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Auditing Flashcards

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Accounting

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Accounting is the recording, classifying, and summarizing of economic events
for the purpose of providing financial information used in decision making.

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Purpose of financial reporting

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Nature of Auditing

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Auditing is the accumulation and evaluation
of evidence about information to determine
and report on the degree of correspondence between the information and established criteria.

Auditing should be done by a competent, independent person.

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Information and Established Criteria

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To do an audit, there must be information in a verifiable form and some standards (criteria) by which the auditor can evaluate the information.

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Accumulating Evidence and Evaluating Evidence

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Evidence is any information used by the auditor to determine whether the information being audited is stated in accordance with the established critera.

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Competent, Independent Person

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The auditor must be qualified to understand the criteria used and must be competent to know the types and amount of evidence to accumulate to reach the proper conclusion after the evidence has been examined.

The competence of the individual performing the audit is of little value if he or she is biased in the accumulation and evaluation of evidence.

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Audit Report

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The final stage in the auditing process is preparing the Audit Report, which is the communication of theauditor’s findings to users.

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Distinguish Between Auditing and Accounting

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Accounting is the recording, classifying, and summarizing of economic events
for the purpose of providing financial information used in decision making.

Auditing is determining whether recorded information properly reflects the economic events that occurred during the accounting period.

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Economic Demand for Auditing

-Explain the importance of auditing in reducing information risk.

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Information risk reflects the possibility that the information upon which the business risk decision was made was inaccurate.

Auditing can have a significant effect on information risk.

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Causes of Information Risk

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Remoteness of information

Biases and motives of the provider

Voluminous data
Complex exchange transactions

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Reducing Information Risk

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User verifies information
User shares information risk with management
Audited financial statements are provided

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Describe assurance services and distinguish audit services from other assurance and nonassurance services provided by auditors.

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Definitions

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Attestation
Audit
Review
Agreed-upon procedures

Compilations

Assurance

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Assurance and Assurance Services

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 The overall need of individuals and organizations for credible information, combined with changes currently taking place in information technology, is leading to rapid changes in the role of the public accounting profession

 Auditor firms are already embracing a broader concept of the attest function that is being referred to as the assurance function , which includes providing assurance on a broad variety of types of financial or non-financial information

Trust Services (SysTrust and WebTrust)

PrimePlus/Elder Care Services

XBRL Services

An assurance service is an independent professional service that improves the quality of information for decision makers.

Assurance services can be performed by auditors or by a variety of other professionals.

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Attestation Services

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An attestation service is a type of Assurance service in which the audit firm issues a report about the reliability of an Assertion that is the responsibility of another party.

 In an attest engagement a Auditor is engaged to issue or does issue an examination (audit), a review, or an agree-upon procedures report on subject matter, or an assertion about subject matter, that is the responsibility of another party

 The attest function adds value to information by having a third party (the Auditor) provide assurance over subject matter prepared by a party responsible for that information

 Example: Compliance Report, Due Diligence Report, Valuation Report,

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Attestation Services

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Five Categories:

  1. Audit of historical financial statements
  2. Attestation of internal control over financial reporting
  3. Review of historical financial statements
  4. Attestation services on information technology
  5. Other attestation services
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Other Attestation

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Examination (Audit)

Review
Agree-upon procedures

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Audit

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 An examination, referred to as an audit when it involves financial statements, normally results in a positive opinion, the highest form of assurance provided

– Positive assurance: the auditor confirms that the subjects matter follows in all material respects the appropriate criteria

 When performing an examination, the Auditors select from all available evidence a combination that limits to a low level of risk the chance of material misstatement

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Review

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 Is substantially less in scope than an audit and consists primarily of

(1) Application of analytical procedures
(2) Making inquiries of management
(3) Obtaining representations from management relating to the financial statements

 Results in a report with limited assurance (or negative assurance)

– Negative assurance the reviewer concludes that he or she is not aware of any material misstatements

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Agreed-upon Procedures

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An Auditor and a specified party that wishes to use the information may mutually decide on specific agreed upon procedures that the Auditor will perform

Result in a report that describes the procedures performed and related findings.

