ACC 3401 Audit and Professional Ethics │LECTURE 1│ Concepts of Auditing Learning Objectives After the lecture‚ students should be able to: describe the nature‚ purpose and scope of an audit; describe various basic principles and concepts of auditing and explain their importance in the actual audit procedures; and describe the professional framework within which auditors must operate. 1. Accounting vs. Auditing Accounting - the process of recording‚ classifying‚ summarizing and
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Principles of auditing are defined in the ISO 19011‚ the principles are designed to make an audit an effective and reliable tool for business performance improvements. The audit principles are also designed to achieve consistent conclusions from performed by independent auditors. There are six audit principles that are prerequisites that should be adhered with to achieve consistent audit results. The six principles are integrity‚ fair presentation‚ due professional care‚ confidentiality‚ independence
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201037076 Puriza U. Topic: Using technology to improve internal audit communications in the Banking Sector Background Internal auditing has come a long way over the last two or three decades. In the past‚ internal auditing was seen as a mechanism to double-check the thousands of financial transactions that were posted to the accounts each week. Today an internal auditor facilitates the development of suitable controls as part of a wider risk strategy‚ and provides assurances on the reliability
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between sample size and other elements of auditing? A. If materiality increases‚ so will the sample size. B. If the desired level of assurance increases‚ sample sizes can be smaller. C. If materiality decreases‚ sample size will need to increase. D. There is no relationship between sample size and materiality or the desired level of assurance. 3. Which of the following statements about the study of auditing is NOT true? A. The study of auditing can be valuable to future accountants and
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Case 11.1: The Runners Shop Relevant Guidance • AU 339 (SAS 103): Audit Documentation • Auditing Standard No. 3: Audit Documentation • International Standard on Auditing 230’ (Revised) (Site -http://irba.co.za/documents/doc_00535.pdf ) Questions 1] Describe the purposes of audit documentation and explain why each purpose is important. According to AU 339.03‚ “audit documentation provides the principal support for the”: (a) “representation in the auditor’s report
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Anonymous Caller Case Study 1 a) What would you recommend to the caller if you were Dr. Mitchell? Since it appears that the firms top executives are all apart of the fraud and don’t plan on correcting their unethical action. I recommend that the anonymous caller completely remove himself/herself from the situation by resigning or by reporting the situation to the firm’s board of directors or a governmental agency. b) What are the risks of continuing to work with the company? There
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CASE STUDY ON MONOPOLY Submitted By: Submitted On: 16th April 2012 INTRODUCTION Today‚ many firms are enjoying a monopoly of their products/services in the market. Monopoly may be defined as the complete control over a commodity enjoyed by a particular company in the market. There will be only a solo manufacturer or provider of the commodity and customers have to depend on them whenever there is a demand since there are no substitutes available. As a result‚ such
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Auditing Theory 1. A control which relates to all parts of the EDP system is called a(n) a. Systems control c. Applications control b. General control d. Universal control 2. Which of the following is not an output control? a. Proper authorization of transaction b. Control totals c. Check digits d. Adequate documents 3. Should the auditor feel‚ after obtaining an understanding of the EDP internal control structure‚ that control risk cannot be reduced‚ he or she will a. Issue a disclaimer b. Issue
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[pic] ACCTG 312 SC 2012: Assignment 1 Current issues – scandals in auditing Introduction • For this assignment‚ you are required to research and report back on one of four well known scandals that involve auditors in some way. • It can be commenced after week 1 lectures are completed‚ so gives you a chance to get part of your semester’s work done early. It is due in week 3 (Thursday at 4 pm). • You will also be required to very briefly report to your tutorial group on one interesting
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Abstract Financial audit is about the opinion expressed by auditor with all material respects and any relevant legislation for instance corporation act 2001. A good financial audit should be provided with true and fair view. It is responsible for auditors to provide a truth and fairness opinion as well as information involved in a financial report (MORONEY‚ CSMPBRLL & HAMILTON 2011). Pre-consideration of develop audit strategy is the assessments of materiality‚ audit risk (the relationship
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