AUDITING 4 INTERNAL CONTROL In business control is required for optimum utilizatiion of resources and for maximising the profits.business operations are carried on with the help of human agents and equipments.both require supervision to ensure that tasks assigned to them are carried out properly to avoid wastes and losses. Internal control required for small business is not identical with that required for a large business in the sense that in case of the former‚the entire control
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Summer 2010 Update for Auditing Assurance Services: An Integrated Approach 13th Edition and Alvin A. Arens Randal J. Elder Mark S. Beasley We are committed to providing students and faculty up‐to‐date content for use in the classroom and are pleased to provide this newsletter highlighting recent events affecting the audit and assurance profession. Pearson Prentice Hall SUMMER 2010 UPDATE AUDITING AND ASSURANCE SERVICES: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH‚ 13TH EDITION
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information to the auditor in order to lower the expected loss from litigation or related settlements. This describes which theory of auditing? a. explanatory. b. agency. c. information hypothesis. d. insurance hypothesis. 5. Which of these actions is most likely to remove the audit expectation gap? a. improving auditing standards b. educating of audit users about what are reasonable expectations c. improving auditor’s performance
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words 1) Rodney Brick is completing a Master of Accounting part-time and has taken on a role as an auditing assistant with an audit/accounting firm and his first job is to assist with auditing the books of Daffey Jones Ltd‚ a major retailer. Whilst undertaking the audit‚ Rodney comes across certain financial information that he believes will assist him in completing one of the auditing assignments he is currently working on so he copies the information and uses it in the assignment‚ although
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AUDIT TECHNIQUES I. NATURE and PURPOSE of AUDIT TECHNIQUES Auditing Techniques are the basic tools utilized by auditors to obtain audit evidences. Auditing Technique is defined as any technique as any technique used to determine deviations from actual accounting and controls established by a business or organization as well as uncovering problems in established processes and controls. Auditing Techniques can be used to aid organizations by uncovering errors in business practices and providing
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(for trade receivable confirmation) 7. representation letters 8. checklists 9. correspondence concerning significant matters 10. copies: entity’s records‚ e.g. contracts‚ agreements Form‚ content 1. using standard schedules‚ computer program standard audit program standard internal control questionnaire standard audit file structure Permanent file * document continuous important materials‚ info relevant to audit entity’s financial statements 1. permanent file
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BF3394 – AUDITING AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS Module Number: Module Title: BF3394 AUDITING & PROFESSIONAL ETHICS 10 credits Number of Aston Credits: Total Number of ECTS Credits: 5 credits (European Credit Transfer) Staff Member Responsible for the Module: Dr Melina Manochin Finance and Accounting Group ABS Building‚ Room 410‚ Extension 3732 m.m.manochin@aston.ac.uk Availability: Please see office hours on door or group administrator‚ Ms Rosaleen Shirley‚ ABS 404‚ Extension 3238 Other Staff
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any audit? Explain clearly 4) What is professional clearance? What is the importance of professional clearance in auditing? 5) An audit fee is an auditor’s remuneration. In what ways can the aspect of audit fees affect auditors’ independence? 6) Explain clearly the ethical codes that are required of any professional auditor? 7) Audit planning is an important input in the auditing assignment‚ discuss. 8) Assume you are an experienced auditor with an audit firm in Dar. Your senior has requested
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setting out to achieve enhanced credibility of information disclosed to increase reliability for the users of the financial statements. A definition from the Committee on Basic Auditing is as follows: A systematic process of objectively obtaining and evaluating evidence regarding assertions about economic actions and events to ascertain the degree of correspondence between those assertions and established criteria and communicating the results to interested users. The auditor only considers going
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in the capital city. 2. Each petrol station sells fuel. In addition‚ each petrol station has car wash services‚ a garage‚ a retail shop for motor accessories and a restaurant. 3. All petrol stations have point of sale micro-computers which are linked to the main computer at the head office. Required: i. Identify six risk areas that your firm would consider when developing the audit plan ii. Describe three analytical review procedures you would carry out as part of the substantive testing on
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