INTRODUCTION Internal auditing is a management-oriented discipline that has evolved rapidly since World War II. Once a function primarily concerned with financial and accounting matters‚ internal auditing now addresses the entire range of operating activities and performs a correspondingly wide variety of assurance and consulting services. By definition‚ according to Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)‚ internal auditing is an independent‚ objective assurance and consulting activity designed to
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1. Discuss the circumstances in which an auditor would prepare a proof of cash. (6 marks) Auditors would prepare a proof of cash when the client has material internal control weakness in cash. If all cash receipts were deposited and all deposits were recorded in the accounting records‚ all recorded cash disbursements were paid by the bank and all amounts that were paid by the bank were recorded. 2. What should be audited on an interbank transfer schedule? (5 marks) The following should be audited
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Mandatory Audit Partner Rotation‚ Audit Quality‚ and Market Perception: Evidence from Taiwan* WUCHUN CHI‚ National Chengchi University HUICHI HUANG‚ Syracuse University YICHUN LIAO‚ National Taiwan University HONG XIE‚ University of Kentucky 1. Introduction Mandatory audit partner rotation has existed in the United States since the 1970s‚ when the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) required that audit partners in charge of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) audits be rotated
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statements. 2. Three types of consulting services that audit firms are now prohibited from providing to clients that are public companies include information technology work‚ appraisals and valuation services‚ and internal audit outsourcing services. Auditors are no longer allowed to offer such services while auditing a company because they would be auditing their own work or be put in a situation where they would want to alter an audit based on their other work with the company. 3. Andersen’s
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significance generally attached by the business man to the functions of the auditor and his reports. These functions‚ and the scope of these reports‚ have in the past been definitely related to the character of and changes in business activity. Audits and reviews are basically procedures performed on the financial statements of a company‚ for the purpose of determining whether the financial statements include any material misstatements. Misstatements are essentially wrong numbers due to numerical
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THEME 1: ESTABLISHING AN AUDIT QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITHIN A SUPREME AUDIT INSTITUTION PRINCIPAL PAPER Prepared by: State Audit Office‚ Hungary (chair) European Court of Auditors National Audit Office‚ Malta National Audit Office‚ Denmark Accounts Chamber‚ Russian Federation February 2007 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 5 Achieving excellence in audit activity 5 Glossary 7 Chapter I: Leadership 9 Leadership and Supreme Audit Institutions 9 Leadership’s
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Risk-based Audit Approach Risk-based audit is an approach that is related to the concepts of audit risks and materiality. Audit risk is the likelihood that the financial statements are materially misstated after the auditor has determined that the financial statements are free of material misstatements. Materiality is a concept relating to the significance of an amount‚ transaction‚ or discrepancy. In this approach‚ auditors analyze audit risks‚ sets materiality based on the analyzed audit risks‚
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Independence of outside audit firms has been an ongoing issue for a long time in the US corporate world. The fundamental problem arises for the lack of clarity about whom does the audit firm really works for‚ the shareholders or the client company. According to Anandarajan et all (2008)‚ this lack of clarity has resulted in auditor’s independence being impaired. In the US‚ the client hires‚ pays‚ and fires the auditor and therefore‚ the culture of the auditors serving at the pleasure of the client
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Notes on Apollo Shoes Audit Case Task #1 (Overview/Intro) Go to the “Weekly Materials” folder and locate the “Apollo Shoes Files” folder‚ between the week 1 and week 2 folders. Under this menu you will find a file entitled Apollo Shoes Case Study.doc. This file gives you all of the details and evidence that you will need for the case. We will only be completing specified sections of this case as discussed below. Review the table of contents in the case document (page 4.) This will tell you
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planning auditors should consider for clients who use computers and describe how a computer can be used as an audit tool. | 16‚ 17‚ 18‚ 19‚ 20‚ 21‚ 22 | 57‚ 60 | 5. Review audit documentation for proper form and content. | 23‚ 24‚ 25 | 50‚ 61 | SOLUTIONS FOR REVIEW CHECKPOINTS 4.1 A CPA can use the following sources of information to help decide whether to accept a new audit client. Financial information prepared by the prospective client: * Annual reports to
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