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Compilation

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  • Accountants may also provide services to clients in the form of compilation.
  • The objective of a compilation of financial statements is to present, in the form of financial statements, information that is the representation of management without expressing any assurance on the statements
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Relationships Among Auditors, Client, and External Users

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Other Assurance Services

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  • Most of the other assurance services that auditors provide do not meet the formal definition
  • of attestation services.
  • The auditor is not required to issue a written report.
  • The assurance does not have to be about thereliability of another party’s assertion aboutcompliance with specified criteria.
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Nonassurance Services Provided by auditors

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  • Accounting and bookkeeping services
  • Tax services
  • Management consulting services
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Other Assurance Services Examples

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Types of Audits

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 Operational
 Compliance
 Financial Statement

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Operational Audit

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Compliance Audit

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Audit of Historical Financial Statements

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Terms

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1.3 Legal Requirements

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European Union

Germany
United States Of America

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European Union

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European Law Audit Requirements

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German Law Audit Requirements

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Ch-2 Objective of Conducting an Audit of Financial Statements

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The objective of the ordinary audit of financial statements is the expression of an opinion of the fairness with which they present fairly, in all respects, financial position, result of operations, and its cash flows in conformity with GAAP.

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Steps to Develop Audit Objectives

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  1. Understand objectives and responsibilities for the audit
  2. Divide financial statements into cycles
  3. Know management assertions about financial statements
  4. Know general audit objectives for classes of transactions and accounts.
  5. Know specific audit objectives for classes of transactions, accounts and disclosures.
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Management’s Responsibilities

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  • Management is responsible for the financial statements and for internal control.
  • he German Law states management’sresponsibility for the financial statements.
  • The German Commercial Code requires the Board of Directors of public companies to certify the annual financial statements submitted to the Stock Exchange.
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Auditor’s Responsibilities

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  • Material versus immaterial misstatements
  • Reasonable assurance
  • Error versus fraud
  • Professional skepticism
  • Fraud resulting from fraudulent financial reporting versus misappropriation of assets
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Auditor’s Responsibilities for Discovering Illegal Acts

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2.2 Financial Statements Cycles

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Audits are performed by dividing the financial statements into smaller segments or components.

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Business Processes

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Transaction Processing Cycles

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Financial Statement Assertions

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In preparing financial statements management implicitly or explicitly makes assertions to

  • Classes of transactions and events (transaction classes)
  • Year-end (account balances)
  • Presentations and disclosures(disclosures)
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General Transactions-related Audit Objectives

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General Balance-related Audit Objectives

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How Audit Objectives Are Met

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The auditor must obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence to support all management assertions in the financial statements.

An audit process has specific phases

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Diagram of an Audit

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Audit Risk

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Inherent Risk

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  • Refers to the likelihood of material misstatement of an assertion, assuming no related internal control
  • Differs by account and assertion
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Control Risk

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  • Is the likelihood that a material misstatement will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by internal control
  • Is assessed using the results of tests of control
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Detection Risk

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  • Is the likelihood that an auditor‘sprocedures leads to an improper conclusion that no material misstatement exists in an assertion when in fact such a misstatement does exist
  • The auditor‘s substantial procedures areprimarily relied upon to restrict detection risk.
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Risk Relationship

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2.3 Objective

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The objective of the auditor is to accept or continue an audit engagement only when the basis upon which it is to be performed has been agreed, through:

a. Establishingwhetherthepreconditionsforanaudit are present; and
b. Confirmingthatthereisacommonunderstanding between the auditor and management and, where appropriate, those charged with governance of the terms of the audit engagement.

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Engagement

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IFAC Ethical Requirements

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Rules of Conduct-Independence

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  • A member in public practice shall be independent in the performance of professional services as required by standards and national requirements.

The value of auditing depends heavilyon the public’s perception of theindependence of auditors.

  • Independence in fact
  • Independence in appearance
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Prohibited Services

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  1. Financial Interest
  2. Bookkeeping and other accounting services
  3. Financial information systems design and
    implementation
  4. Appraisal or valuation services
  5. Actuarial services
  6. Internal audit outsourcing
  7. Management of human resource functions
  8. Broker, dealer, or investment adviser
    or investment banker services
  9. Legal and expert services unrelated to the audit
  10. Any other service that is impermissible by
    law or regulation
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Ownership Interests

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  • rules on financial relationships take an engagement perspective.
  • rules prohibit ownership in audit clients by those persons who can influence the audit.
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Financial Interests

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Rules prohibit covered members from owning any direct investments in audit clients.

