Download or read book Three Essays on Material Weakness Disclosures Restatement Announcements and Auditor s Litigation Risk written by Nader Refat Reiad Wans and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Three Essays On Auditor Liability written by Jeffrey Scott Pickerd and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Auditor liability is an important topic of accounting research as auditors respond to a constantly changing financial reporting and regulatory environment. Through three independent essays, I intend to explore how estimate uncertainty, financial statement aggregation, audit quality indicators, a company's investor base, and the size of the alleged misstatement can impact auditor liability both in the courtroom, as determined by jurors, and in out of court settlement, as determined by attorneys. I find that jurors do hold the auditor more likely to be negligent when audit quality indicators suggest the auditors did a poor quality audit. I also find that jurors hold auditors to be more negligent when both estimate uncertainty is low and the income statement is disaggregated. This juror finding is in contrast to lawyers where I find that high estimate uncertainty causes auditors' lawyers to believe that the auditors are more vulnerable for failing to detect a material misstatement and make more concessions in out-of-court settlement negotiation. Together, these studies have a number of important implications. First, the impact of high estimate uncertainty on auditor liability can go in opposite directions depending on whether the case disposition is determined by jurors or by lawyers negotiating settlement. Second, auditors' legal counsel may erroneously concede during settlement negotiations based on incorrect beliefs about their vulnerability to jurors. Third, while accounting research has focused on juror judgments to proxy for auditor litigation risk, auditors may face very different litigation risk in out-of-court settlement, where the vast majority of auditor liability is determined.

Download or read book Material Weakness Disclosures and Restatement Announcements written by Nader Wans and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We examine the joint pricing effects of restatement announcements and associated MW disclosures. First, we analyze whether a dual disclosure of both a MW and restatement is viewed more adversely by the market at the time of restatement. We show that firms that announce both a restatement and an associated MW, either before, concurrent with, or after the restatement experience significantly more negative returns and a higher increase of implied volatility than do firms whose restatements were not associated with an MW disclosure. We also find that the joint disclosure of a MW and restatement triggers more class action lawsuits than does a single disclosure of a MW. Second, we examine the PCAOB's premise that MW disclosures are warnings of potential financial misstatements by examining the market reaction to restatements conditional on prior MW disclosures. Our evidence suggests that the market reacts more negatively to restatements that are preceded by a MW disclosure compared to restatements that went unwarned. Overall, our study provides new insights on how capital market participants incorporate information about internal control quality into their perceptions about financial reporting quality.

Download or read book Financial Restatements written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.

Download or read book Financial statement restatements trends market impacts regulatory responses and remaining challenges written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Following the Money written by George Benston and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2004-05-13 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Brookings Institution Press and American Enterprise Institute publication A few years ago, Americans held out their systems of corporate governance and financial disclosure as models to be emulated by the rest of the world. But in late 2001 U.S. policymakers and corporate leaders found themselves facing the largest corporate accounting scandals in American history. The spectacular collapses of Enron and Worldcom—as well as the discovery of accounting irregularities at other large U.S. companies—seemed to call into question the efficacy of the entire system of corporate governance in the United States. In response, Congress quickly enacted a comprehensive package of reform measures in what has come to be known as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ followed by making fundamental changes to their listing requirements. The private sector acted as well. Accounting firms—watching in horror as one of their largest, Arthur Andersen, collapsed after a criminal conviction for document shredding—tightened their auditing procedures. Stock analysts and ratings agencies, hit hard by a series of disclosures about their failings, changed their practices as well. Will these reforms be enough? Are some counterproductive? Are other shortcomings in the disclosure system still in need of correction? These are among the questions that George Benston, Michael Bromwich, Robert E. Litan, and Alfred Wagenhofer address in Following the Money. While the authors agree that the U.S. system of corporate disclosure and governance is in need of change, they are concerned that policymakers may be overreacting in some areas and taking actions in others that may prove to be ineffective or even counterproductive. Using the Enron case as a point of departure, the authors argue that the major problem lies not in the accounting and auditing standards themselves, but in the system of enforcing those standards.

Download or read book Audit Reports and Stock Markets written by Kim Ittonen and published by University of Vaasa. This book was released on 2009 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tiivistelmä: Tilintarkastuskertomukset ja osakemarkkinat.

Download or read book Earnings Management written by Joshua Ronen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-08-06 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a study of earnings management, aimed at scholars and professionals in accounting, finance, economics, and law. The authors address research questions including: Why are earnings so important that firms feel compelled to manipulate them? What set of circumstances will induce earnings management? How will the interaction among management, boards of directors, investors, employees, suppliers, customers and regulators affect earnings management? How to design empirical research addressing earnings management? What are the limitations and strengths of current empirical models?

Download or read book Judgment and Decision Making Research in Accounting and Auditing written by Robert H. Ashton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-09-29 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely and comprehensive study on behavioural decision-making within the field of accounting.

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Download or read book Implementation of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wiley Practitioner s Guide to GAAS 2001 written by Dan M. Guy and published by . This book was released on 2000-10-24 with total page 966 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earn up to 40 CPE credits The clearest, easy-to-use guide to understanding GAAS 2001 on the market This latest resource to understanding GAAS addresses the toughest part of an accountant's job-identifying, interpreting, and applying the many audit, attest, review, and compilation standards relevant to a particular engagement. Wiley Practitioner's Guide to GAAS 2001, the only reference written by the primary authors of the AICPA Statements on Auditing Standards, offers the accounting professional a clear, accessible distillation of the official language of the Statements on Auditing Standards (SASs), Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAEs), and Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARSs)- as well as advice on exactly when and how to remain fully compliant with each. The only GAAS reference organized the way practitioners actually use the Statements on Auditing Standards, GAAS 2001 presents each statement individually, explaining how the standards are related, along with guidance on the entire engagement process, in the form of practice notes, checklists, questionnaires, and real-world examples that illustrate how the fundamental requirements of each section are applied. Other key features include: * A brief identification of each SAS, SSAE, and SSARS, with its effective date and tips on when to apply it * A comprehensive glossary of official definitions, usually scattered throughout a standard * Behind-the-scenes explanations of the reasons for each pronouncement and brief explanation of the basic ideas of the section * Concise listing and descriptions of each standard's specific mandates * Capsule summary of interpretations, plus selected AICPA practice alerts and advisories * Helpful techniques for remaining compliant with each standard New in GAAS 2001! * SAS 88 Service Organizations and Reporting on Consistency * SAS 89 Audit Adjustments * SAS 90 Audit Committee Communications * SAS 91 Federal GAAP Hierarchy * SAS 92 Auditing Derivative Instruments, Hedging Activities, and Investments in Securities Also available: WILEY Practitioner's Guide to GAAS 2001 for Windows(r) CD-ROM Covering all SASs, SSAEs, SSARSs, and Interpretations WILEY Auditor's SAS Field Guide 2001 Visit our Web site at www.wiley.com/gaas or www.wiley.com/accounting

Download or read book GAAS Guide written by Mark S. Beasley and published by CCH Incorporated. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 1234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CCHs GAAS Guide describes todays engagement standards and practices, including Statements on Auditing Standards (SASs), Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAEs), and Statements on Standards on Accounting and Review Services (SSARSs) and their relationship to the PCAOBs standards. The latest interpretations of all the standards are also included. Features: .Authoritative pronouncements and an overview; Promulgated procedures checklists; Analysis and application of reporting standards; Practitioners aids