Chapter 1: Assurance services: 认证业务 Independent professional services that improve the quality of information for decision makers. Attestation services: 鉴证服务 A type of assurance service in which the public accounting firm issues a written communication that expresses a conclusion about the reliability of a written assertion of another party. Audit of historical financial statements: A form of attestation services, the auditor issues a written report expressing an opinion about whether the F/S is
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ACC30010 Auditing Unit Revision 1 S1, 2015 Exam Preparation: In presenting for the final exam it is expected you have: Read the set chapters in the textbook Read the lecture slides Done all of the set tutorial work Minimise what you are memorising – far better to understand: There will be some things you will need to commit to memory. There needs to be structure to your exam preparation: Topic summaries – not past exams! Read 2 as many auditing
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CHAPTER2. OBTAINING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENTITY AND ITS ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING INTERNAL CONTROL .................................. 5 CHAPTER3. PRELIMINARY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES ....................... 8 CHAPTER4. ASSESS RISKS AND ESTABLISH MATERIALITY ................. 9 CHAPTER5. CONSIDER INTERNAL CONTROL .................................... 10 CHAPTER6. PLAN THE AUDIT ............................................................ 13 CHAPTER7. COMPLETE THE AUDIT ..............................
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CHAPTER 9 Audit Sampling Review Questions 9-1 Nonstatistical sampling is an audit sampling technique in which the risk of sampling error is estimated by the auditors using professional judgment rather than by the laws of probability. Statistical sampling involves the quantification of the risk of sampling error through the use of mathematics and laws of probability. 9-2 Sampling risk is the possibility that the auditors will make an erroneous decision based on
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CHAPTER 1 SOLUTIONS 1-2 There is a demand for auditing in a free-market economy because in the agency relationship there is a natural conflict of interest between an absentee owner and a manager and due to the information asymmetry that exists between the owner and manager. As a result, the agent agrees to be monitored as part of his/her employment contract. Auditing appears to be a cost-effective form of monitoring. The empirical evidence suggests auditing was demanded prior to government
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| |UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN (UTAR) | | |FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND FINANCE (FBF) | | |Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) Accounting | Unit
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Syllabus for ACIS 4414 Financial Statement Auditing Fall 2012 Instructor: Email: Office: Phone: Office Hours: MW 1:00pm – 2:30pm and by appointment Class time: MWF 9:05am – 9:55am; MWF 10:10am – 11:00am in PAM 2003 Course Web Site: Recommended Texts: Auditing and Assurance Services 14th edition Prentice-Hall, by Alvin A. Arens, Randal J. Elder, Mark Beasley Auditing Cases, 5th Edition, Beasley, Buckless, Glover, & Prawitt Note: Both of the above texts are
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ANNUAL REPORT 2014 Introduction and financial and corporate responsibility highlights INTRODUCTION AND FINANCIAL AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY HIGHLIGHTS This is the Annual Report of TNT Express N.V. for the financial year ended 31 December 2014, prepared in accordance with Dutch regulations. The preceding Annual Report of TNT Express N.V. for the financial year 2013, was issued on 18 February 2014. Unless otherwise specified or the context so requires, ‘TNT’, the ‘company’, ‘it’ and ‘its’
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Ashley Richardson 11/15/2013 Western Governors University AUO1 – Auditing and Information Systems Additional Study Questions/ Study Guide 1. Accounting Information Systems Competency 302.1.1: Nature and Purpose The student understands the nature and purpose of information systems. * What is the difference between transaction processing systems, management information systems, and decision support systems? 2. Transaction processing systems - document financial activities
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the university of texas at austin ACC 358C, Introduction to Assurance Services (Cross-listed as ACC 380K.4) Course Syllabus Spring 2012 Times and Location: TTh 8:00 – 9:30 (unique no. 02320 for ACC 358C and 02405 for ACC 380K.4) TTh 9:30 – 11:00 (unique no. 02325 for ACC 358C and 02410 for ACC 380K.4) TTh 12:30 – 2:00 (unique no. 02335 for ACC 358C and 02420 for ACC 380K.4) TTh 2:00 - 3:30 (unique no. 02340 for ACC 358C and 02425 for ACC 380K.4) The morning classes will be held
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