do. Use http://www.taxsites.com > regulations or search for the Code of Federal Regulations available at the National Archives and Records Administration web site.
Look up SEC Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Release No. 1062. What did that SEC release discuss? While the SEC web site has many releases, it Is often more productive to use a subscription service with a stronger index.LexisNexis and CCH Business Research Network are examples of two databases
Does a tax treaty exist between the United States and Japan? If so, when was it signed?
List the competitor companies to Sony Music and how they rank. Identify your sources.
Why are accounting, auditing, and tax research necessary?
What role does professional research play within an accounting firm or department? Who primarily conducts the research?
What are the functions or responsibilities of the Policy Committee and Executive Subcommittee within a multi office firm?
What consequences are considered in the standards-setting process?
Explain the five basic steps involved in the research process.
What skills are important and tested on the CPA exam?
Your conclusion to the research will often be presented to your boss or client in the form of a research memorandum. Identify the basic points that should be contained in this memo. Also, identify some common errors to avoid in the drafting of the memo.
Define critical thinking.
What six principles of clear writing does SEC Rule #33-7380 identify?
What is the difference between the active and passive voice? Give an example.
What types of client letters exist?
Develop a chart similar to Figure 2-3 for the following assignment: Johnson Electronics has requested your advice as to when assets need to be classified as current assets.Figure 2-3 What are the implications or consequences? 6 What are the interpretations or inferences? 8 What is the point of
Develop a chart similar to Figure 2-3 for the following assignment: Your client, Baxter Controls, has requested your advice as to when a contingent liability should be booked (recorded) as a liability.Figure 2-3 What are the implications or consequences? 6 What are the interpretations or
Rewrite the following sentences into shorter, more concise sentences, while maintaining the main points of the sentence.a. For good reasons, the secretary may grant extensions of time in 30-day increments for filing of the lease and all required bonds, provided that additional extensions requests
Rewrite the following double-negative sentence in order to eliminate the double negative. No termination will be approved unless the administrator reviews the application and finds that it is not lacking any requisite materials.
Rewrite the following sentences using active voice.a. The fraud was reported by the employee.b. The book was enjoyed by me because the seven fraud investigation techniques were described so well by the author.
What is the Internet? Briefly explain ways the Internet can be utilized by the professional accountant.
What are the four basic ways of navigating the Internet?
Identify three ANet Discussion Groups available to the accountant/auditor.
What is a search engine?
When searching the Web utilizing a search engine, what would be the appropriate Boolean operator if you wanted the words Stock Options to be included in each document?
How would you configure your search if you were attempting to search for any form of the following words: depreciate, depreciation, depreciating, depreciated?
Access Google’s web site. Obtain the names of two companies filing IPOs (Initial Public Offerings of securities) with the SEC. Why were the companies filing the IPOs?
Visit the AICPA’s web site (http://www.aicpa.org) and click on the students link in the left listing at the bottom. List three things included under this link.
Access Yahoo!’s web site. Click on the Advanced Search link. Obtain a listing of five hits that resulted from searching for a title that must contain the words “fraud detection” with .gov as your domain and English as the language. What Is contained in these five listings?
Access Excite’s web site. You are conducting an investigation of a family member. Click on the White Pages link and search for a personal relative. What did you find? If at first you do not succeed, enter the name of another relative until you get a hit.
Access the FASB’s web site (http://www.fasb.org) and click on the publications link. What is the most current FASB Statement listed? Cite the number and title.
Using AltaVista locate three newsgroups relating to accounting or auditing. Briefly report on the contents of each newsgroup.
View the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s web site (http://www. pcaobus.org). What is its mission?
List the SEC divisions.
What are the responsibilities of the Division of Corporation Finance?
What two actions does the Enforcement Division take when authorized by the Commission?
Which groups/bodies issue ASUs? How is the issuing group/body designated?
You graduated and took your first position with a public accounting firm. While at a client (Soroka, Inc.), you discover documentation regarding several ventures. After careful research, you assess that Soroka, Inc. is the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity. You are wondering how
Using the Codification, identify and cite how a company should report an outstanding letter of credit.
JC Company owns multiple investments that pay quarterly dividends. One such investment is stock ownership in Scooter, Inc. Instead of distributing a cash dividend, Scooter, Inc. distributed Bear & Luke Company preferred stock to all of its shareholders, including JC Company.Required: How (at what
Go to EDGAR and type in “Apple Inc” in the company name box. When the new screen opens, in the filing type box, type in “upload.” Open the 2015-03-04 document and briefly summarize its contents.