  • Covered members
  • Direct versus indirect financial interest
  • Material or immaterial
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Related Financial Interests Issues

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  • Former practitioners
  • Normal lending procedures
  • Financial interests and employment of immediate and close family members
  • Joint investor or investee relationship with client
  • Director, officer, management, or employee of a company
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Bookkeeping and Other Services

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  • Client must accept full responsibility for the financial statements.
  • The auditor must not assume the role of employee or of management.
  • The audit must conform to use of auditing standards.

The rules do not allow audit firms to provide bookkeeping services to public company audit clients.

  • Consulting and other nonaudit services
  • Unpaid fees
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Litigation Between Audit Firm and Client

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  • A lawsuit or intent to start a lawsuit between an audit firm and its client, the ability of the audit firm and client to remain objective is questionable.
  • The interpretations regard such litigation as a violation independence.
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Audit Committees

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  • An audit committee is a selected number of members of a company’s board of directorswhose responsibilities include helping auditors remain independent of management.
  • Most audit committees are made up of three to five or sometimes as many as seven directors who are not a part of company management.
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Partner Rotation

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The rules requires that the lead and concurring audit partner rotate off the audit engagement after a period of seven years.

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Audit Committees

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The law requires that all members of the audit committee be independent.

Companies must disclose whether or not the audit committee includes at least one financial expert.

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Other Issues

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  • Shopping for accounting principles
  • Engagement and payment of audit fees by management
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Agreement on Audit Engagement Terms

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The written agreement shall include:

(a) The objective and scope of the audit of the financial statements;
(b) The responsibilities of the auditor;
(c) The responsibilities of management;
(d) Identification of the applicable financial reporting framework for the preparation of the financial statements; and
(e) Reference to the expected form and content of any reports to be issued by the auditor and a statement that there may be circumstances in which a report may differ from its expected form and content.

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2.4 Fraud - Definition

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An intentional act by one or more individuals among management, those charged with governance, employees, or third parties, involving the use of deception to obtain an unjust or illegal advantage

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Characteristics of Fraud

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  • Misstatements in the financial statements can arise from either fraud or error.
  • The distinguishing factor between fraud and error is whether the underlying action that results in the misstatement of the financial statements is intentional or unintentional.
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Error

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  • Error is unintentional misstatement (mistake)
  • E.g. wrong calculation
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Types of Fraud

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  • Fraudulent financial reporting
  • Misappropriation of assets
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The Fraud Triangle

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Examples of Risk Factors for Fraudulent Reporting

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Examples of Risk Factors for Misappropriation of Assets

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Assessing the Risk of Fraud

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  • ISA 240 provides guidance to auditors in assessing the risk of fraud.
  • In exercising professional skepticism,an auditor “neither assumes that management is dishonest nor assumes unquestioned honesty.”
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Sources of Information Gathered to Assess Fraud Risks

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Documenting Fraud Assessment

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  • Discussion
  • Procedures
  • Specific risks
  • Reasons
  • Other conditions and analytical relationships
  • Nature of communications
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Corporate Governance Oversight to Reduce Fraud Risks

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  • Culture of honesty and high ethics
  • Management’s responsibility to evaluate risks of fraud
  • Audit committee oversight
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Example Elements for a Code of Conduct

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  • Organizational code of conduct
  • General employee conduct
  • Conflicts of interest
  • Outside activities, employment, and directorships
  • Relationships with clients and suppliers
  • Gifts, entertainment, and favors
  • Kickbacks and secret commissions
  • Organization funds and other assets
  • Organization records and communications
  • Dealing with outside people and organizations
  • Prompt communicationsPrivacy and confidentiality
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Responding to the Risk of Fraud

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Change the overall conduct of the audit to respond to identified fraud risks.

Design and perform audit procedures to address identified risks.

Design and perform procedures to address the risk of management override of controls.

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Specific Fraud Risk Areas

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  • Revenue and accounts receivable fraud risks
  • Inventory fraud risks
  • Purchases and accounts payable fraud risks
  • Other areas of fraud risk
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Responding to Misstatements That May Be the Result of Fraud

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When fraud is suspected, the auditor gathers additional information to determine whether fraud actually exists.

