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firm. State if the 4.The following is a list of circumstances that might be face

ID: 2556639 • Letter: F

Question

firm. State if the 4.The following is a list of circumstances that might be faced by a public accounting circumstance represents a violation of one of the rules of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and why (respond Y if it is a violation or N for it is not a violation)l (12 points) a. The nine year old son of the partner in charge of the audit owns two shares of stock in the audit client. b. A CPA firm hands out flyers at a conference that advertise the firm's services. c. A CPA accepts a commission for recommending a software vendor to an audit client. A CPA also graduated from law school and passed the bar exam and he also provides legal services to some of his audit clients. d. A CPA has not been paid by his client the fee for last year's audit and thus the CPA feels he is forced to keep the clients original documents which he had used to gather evidence to support his opinion e. A CPA structures his fees so that clients that attain large tax refunds will pay more than those that owe the IRS tax on the f. tax return

Explanation / Answer

1) The nine year old son of the partner in charge of the audit owns two shares of stock in the audit client

Yes, Rules violated: Independence

2) A CPA firms hands out flyers at a conference that advertise the firm's services

No violation

3) A CPA accepts a commission for recommending a software vendor to an audit client

Yes; Rules violated: Commission and referral fees

4) A CPA graduated from law school and passed the bar exam and he also provides legal services to some of his audit clients

No violation

5) A CPA has not been paid by his client the fee for last year's audit and thus the CPA feels he is forced to keep the client's original documents which he had used to gather evidence to support his opinion

No violation

6) A CPA structures his fees so that clients that attain large tax refunds will pay more than those that owe the IRS tax on the tax return

Yes, Rules violated: Contingent fees