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threats to professional ethics

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  • This topic has 5 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by Ken Garrett.
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  • January 24, 2015 at 3:51 pm #223647
    syed ali
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    Assuming management responsibilities for an assurance client may  create threats to independence. The provision of other services may  require the assurance firm to assume management responsibilities  but an assurance firm must not assume management responsibilities as part of an assurance engagement or for an audit client.  – Activities that are routine and administrative, or involve matters  that are insignificant, generally are deemed not to be a  management responsibility. – Providing advice and recommendations to assist management  in discharging its responsibilities is not assuming management  responsibilities.please explain above scenerio sir i did not get concept of it

    January 25, 2015 at 5:57 am #223669
    Ken Garrett
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    An auditor helping a client to negotiate a contract with an important custome, actually sitting in on meetings and negotiating, would be taking on management responsibilities, and could make it difficult later when auditing the profit to be recognised in respect of that contract.

    Simply suggesting to management that they arrange for stage payments on the contract to help cash flows is not taking on management responsibility.

    If you were not the auditor then as other work you can do almost anything you are competent at.

    January 25, 2015 at 1:26 pm #223684
    syed ali
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    sir if auditor takes management responsibility of client what kind of threats it on objectivity is related to fee or some other threats

    January 25, 2015 at 8:10 pm #223717
    Ken Garrett
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    Self interest. If the auditor participates in management the auditor will not want to be seen to have made a management error.

    February 27, 2015 at 12:17 pm #230639
    dhameelolar
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    Would the scenario also give rise to advocacy threat

    February 27, 2015 at 1:29 pm #230647
    Ken Garrett
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    Possibly. Advocacy is singing the praises of your client to others eg very positive support for a new issue of shares. If the auditor is acting in a management capacity this could be purely internal.

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