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Free IDEA software
The educational version of IDEA software is avail- able for free with each new book. IDEA is new to this edition and the authors wrote chapter-specific IDEA assignments and problems, all of which are found inside Connect. Exposing students to IDEA allows them the opportunity to work with real professional audit software.
Real-World Integration and Hands-On Mini-Cases.
Mini EarthWear cases “Hands-on” mini-cases are integrated throughout the text. Enhanced case descriptions and a new mini-case on the search for unrecorded liabilities were added this edition. The mini-cases are also available in Connect, giving your students the opportunity to actually do some common audit- ing procedures.
Practical applications for the modern student
Rev. Confirming Pages
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know, if the securities acts had not been passed by Congress in the 1930s, no one would be interested in having an audit performed.”
Required: Draft a memo that highlights your thoughts about Lee’s statement that audits only
take place because they are required by law.
INTERNET ASSIGNMENT
LO 1-1, 1-9 1-30 Using an Internet browser, identify five Internet sites that contain accounting or auditing resources. For each site identified, prepare a brief summary of the types of information that are available. For example, the PCAOB’s home page (www.pcaobus.org) contains extensive information on the organization’s activities (you may use the PCAOB site as one of the five). Your five summaries should not exceed a total of one typed page.
HANDS-ON CASES