Generally Accepted Auditing Standards ACC/491 June 1‚ 2015 Venetia Clark Nature and Function of Audit The nature and function of audit is multifaceted with a comprehensive broad objective; to provide users with complete‚ relevant and reliable information that assist them in making business decisions. More commonly the users of this information are focused on accurate financial statements and an evaluation of managements assertions regarding the oversight of reporting‚ internal
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| The first general standard requires that an audit of financial statements is to be performed by a person or persons having | A. Seasoned judgment in varying degrees of supervision and review. | | B. Adequate technical training and proficiency. | | The first general standard requires that the audit be performed by individuals with adequate technical training and proficiency as an auditor. The auditor must have obtained a proper education in accounting and auditing and then increase his/her
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Using Computer-Assisted Audit Techniques to Support Audit I. Executive Summary Nowadays‚ the use of computers dominates in most of the business world; auditors too have recognized that the power and speed of computers can greatly assist them in their work. The term “computer-assisted audit techniques” (CAAT) is used to denote computer techniques that auditors can utilize to help them complete their audits in a more effective‚ efficient‚ and timely manner. Use of the prefix “computer-assisted”
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Accounting and Auditing Differences 1. The main difference between auditing and accounting is that accounting is related to the collection‚ recording‚ analysis and interpretation of financial transactions while auditing refers to the examination of books of accounts along with the evidential documents. However‚ both processes are concerned with the accounting records of a business. While‚ audit report are reliable by the users for few reasons such as : a) To verify some information needed about
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execution of the strategy at various stages First you have to decide how you are going to tackle the audit. That’s the big picture. It could be that you decide there are no good internal controls. Your strategy would then be to not do any TOCs and concentrate on substantive procedures. Having decided that then you have to plan how you will use substantive procedures to get sufficient appropriate audit evidence. If your strategy is not to do any tests of control‚ then the detailed plan will take that
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THE NIGHT AUDIT Front office records must be periodically reviewed for accuracy and completeness. This need is met through the NIGHT AUDIT. With computerised accounting it can be carried out at any time during the day. These properties choose to call the audit the Front office audit or System up date. Even though computerised properties can perform these functions at any time‚ they almost invariably follow the night time tradition since the no. of transactions are less during the late night or
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Generally Accepted Auditing Standards Heather Sheetz Accounting 491 Julie Oldham March 28‚ 2008 Generally Accepted Auditing Standards Generally Accepted Auditing Standards or GAAS is “a set of systematic guidelines used by auditors when conducting audits on companies’ finances‚ ensuring the accuracy‚ consistency and verifiability of auditors’ actions and reports” (Lexico Publishing Group‚ 2008). The following paper will explain the elements of GAAS and how GAAS is applied to audits. GAAS has
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Auditing Case study Answers to case study: 1. What are the auditor ’s primary objectives when he or she observes the client ’s annual physical inventory? Ans. The Primary Objective of auditor is to make sure the inventory reflected on the balance sheet actually exists and that the balance sheet includes all inventory owned by the company .This includes all raw material‚supplies‚inventory in transit.The company may have on consignment with another business and inventory stored off the
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Generally Accepted Auditing Standards Maxx Mayeux ACC/490 February 22nd‚ 2012 Linda Carr Generally Accepted Auditing Standard • Describe how these standards apply to financial‚ operational‚ and compliance audits. • Explain the effect that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002‚ and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)‚ will have on audits of publicly traded companies. • Discuss the additional requirements that are placed on auditors from this act and the actions
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Chap 8 – INFORMATION SYSTEMS AUDITING STANDARDS‚ GUIDELINES‚ BEST PRACTICES ___________________________________________________________________________ Introduction BS 7799 CMM - Capability Maturity Model COBIT – IT Governance Model CoCo ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) Systrust and Webtrust HIPAA SAS 70 – Statement of Auditing Standards for Service Organisations ___________________________________________________________________________ Introduction Growing business requires computers
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