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Types of Inquiry Techniques

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  • Informational inquiry
  • Assessment inquiry
  • Interrogative inquiry
  • Evaluating responses
  • Listening techniques
  • Observing behavioral cues
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Ch-3. Three Main Reasons for Planning

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  • To obtain sufficient appropriate evidence for the circumstances
  • To help keep audit costs reasonable
  • To avoid misunderstanding with the client
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Planning an Audit and Designing an Audit Approach

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  1. Accept client and perform initial audit planning.
  2. Understand the client’s business and industry.
  3. Assess client business risk.
  4. Perform preliminary analytical procedures.
  5. Set materiality and assess acceptable audit risk and inherent risk.
  6. Understand internal control and assess control risk.
  7. Gather information to assess fraud risks.
  8. Develop overall audit plan and audit program.
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Initial Audit Planning

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  • Client acceptance and continuance
  • Identify client’s reasons for audit
  • Obtain an understanding with the client
  • Develop overall audit strategy
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Key Parts of Planning

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Accept client and perform initial planning

  • New client acceptance and continuance
  • Identify client’s reasons for audit
  • Obtain an understanding with client
  • Staff the engagement

Understand the client’s business and industry

  • Understand client’s industry and external environment
  • Understand client’s operations, strategies,and performance system
  • Assess client business risk
  • Evaluate management controls affecting business risk
  • Assess risk of material misstatements
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Understanding of the Client’s Business

and Industry

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Factors that have increased the importance of understanding theclient’s business and industry:

  • Information technology
  • Global operations
  • Human capital
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Industry and External Environment

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Reasons for obtaining an understandingof the client’s industry and external environment:

  • Risks associated with specific industries
  • Inherent risks common to all clients in certain industries
  • Unique accounting requirements
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Business Operations and Processes

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Factors the auditor should understand:

  • Major sources of revenue
  • Key customers and suppliers
  • Sources of financing
  • Information about related parties
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Identify Related Parties

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A related party is defined as an affiliated company, a principal owner of the client company, or any other party with which the client deals, where one of the parties can influence the management or policies of the other.

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Tour the Plant and Offices

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By viewing the physical facilities,
the auditor can asses physical safeguards over assets and interpret accounting data related to assets.

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Management and Governance

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Management establishes the strategies andprocesses followed by the client’s business.

Governance includes the client’s organizationalstructure, as well as the activities of the board of directors and the audit committee.

  • Corporate charter and bylaws
  • Code of ethics
  • Meeting minutes
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Code of Ethics

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The German commercial code
now requires each public company to disclose whether is has adopted a code of ethics that applies to senior management.

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Client Objectives and Strategies

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Strategies are approaches followed by the entity to achieve organizational objectives.

Auditors should understand client objectives.

  • Financial reporting reliability
  • Effectiveness and efficiency of operations
  • Compliance with laws and regulations
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Measurement and Performance

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Assess Client Business Risk

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Client business risk is the risk that the client will fail to achieve its objectives.

  • What is the auditor’s primary concern?
  • Material misstatements in the financial statements due to client business risk
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Client’s Business, Risk, and Risk of Material Misstatement

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Factors Affecting Inherent Risk

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Internal Control Objectives

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  • Reliability of financial reporting
  • Efficiency and effectiveness of operations
  • Compliance with laws and regulations
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Management and Auditor
Responsibilities Related to Internal Control

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  1. Management’s responsibility forestablishing internal control
  2. Reasonable assurance
  3. Inherent limitations
  4. Management’s reporting responsibilities
  5. Design of internal control
  6. Operating effectiveness of controls
  7. Auditor responsibilities for understanding internal control
  8. Controls over the reliability of financial reporting
  9. Control over classes of transactions
  10. Auditor responsibilities for testing internal control
103
Q

Sales Transaction-related Audit Objectives

104
Q

Five Components of Internal Control

105
Q

The Control Environment

A
  • Integrity and ethical values
  • Commitment to competence
  • Board of directors or audit committee participation
  • Management’s philosophy andoperating style
  • Organizational structure
  • Human resource policies and practices
106
Q

Risk Assessment

A
  • Identify factors that may increase risk
  • Estimate the significance of the risk
  • Assess the likelihood of the risk occurring
  • Determine actions necessary to manage the risk
107
Q

Control Activities

A
  • Adequate separation of duties
  • Proper authorization of transactions and activities
  • Adequate documents and records
  • Physical control over assets and records
  • Independent checks on performance
108
Q

Adequate Separation of Duties

109
Q

Proper Authorization of Transactions and Activities

A

General authorization

Specific authorization

110
Q

Adequate Documents and Records

111
Q

Physical Control Over Assets and Records

A

The most important type of protective measure for safeguarding assets and records is the use of physical precautions.

