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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CHAPTER AUDIT PLANNING AND ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES THE FALL OF ENRON: DID ANYONE UNDERSTAND THEIR BUSINESS? 8 LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter‚ you should be able to 8-1 Discuss why adequate audit planning is essential. Make client acceptance decisions and perform initial audit planning. Gain an understanding of the client’s business and industry. Assess client business risk. Perform preliminary analytical procedures. State the purposes of analytical procedures and the timing
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AUDITING CHAPTER-HEADS Chapter 1 : INTRODUCTION Chapter 2 : TYPES OF AUDIT Chapter 3 : INTERNAL CONTROL AND INTERNAL CHECK Chapter 4 : VOUCHING AND VERIFICATION Chapter 5 : AUDIT PLANNING AND DOCUMENTATION Chapter 6 : COMPANY AUDITOR Chapter 7 : COMPANY AUDIT Chapter 8 : TYPES OF REPORT UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION Q1. Define an ‘Audit’ and state the various objects of an audit. Or ‘Two main objects
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and retained. The Professional Practices Framework for Internal Auditing (PPF) was designed by The IIA Board of Directors’ Guidance Task Force to appropriately organize the full range of existing and developing practice guidance for the profession. Based on the definition of internal auditing‚ the PPF comprises Ethics and Standards‚ Practice Advisories‚ and Development and Practice Aids‚ and paves the way to world-class internal auditing. This guidance fits into the Framework under the heading Development
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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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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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the audit? The types of auditing samples are broken down into two different categories: statistical and non-statistical sampling. The purpose of auditing samples are designed to give the auditor the results he or she seeks‚ without having to completely audit 100% of the items within the audit population. Here are some of the different types of auditing samples broken out into the two categories: Statistical Sampling Methods: Random Sampling – Is an auditing method that basically means
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sales revenue when the books are shipped to customers. 14-6 Tests of controls: 1. On a sample of sales invoices‚ examine proper authorization and indication of internal verification of sales amounts. 2. Examine approved computer printout of unit selling prices. 3. Examine file of batch totals for initials of data control clerk; compare totals to summary reports. Substantive tests of transactions: 1. Recompute information on sales invoices.
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Week 5 Assignment What is the correct relationship of internal audit to senior management? The correct relationship to exist between internal auditors to senior management is one that meets the risk areas as defined by importance to senior management; this includes assurance and consultative reporting result. The same premise is also true for creating a correct relationship with operational management and the audit committee; under these cases‚ operational management desires consultative results
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Should students bring electronics to school? Students should be allowed to bring electronics to school. Why? Because without them the classroom will be noisy and disruptive EVERYONE will be playing up but with electronics it can keep the whole class all occupied. School have so many learning opportunities yet‚ people don’t know and don’t care about them. So that’s why I’m here to tell you 3 reasons why students can bring electronics to school. I believe this because I’m an electronics person
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