Accounting Restatements and Key Audit Matters disclosure - e-Book

Accounting Restatements and Key Audit Matters disclosure - e-Book
Author: MATOZZA FELICE
Publisher: G Giappichelli Editore
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2022-07-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 8892194550

This monograph is one of the few books to investigate the understudied but fascinating topic of accounting restatement in the European context. In the first chapter, substantial changes over time in treatments for correction of errors under the International Financial Reporting Standards and Italian generally accepted accounting principles are examined. Following that, a brief overview of the literature, mainly concerning the United States environment, and characteristics of and trends in accounting issues drawn from restatements announced by a sample of firms listed in European countries from 2016 to 2020 are presented. After a review of multi-country empirical research, chapter 3 presents an assessment of the frequency and severity of restatements at the country, industry and year levels. Finally, chapter 4 considers the forewarning effect of topics communicated in the key audit matters in relation to subsequently revealed account-specific misstatements by proposing a new matching procedure. Throughout the work, the author provides frequent comparisons with findings obtained by United States scholars.

The Routledge Companion to Accounting in China

The Routledge Companion to Accounting in China
Author: Haiyan Zhou
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2018-10-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317193024

There is increasing interest in accounting issues in China. Despite a relatively short history, China's stock market is the world's second largest. This growth has been accompanied by increasing demand for accounting information alongside reforms of accounting and auditing rules, as international investors have paid increasing attention to investment opportunities in this dynamic and energetic country with a large population and economic growth potentials. Despite this, at present there are few books which offer students, academics and practitioners a comprehensive guide to current accounting issues in China. The Routledge Companion to Accounting in China fills this important gap in the literature. The volume is organized in six thematic sections which cover capital market and corporate finance, financial accounting, managerial accounting, auditing, taxation and internal controls. The structure is intended to reflect the increasing diversity of contemporary accounting issues in China, including a balanced overview of current knowledge, identifying issues and discussing relevant debates. This book is a prestigious reference work which offers students, academics and practitioners an introduction to current accounting issues in the emerging market of China.

Handbook of Attitudes, Volume 2: Applications

Handbook of Attitudes, Volume 2: Applications
Author: Dolores Albarracin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 610
Release: 2018-10-10
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1351712349

Attitudes are evaluations of people, places, things, and ideas. They help us to navigate through a complex world. They provide guidance for decisions about which products to buy, how to travel to work, or where to go on vacation. They color our perceptions of others. Carefully crafted interventions can change attitudes and behavior. Yet attitudes, beliefs, and behavior are often formed and changed in casual social exchanges. The mere perception that other people—say, rich people— favor something may be sufficient to make another person favor it. People’s own actions also influence their attitudes, such that they adjust to be more supportive of the actions. People’s belief systems even change to align with and support their preferences, which at its extreme is a form of denial for which people lack awareness. These two volumes of The Handbook of Attitudes provide authoritative, critical surveys of theory and research about attitudes, beliefs, persuasion, and behavior from key authors in these areas. This second volume covers applications to measurement, behavior prediction, and interventions in the areas of cancer, HIV, substance use, diet, and exercise, as well as in politics, intergroup relations, aggression, migrations, advertising, accounting, education, and the environment.

Auditor Going Concern Reporting

Auditor Going Concern Reporting
Author: Marshall A. Geiger
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2021-06-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000392031

Auditor reporting on going-concern-related uncertainties remains one of the most challenging issues faced by external auditors. Business owners, market participants and audit regulators want an early warning of impending business failure. However, companies typically do not welcome audit opinions indicating uncertainty regarding their future viability. Thus, the auditor’s decision to issue a "going concern opinion" (GCO) is a complex and multi-layered one, facing a great deal of tension. Given such a rich context, academic researchers have examined many facets related to an auditor’s decision to issue a GCO. This monograph reviews and synthesizes 182 recent GCO studies that have appeared since the last significant review published in 2013 through the end of 2019. The authors categorize studies into the three broad areas of GCO: (1) determinants, (2) accuracy and (3) consequences. As an integral part of their synthesis, they summarize the details of each study in several user-friendly tables. After discussing and synthesizing the research, they present a discussion of opportunities for future research, including issues created or exacerbated as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic. This monograph will be of assistance to researchers interested in exploring this area of auditor responsibility. It will also be of interest to auditing firms and individual practitioners wanting to learn what academic research has examined and found regarding this challenging aspect of audit practice. Auditing standard-setters and regulators will find it of interest as the authors review numerous studies examining issues related to audit policy and regulation, and their effects on GCO decisions. The examination of GCO research is extremely timely given the financial and business disruption caused by the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. This unprecedented global event has caused companies, auditors and professional bodies to revisit and reassess their approach to going concern, and to think even more deeply about this fundamental business imperative.

Audit and Assurance Services, Print and Interactive E-Text

Audit and Assurance Services, Print and Interactive E-Text
Author: Philomena Leung
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 531
Release: 2023-09-15
Genre:
ISBN: 139417344X

Written for the local market, the second edition of Audit and Assurance features a concise and contemporary presentation of auditing. This new edition has a major focus on both technology and applied learning, using lots of examples to ensure students will be able to do more than rote auditing and instead understand why processes are the way they are so that they can be more flexible. The new edition welcomes two new industry experts to the author team, Dominic Canestrati-Soh who is a Senior Manager at Ernst & Young and Kirsty Meredith who is an academic at USC with 7 years industry experience as a Chartered Accountant specialising in audit and taxation. The text has been updated with new content on data analytics, technology insights and interviews with auditing practioners as well as Excel screencasts and primers.

Emerging Capital Markets and Globalization

Emerging Capital Markets and Globalization
Author: Augusto de la Torre
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2006-10-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0821365444

Back in the early 1990s, economists and policy makers had high expectations about the prospects for domestic capital market development in emerging economies, particularly in Latin America. Unfortunately, they are now faced with disheartening results. Stock and bond markets remain illiquid and segmented. Debt is concentrated at the short end of the maturity spectrum and denominated in foreign currency, exposing countries to maturity and currency risk. Capital markets in Latin America look particularly underdeveloped when considering the many efforts undertaken to improve the macroeconomic environment and to reform the institutions believed to foster capital market development. The disappointing performance has made conventional policy recommendations questionable, at best. 'Emerging Capital Markets and Globalization' analyzes where we stand and where we are heading on capital market development. First, it takes stock of the state and evolution of Latin American capital markets and related reforms over time and relative to other countries. Second, it analyzes the factors related to the development of capital markets, with particular interest on measuring the impact of reforms. And third, in light of this analysis, it discusses the prospects for capital market development in Latin America and emerging economies and the implications for the reform agenda.

The Routledge Companion to Auditing

The Routledge Companion to Auditing
Author: David Hay
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2014-09-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136210350

Auditing has been a subject of some controversy, and there have been repeated attempts at reforming its practice globally. This comprehensive companion surveys the state of the discipline, including emerging and cutting-edge trends. It covers the most important and controversial issues, including auditing ethics, auditor independence, social and environmental accounting as well as the future of the field. This handbook is vital reading for legislators, regulators, professionals, commentators, students and researchers involved with auditing and accounting. The collection will also prove an ideal starting place for researchers from other fields looking to break into this vital subject.