THE RELATIONSHIP OF RISK ASSESSMENTS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO DETECTED MISSTATEMENTS Lizabeth A. Austen Assistant Professor University of Arkansas Aasmund Eilifsen Associate Professor Institute of Accounting‚ Auditing and Law Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration William F. Messier‚ Jr. Deloitte & Touche Professor Georgia State University Professor II Institute of Accounting‚ Auditing and Law Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration Preliminary Draft:
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Inherent Risk * i/3 of audit risk model.. lesast amount of evidence awailable use professional judgement * not static‚ assessed at the planning stage mostly and audit too Major factors that an auditor should consider when assessing inherent risk 1) Nature of clients business – the more susceptible the client the greater the risk ( if the client is in a business with heavy changes in technology 2) Nature of data processing – the more poorly the IT system is made
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Inherent risk Computerizing risk Non-routine transactions (Beasley 2010‚ p268) ‘Transactions that are unusual for the client are more likely than routine transactions to be incorrectly recorded‚ because of the client often lacks experience in recording them.’ Why it is risk: Santos use a series of computerizing or IT technology to support their business for increase market competition. IT technology has been used for trade ordering systems between customs and Santos. Customers can order
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Inherent Risk i) expanded into a national manufacturer of high technology sustainable energy products brings with it a range of uncertainties‚ including compliance requirements and logistical problems increased potential for misstatement due to the judgements required requiring more judgement such as research and development (valuation)‚ intangible assets (valuation)‚ inventory (valuation) and property plant and equipment (valuation). ii) assets include “intellectual property rights”
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Inherent Risk Inherent risk is the susceptibility of an account balance or class of transactions to misstatement that could be material either individually or when aggregated with misstatement in other balances or classes assuming that there were no related internal controls. This risk mainly arises at the level of management and the risk factor generally being high. Factors Affecting Inherent Risk: At the level of financial statement Integrity of management; Management’s experience and
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Qantas is the world’s second oldest airline‚ having been founded in the Australian outback in 1920. It is Australia’s largest domestic and international airline. The name comes from the initial letters of the words in the original registered title—Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited. The Qantas Group employs approximately 32‚500 people and operates a fleet of over 250 aircraft‚ comprising Boeing‚ Airbus and Bombardier aircraft from full-size long-haul aircraft to smaller
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preliminary assessment of inherent risk and control risk at Queen Island Dairy. The preliminary assessment of risk‚ also known as the risk assessment phase‚ is the initial step in an audit that includes gaining an understanding of the client and identifying potential risk factors whilst developing an audit strategy and setting planning materiality. There are three key steps in the risk assessment phase‚ being; gaining an understand of the client‚ identifying potential risks and strategies to prevent
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ON AUDITING 320 AUDIT MATERIALITY (This Standard is effective‚ but contains conforming amendments that become effective at a future date)* CONTENTS Paragraph Introduction ................................................................................................... Materiality ..................................................................................................... The Relationship Between Materiality and Audit Risk ................................. Evaluating
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One inherent risk factor that would impact my audit procedures of Enron were the large number of highly complex accounting entries. For example energy traders were required to book all the projected profits from a supply contract in the quarter in which the deal is made. Such accounting procedures are inherently risky as they make assumptions about price forecasts which can drastically affect earnings. Another inherent risk factor is the frequency of related party transactions. The special purpose
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A. Define audit risk. Audit risk is the risk that the auditors may unknowingly fail to appropriately modify their opinion on financial statements that are materially misstated. B. Describe its components of inherent risk‚ control risk‚ and detection risk. The risk of material misstatement may be separated into two components-inherent risk and control risk. Both inherent risk and control risk exist independently of the audit of financial statements‚ or in other words‚ the risk of misstatement
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