Week 4 – investigating fraud

Business

See the “Just for FEET, Inc.” case for this question.

Background

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-may-13-fi-feet13-story.html (Links to an external site.)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB105278122330015100 (Links to an external site.)

https://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/stories/2000/04/03/focus4.html (Links to an external site.)

Questions

Provide a narrated power point with answers to these questions:

Prepare common-sized balance sheets and income statements for Just for Feet for the period 1996-1998. Also compute key liquidity, solvency, activity, and profitability ratios for 1997 and 1998. Given these data, comment on what you believe were the high-risk financial statement items for the 1998 Just for Feet audit.
Just for Feet operated large, high-volume retail stores. Identify internal control risks common to such businesses. How should these risks affect the audit planning decisions for such a client?
Just for Feet operated in an extremely competitive industry, or subindustry. Identify inherent risk factors common to businesses facing such competitive conditions. How should these risks affect the audit planning decisions for such a client?
Prepare a comprehensive list, in a bullet format, of the audit risk factors present for the 1998 Just for Feet audit. Identify the five audit risk factors that you believe were most critical to the successful completion of that audit. Rank these risk factors from least to most important and be prepared to defend your rankings. Briefly explain whether or not you believe that the Deloitte auditors responded appropriately to the five critical audit risk factors that you identified.
Put yourself in the position of Thomas Shine in this case. How would you have responded when Don-Allen Ruttenberg asked you to send a false confirmation to Deloitte & Touche? Before responding, identify the parties who will be affected by your decision.
Part of the first requirement for this week’s case study is….Prepare common-sized balance sheets and income statements for Just for Feet for the period 1996-1998. For the life of me, I cannot find the balance sheets and income statements for Just For Feet for the period 1996-1998. So, attached are the common-sized balance sheets and income statements for the period 1996-1998. already done.

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