112
Q

Independent Checks on Performance

A

The need for independent checks arises because internal control tends to change over time unless there is a mechanism for frequent review.

113
Q

Information and Communication

114
Q

Monitoring

115
Q

Absence of internal control

Three levels of absence of internal control

A
  • Control deficiency
  • Significant deficiency
  • Material weakness
116
Q

Control deficiency

A

If the design or operation of controls does not permit company personnel to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis

  • Design deficiency: if a necessary control is missing or not properly designed
  • Operation deficiency: if a well-designed control does not operate as designed or if the person performing the control is insufficiently qualified or authorized
117
Q

Significant deficiency

A

If one or more control deficiencies exist that is less severe than a material weakness, but important enough to merit attention by those responsible foroversight of the company’s financialreporting

118
Q

Material weakness

A

Is a significant deficiency by itself or in combination with other significant deficiencies, result in a reasonable possibility that internal control will not prevent or detect material financial statements on a timely bases

119
Q

Evaluating Significant Control Deficiencies

120
Q

Identify Deficiencies and Weakness

121
Q

Assess Control Risk

122
Q

Control Risk Matrix

A

Many auditors use the control risk matrixto assist in the control risk assessment process.

  • Identify audit objectives
  • Identify existing controls
  • Associate controls with related audit objectives
  • Identify and evaluate control deficiencies,
  • significant deficiencies, and material weaknesses
123
Q

Communications

A
  • Communications to those charged with governance
  • Management letters
124
Q

Materiality

125
Q

Steps in Applying Materiality

126
Q

Set Preliminary Judgment About Materiality

127
Q

Factors Affecting Judgment

128
Q

Guidelines

129
Q

Allocate Preliminary Judgment About Materiality to Segments

130
Q

Estimated Total Misstatement and Preliminary Judgment

131
Q
  1. Audit Evidence
A

Relationships

132
Q

Appropriateness of Types of Evidence

133
Q

Audit Evidence Decisions

134
Q

Audit Program

135
Q

Persuasiveness of Evidence

A

Two determinants:

  • Appropriateness
  • Sufficiency
136
Q

Six Characteristics of Reliable Evidence

A
  1. Independence of provider
  2. Effectiveness of client’sinternal controls
  3. Auditor’s direct knowledge
  4. Qualification of individuals providing the information
  5. Degree of objectivity
  6. Timeliness
137
Q

Relationships Among Audit Evidence and Persuasiveness

138
Q

Persuasiveness and Cost

139
Q

Types of Audit Evidence

A
  1. Physical examination
  2. Confirmation
  3. Documentation
  4. Analytical procedures
  5. Inquiries of the client
  6. Recalculation
  7. Reperformance
  8. Observation
140
Q

Physical Examination

141
Q

Confirmation

142
Q

Documentation

143
Q

Analytical Procedures

144
Q

Inquiries of the Client

145
Q

Recalculation

A

It involves rechecking a sample of Calculations made by the client.

146
Q

Reperformance

A

It is the auditor’s independent tests of client accounting procedures or controls that were originally done.

147
Q

Observation

148
Q

Types of Evidence and Four Evidence Decisions for a Balance-Related

A

Audit Objective for Inventory*

149
Q

Terms and Types of Evidence

150
Q

Audit Procedures

151
Q

Combination of audit procedures

152
Q

Process for Understanding Internal Control and Assessing Control Risk

153
Q

Obtain and Document Understanding of Internal Control

154
Q

Methods Used

155
Q

Narrative

A
  1. The origin of every document and record in the system
  2. All processing that takes place
  3. The disposition of every document and record in the system
  4. An indication of the controls relevant to the assessment of control risk
156
Q

Evaluating Internal Control Operation

157
Q

Tests of Controls

A

The procedures to test effectiveness of Controls in support of a reduced assessed control risk are called

tests of controls.