Go to the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (www.ecfr.gov).a. What Part of Title 17 (Code of Federal Regulations—CFR) applies to interim financial reporting? Do interim financial statements need disclosures? Use appropriate citation.b. Go to the FASB Codification. Provide the Codification
Go to the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (www.ecfr.gov). Do LIFO reserves need to be disclosed in financial statements or in the footnotes? Be sure to include the specific reference in your answer.
Use your library sources to access the Journal of Accounting Education (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/ 07485751). Click on Volume 49 (December 2019). List the two educational cases appearing in this volume. Read the abstracts and summarize objectives for each case.
Access the IASB website (www.ifrs.org), click on the “Around the World” tab and click on the “Analysis of Use …” link. Do the G20 jurisdictions modify IFRS? If so, please explain.
Is an entity required to account for a contract modification as a separate contract? Provide specific citation to support your answer.
What are the steps in database research?
What company did Bristol Myers Squibb acquire in 2019? What happened to the company’s stock price when the merger was announced?
Who are six major publishers of financial information?
Review General Electric’s financial reports for the last three years, and perform a ratio analysis of them. In one paragraph, discuss the company’s financial situation. What databases and parts of that database did you use to find the answer?
Identify two statistical sources for business.
In 2019, who became the chair of GE’s audit committee? What was this person’s background? What controversy arose with GE’s audit committee? How was Harry Markopolos involved? How did Harry Markopolos achieve notoriety around Bernie Maddoff’s Ponzi scheme?
Why examine an analyst report?
What does the Audit Analytics database include?
What does the Interpretation of Federal Financial Accounting Standards 9 discuss? When was the Interpretation promulgated? What was the purpose of the Interpretation?
Describe TDH Holdings, Inc. noting its major products and its headquarters location. Give at last two major reasons as to why the stock was volatile in 2019.
Find 2019 stock prices on one of the largest private equity firms, the Blackstone Group. How much did their stock price change during that year? Explain why. What sources of information did you use to find this answer? Why is information on this private equity firm more readily available than
Use a commercial database to examine IBM’s first footnote in its financial statements for 2019. Compare and contrast the advantages or disadvantages in assessing IBM from a commercial database as compared to using the SEC website with its EDGAR database.
What database would best find information on Cargill, a large private company headquartered in Minnesota? Provide your reasoning.
What does the Guidestar database provide?
Identify three types of reforms made in the Taxpayer First Act of 2019.
Research the Internet to identify three major federal “tax expenditures.”
Summarize the tax issue in Direct Mktg. Ass’n v. Brohl, 814 F.3d 1129 (10th Cir. 2016). Explain what happened on its appeal to the Supreme Court. Provide a proper citation for any subsequent decision.
Alan Jones was completing the audit of Zecka Industries, but prior to the completion of audit procedures a major fire destroyed client evidence including general ledger and subsidiary ledgers, cost allocations, and various board of director minutes, and other types of audit evidence. Mr. Jones
Explain the differences between a review and compilation service.
Sony is a multinational company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with over 1,000 subsidiaries worldwide. Sony decided to expand its entertainment business in the United States, overseen by its subsidiary Sony-USA. Therefore, Sony-USA purchased two companies to form Sony Music and Sony Pictures.
What are two ways to search a database to collect evidence?
Identify Australia’s standard setters for accounting, auditing, and tax.
Describe the history of GE’s insurance business in one full page. Use at least two reliable sources with proper citations to them using the APA style of citation.
Explain three major differences between GAAP and statutory accounting for U.S. insurance companies. Provide a citation to your source(s).
Write at least two paragraphs explaining how reserves are calculated for a health insurance business. Provide a citation for your source(s).
Find and summarize a recent Analyst Report on GE. Write a minimum of two pages. Include at least two of the most important financial ratios. Provide a citation to the Analyst Report. Describe where you located that report.
In 2019, how was GE attempting to return to a position of strength? What sources did you use to find your answer? Provide complete citations.
Write a two-page summary of the most important information on GE’s health care business for a potential investor to know in 2019. Identify your sources.
What segment(s) of GE lost money in 2018? How large were the losses in those segment(s)? Where did you find that information?
In late 2017, GE announced its intention to exit approximately $20 billion of assets over the next year or two. What assets did GE dispose and how did it change the company?
In 2019, how did GE stock perform? What changes made by GE helped to explain its stock performance? What happened in March 2020?
Who issues Forensic Accounting Standards?
During an audit engagement, the audit partner informs the audit team that the engagement this year should include some forensic services as part of the audit. However, the audit manager informs the team that not only would the auditing standards need to be followed, but also the new Statement on
A CPA performing a forensic service engagement is considering whether to provide an opinion that is pursuant to a contingent fee arrangement. The CPA realizes that a contingent fee arrangement is not permitted for an audit engagement but believes such an arrangement is acceptable for forensic

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