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SEC v PHILLIP E. HARLOW, CPA RELEASE NO.: AAER-1706 Click to find out why . . .



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CaseNo: 34-47261, Defendant: Phillip E. Harlow, CPA Release No.: AAER-1706, Plaintiff: SEC, UniqueCaseRef: SEC>34-47261, Harlow, Audit, Financial Statements, Commission, Practice, Sunbeam, Accounting, Report, Year-end, Gaap, Adjustments, Respondent, Materiality, Reserves, Anderson, Sales, Revenue, Proceeding, Conformity, Accordance, Recognition, Management, Conducting, Improper, Auditing, Materiality Analysis, Engagement, Restructuring, Connection, Bill , ContentID: 120255894

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1 2003-01-27 SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
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1 . SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING

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AUDIT
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
COMMISSION
PRACTICE
SUNBEAM
ACCOUNTING
REPORT
YEAR-END
GAAP
ADJUSTMENTS
RESPONDENT
MATERIALITY
RESERVES
ANDERSON
SALES
REVENUE
PROCEEDING
CONFORMITY
ACCORDANCE
RECOGNITION
MANAGEMENT
CONDUCTING
IMPROPER
AUDITING
MATERIALITY ANALYSIS
ENGAGEMENT
RESTRUCTURING
CONNECTION
BILL
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Before the
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Release No. 47261 / January 27, 2003

Accounting and Auditing Enforcement
Release No. 1706 / January 27, 2003

Administrative Proceeding
File No. 3-11020
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   In the Matter of

   PHILLIP E. HARLOW, CPA

   Respondent.

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   ORDER INSTITUTING PUBLIC
   ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS
   PURSUANT TO RULE 102(e) OF THE
   COMMISSION'S RULES OF PRACTICE,
   MAKING FINDINGS AND IMPOSING
   IMPOSING REMEDIAL SANCTIONS

I.

   The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it
   appropriate and in the public interest that public administrative
   proceedings be, and hereby are, instituted against Phillip E. Harlow,
   certified public accountant ("Harlow" or "Respondent"), pursuant to
   Rule 102(e)(1)(ii) of the Commission's Rules of Practice.

II.

   In anticipation of the institution of the administrative proceedings,
   the Respondent has sub-mitted an Offer of Settlement ("Offer"), which
   the Commission has determined to accept. Solely for the pur-poses of
   this proceeding and any other proceeding brought by or on behalf of
   the Commission or in which the Commission is a party, and without
   admitting or denying the Commission's find-ings con-tained herein,
   except that he admits the jurisdiction of the Commission over him and
   over the subject matter of this proceeding, Respondent consents to the
SNIPPETS:
  • PHILLIP E. HARLOW, CPA
  • COMMISSION'S RULES OF PRACTICE, MAKING FINDINGS AND IMPOSING IMPOSING REMEDIAL SANCTIONS
  • The Securities and Exchange Commission deems it appropriate and in the public interest that
  • In anticipation of the institution of the administrative proceedings, the Respondent has
  • Solely for the pur-poses of this proceeding and any other proceeding brought by or on behalf , Making Findings and Imposing Remedial Sanctions.
  • Harlow, a former partner at Arthur Andersen, LLP, Sunbeam Corporation's out-side auditing
  • Harlow proposed certain adjustments that management rejected, and Harlow passed on the
  • This resulted in Andersen's audit reports on those financial statements being inac-curate in
  • From 1994 until the summer of 1998, Harlow was the engagement partner on the Arthur Andersen
  • Sunbeam Recorded Reserves That Did Not Comport with GAAP and Recognized 1997 Expenses at
  • Included in these charges were certain reserves and accruals, and prematurely recog-nized
  • these restructuring costs should not have been recorded in 1996 because they benefited
  • In connection with Andersen's audit of Sunbeam's 1996 year-end financial statements, Harlow
  • Harlow proposed adjustments for these entries, which management rejected, and Harlow passed
  • Harlow caused Andersen to render an unqualified audit report on the 1996 financial statements
  • The report represented that Andersen conducted its audits "in accordance with generally
  • The impression of successful financial performance, however, rested in part on the improper
  • Sunbeam treated these trans-actions as "bill and hold" sales.
  • The report represented that Anderson conducted its audits "in accordance with generally
  • his lack of care in conducting the 1997 year-end audit allowed management to recognize
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