How is the CPA firm insulated from being pressured by management?
A) The audit committee approves hiring, firing and fees paid to external auditors.
B) The chairman of the board approves the external auditor's fees as well as the engagement letter.
C) The IRS approves the external auditor's fees as well as the engagement letter.
D) The CPA firm is not insulated from management.
Answer: A
Finance
- There are those that believe that the analysis of financial statements has limitations. Which of the statements below would qualify as a limitation of financial statement analysis?
- Which of the following is not a method of "benchmarking"?
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- Why is the quick ratio considered by some to be a better measure of liquidity than the current ratio?
- Which of the following is a benefit of a common-size income statement?
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- DuPont equation: Saunders, Inc., has a ROE of 18.7 percent, an equity multiplier of 2.53, sales of $2.75 million, and a total assets turnover of 2.7 times. What is the firm's net income?
- DuPont equation: Andrade Corp has debt of $2,834,950, total assets of $5,178,235, sales of $8,234,121, and net income of $812,355. What is the firm's return on equity?
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- DuPont equation: GenTech Pharma has reported the following information: Sales/Total assets = 2.89; ROA = 10.74%; ROE = 20.36% What are the firm's profit margin and equity multiplier?
- Profitability ratio: Juventus Corp has total assets of $4,744,288, total debt of $2,912,000, and net sales of $7,212,465. Their net profit margin for the year is 18 percent. What is Juventus's ROA?
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- Market-value ratio: RTR Corp. has reported a net income of $812,425 for the year. The company's share price is $13.45, and the company has 312,490 shares outstanding. Compute the firm's price-earnings ratio.
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- Leverage ratio: What will be a firm's equity multiplier given a debt ratio of 0.45?
- Leverage ratio: Your firm has an equity multiplier of 2.47. What is its debt-to-equity ratio?
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- Coverage ratios: Sectors, Inc., has an EBIT of $7,221,643 and interest expense of $611,800. Its depreciation for the year is $1,434,500. What is its cash coverage ratio?
- Coverage ratio: Trident Corp. has debt of $3.35 million with an interest rate of 6.875 percent. The company has an EBIT of $2,766,009. What is its times interest earned?
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- Efficiency ratio: Jet, Inc., has net sales of $712,478 and accounts receivables of $167,435. What are the firm's accounts receivables turnover and days' sales outstanding?
- Efficiency ratio: Ellicott City Manufacturers, Inc., has sales of $6,344,210, and a gross profit margin of 67.3 percent. What is the firm's cost of goods sold?
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