UNIFORM CPA EXAMINATION HANDBOOK CALIFORNIA BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY EXAMINATION UNIT 2000 Evergreen Street‚ Suite 250 Sacramento‚ CA 95815 Telephone: (916) 561-1703 Facsimile: (916) 263-3677 Web: www.cba.ca.gov CONTACT INFORMATION California Board of Accountancy 2000 Evergreen Street‚ Suite 250 Sacramento‚ CA 95815-3832 Main Telephone: (916) 263-3680 Fax: (916) 236-3675 Web site: www.cba.ca.gov CBA Outreach E-mail: outreach@cba.ca.gov Certifications Telephone: (916)
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CPA 104 FINANCIAL REPORTING MODULE 1 THE FRAMEWORK AND ITS APPLICATION IN FINANCIAL REPORTING Part A: The role of a framework of accounting in global financial markets Objective of General Purpose Financial Reporting To provide financial information about the reporting entity that is useful to existing and potential investors‚ lenders and other creditors in making decisions about providing resources to the entity. Key factors driving the globalisation of financial markets Technological innovation
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Auditing Lecture Notes- Chapter Two The CPA Profession 14e Vignette Discussion- CPA Firms – 4 Types (Table 2-1……..pg. 26) 1. Big Four 2. National 3. Regional 4. Large Local Major Activities of these firms * accounting and bookkeeping * taxes * consulting Six Organizational Structures p. 29 1. Proprietorship 2. General Partnership 3. General Corporation 4. Professional Corporation 5. Limited Liability Company 6. Limited Liability Partnership Typical
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risk. Perform preliminary analytical procedures. State the purposes of analytical procedures and the timing of each purpose. Select the most appropriate analytical procedure from among the five major types. Compute common financial ratios. 8-2 8-3 The bankruptcy of Enron Corporation‚ at one time the nation’s largest energy wholesaling company‚ represents the biggest corporate collapse in American history. Despite being listed as No. 7 on the Fortune 500 list with a market capitalization of $75 billion
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Summer 2010 Update for Auditing Assurance Services: An Integrated Approach 13th Edition and Alvin A. Arens Randal J. Elder Mark S. Beasley We are committed to providing students and faculty up‐to‐date content for use in the classroom and are pleased to provide this newsletter highlighting recent events affecting the audit and assurance profession. Pearson Prentice Hall SUMMER 2010 UPDATE AUDITING AND ASSURANCE SERVICES: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH‚ 13TH EDITION
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Introduction‚ Review of Accounting Process & Financial Statements Part I • Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or U.S. GAAP refer to the standard framework of guidelines for financial accounting used in any given jurisdiction; generally know as Accounting Standards. GAAP includes the standards‚ conventions‚ and rules accountants follow in recording and summarizing‚ and in the preparation of financial statements (Wikipedia‚ n.d.). Although quite
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Auditing Case study Answers to case study: 1. What are the auditor ’s primary objectives when he or she observes the client ’s annual physical inventory? Ans. The Primary Objective of auditor is to make sure the inventory reflected on the balance sheet actually exists and that the balance sheet includes all inventory owned by the company .This includes all raw material‚supplies‚inventory in transit.The company may have on consignment with another business and inventory stored off the
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QUESTION 1 1. How do a proprietorship and corporation differ? If you worked for a CPA firm‚ which would you recommend to your client and why? Explain in your own words. The difference between proprietorship and corporation is that proprietorship is only owned by 1 person and corporation is owned by either 1 person or a group of people. It also differs from the liability because a proprietorship has unlimited liability and a corporation has limited liability. When a proprietorship is sued‚
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TASK 1: Financial statements are used by both internal and external users to make economic decisions. The information within the financial statement aims to provide information about the financial position‚ performance and any changes in financial position of an enterprise. Financial statements should be understandable‚ relevant‚ reliable and comparable. Reported assets‚ liabilities‚ equity‚ income and expenses are directly related to an organization ’s financial position. AstraZeneca
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2002:53 Financial Statement Fraud - Recognition of Revenue and the Auditor’s Responsibility for Detecting Financial Statement Fraud - Tiina Intal and Linh Thuy Do Graduate Business School School of Economics and Commercial Law Göteborg University ISSN 1403-851X Printed by Elanders Novum Abstract Financial reporting frauds and earnings manipulation have attracted high profile attention recently. There have been several cases by businesses of what appears to be financial statement fraud
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