Case 5.

The Baptist Foundation of

Arizona: Presentation and
Disclosure of Related
Parties

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Relevant Technical Knowledge
AU Section 334 – Paragraph 4
 “the auditor should be aware of the possible
existence of material related party transactions
that could affect the financial statements.”
AU Section 334 – Paragraph 5
 “in determining the scope of work to be
performed with respect to possible transactions
with related parties, the auditor should obtain an
understanding of management responsibilities
and the relationship of each component to the
total entity.”

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Relevant Technical Knowledge
PCAOB AS #12 – Paragraphs #23-25
 “because of its importance to effective
internal control over financial reporting,
the auditor must evaluate the control
environment at the company.” The
control environment is influenced heavily
by a company’s management team and is
therefore often referred to as “the tone at
the top”.
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Relevant Technical Knowledge
PCAOB AS #5
 Paragraph # 28 – “relevant assertions are
those financial statement assertions that
have a reasonable possibility of
containing a misstatement that would
cause the financial statements to be
materially misstated.”
 Paragraph #30 – “what could go wrong?”

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Relevant Technical Knowledge
PCAOB AS #5 – Paragraph #39
 “the auditor should test those controls
that are important to the auditor's
conclusion about whether the company's
controls sufficiently address the assessed
risk of misstatement to each relevant
assertion.”

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Psychology Literature -
How to Best Acquire Knowledge
 Feature Repeated Case Experiences with
Feedback; and
 Teach Technical Concepts within Real-
Life Contexts
 Consider the following additional cases:
 The Fund of Funds: Valuation of Investments
 Enron: Presentation and Disclosure of Special Purpose
Entities
 Qwest: Occurrence of Revenue

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 BFA filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
protection

 BFA filed suit against Arthur

Andersen for negligence, causing
the accounting firm’s bankruptcy

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 Arthur Anderson paid $217 million
to settle investor lawsuits

 Former president William Pierre

Crotts and chief legal counsel
Thomas Grabinski convicted of three
counts of fraud