158
Q

Procedures for Tests of Controls

A
  1. Make inquiries of client personnel
  2. Examine documents, records, and reports
  3. Observe control-related activities
  4. Reperform client procedures
159
Q

Extent of Procedures

160
Q

Relationship of Assessed Control Risk and Extent of Procedures

161
Q

Decide Planned Detection Risk and Design Substantive Tests

162
Q

Analytics

A

Perform preliminary analytical procedures

163
Q

Preliminary Analytical Procedures

164
Q

Examples of Planning Analytical Procedures

165
Q

Analytical Procedures

166
Q

Timing and Purposes of Analytical Procedures

167
Q

Five Types of Analytical Procedures

A

Compare client data with:

  1. Industry data
  2. Similar prior-period data
  3. Client-determined expected results
  4. Auditor-determined expected results
  5. Expected results using nonfinancial data.
168
Q

Compare Client and Industry Data

A

Compare Client Data with Similar Prior Period Data

169
Q

Common Financial Ratios

170
Q

Short-term Debt-paying Ability

171
Q

Liquidity Activity Ratios

172
Q

Ability to Meet Long-term Debt Obligation

173
Q

Profitability Ratios

174
Q

Summary of Analytical Procedures

175
Q

Audit Documentation

176
Q

Legal Requirements

177
Q

Audit File Contents and Organization

178
Q

Permanent Files

A

These files are intended to contain data of a historical or continuing nature pertinent to the current audit.

179
Q

Current Files

180
Q

Relationship of Audit Documentation to Financial Statements

181
Q

Types of Supporting Schedules

182
Q

Preparation of Audit Documentation

183
Q

Effect of Technology

184
Q

Parts of standard unmodified opinion audit report

A
  1. Report title
  2. Audit report address
  3. Introductory paragraph
  4. Management’s responsibility
  5. Auditor’s responsibility
  6. Opinion paragraph
  7. Signature and address of CPA firm
  8. Audit report date
185
Q

Conditions for standard unmodified opinion audit report

186
Q

Standard audit report and report on internal control over financial reporting

187
Q

Unmodified opinion audit report with emphasis-of-matter explanatory paragraph

188
Q

Most important causes of the addition of an emphasis-of-matter / modification of wording

A
  1. Lack of consistent application of general accepted accounting principles
  2. Substantial doubt about going concern
189
Q

Substantial Doubt About Going Concern

A
  1. Lack of consistent application of general accepted accounting principles
  2. Substantial doubt about going concern
    1. Significant recurring operating losses or working capital deficiencies.
    1. Inability of the company to pay its obligations as they come due.
    1. Loss of major customers, the occurrence of uninsured catastrophes.
    1. Legal proceedings, legislation that might jeopardize theentity’s ability to operate.
190
Q

Most important causes of the addition of an emphasis-of-matter / modification of wording

191
Q

Auditor Agrees with a Departure from a Promulgated Principle

192
Q

Emphasis of a Matter

193
Q

Reports Involving Other Auditors

A
  1. Make no reference in the audit report
  2. Make reference in the report (modified wording report)
  3. Qualify the opinion
194
Q

Categories of Audit Reports

A
  1. Standard unqualified
  2. Unmodified with explanatory paragraph or modified wording
  3. Qualified
  4. Adverse or disclaimer
195
Q

Modifications to the opinion in the audit report

A

Three conditions requiring a modification to the audit opinion:

  1. The scope of the audit has been restricted

(scope limitation).

  1. The financial statements have not been

prepared in accordance with generally accepted

accounting principles (GAAP departure).

  1. The auditor is not independent.
196
Q

Qualified Opinion

197
Q

Adverse Opinion

198
Q

Disclaimer of Opinion

199
Q

Materiality

A

A misstatement in the financial statements can be considered material if knowledge of the misstatement will affect a decision of a reasonable user of the statements.

200
Q

Three levels materiality with respect to opinions

201
Q

Materiality and Judgement of the auditor in audit situations

202
Q

Drafting Audit Opinions – discuss modifications

203
Q

Auditors Decision Process on Audit Reports

204
Q

International Accounting and

Auditing Standards

205
Q

Internal Control System (ICS)

206
Q

Who is responsible for the ICS?

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