therefore has a public accountability. In the light of this, ICAP’s ethical guidelines emphasis the following key points about the characteristics of accountants: a) Independence: Auditor is independent of management i.e. he is not under the control or influence of management. b) Integrity: Auditor is honest and is not corrupt. He is straight forward in performing his professional work c) Objectivity: He obtains the evidence needed to form an opinion and his opinion is based on that
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AUDITING CASE STUDY ACCT: 407-01 3/31/2010 The general definition of an audit is an evaluation of a person, organization, system, process, enterprise, project or product. Audits are performed to ascertain the validity[->0] and reliability[->1] of information; also to provide an assessment of a system's internal control[->2]. The goal of an audit is to express an opinion on the person / organization/system (etc) in question, under evaluation based on work done on a test basis. Due
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developed a pivot table; therefore, making the decision-making process easy. External and internal risks were analyzed and internal control points were developed by incorporating both risks and controls into a flowchart. Team D also showed why findings and recommendations are more useful to the company in comparison to SAS70 and SAS94 audits. The team identified events that will lessen the dependence on auditing through computer and showed a brief description how the audit should be conducted. System
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Overview of PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 5, An Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting that is Integrated with an Audit of Financial Statements Provided for use with Auditing and Assurance Services: An Integrated Approach, 12th edition Alvin A. Arens, Randal J. Elder, Mark A. Beasley Pearson Prentice Hall, Inc. INTRODUCTION The 12th Edition of Auditing and Assurance Services: An Integrated Approach, includes extensive coverage of key provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (the
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view of its actual financial position, and that any assumptions they include are reasonable. We can say that, Auditing is works with evaluating organizations financial statements, systems, projects, process according to standards. It is also engaged with non-financial matters of an organization. Such audits can be performed to identify inefficiencies in an organization. Why Auditing:[2] Audits exist to add credibility to the implied assertion by an organization's management that its financial
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Syllabus Certified General Accountants Association of Canada 100 – 4200 North Fraser Way Burnaby, British Columbia Canada V5J 5K7 www.cga-canada.org © CGA-Canada, 2013 All rights reserved. These materials or parts thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner without the prior written permission of the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada. Printed in Canada ISBN for an individual volume: 978-1-55219-599-4 About CGA-CANADA _________________________________________
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User Licensed to: iChapters User CONTEMPORARY AUDITING REAL ISSUES & CASES MICHAEL C. KNAPP SEVENTH EDITION MAKE IT YOURS! SELECT JUST THE CASES YOU NEED Through Cengage Learning’s Make It Yours, you can — simply, quickly, and affordably — create a quality auditing text that is tailored to your course. • Pick your coverage and only pay for the cases you use. • Add cases from a prior edition of Knapp’s Contemporary Auditing. • Add your course materials and assignments. • Pick
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management failures, auditing of performance and review of policies and objectives according to the standard. In my previous organization in Bangladesh, we have started working towards qualifying for the OHSAS 18001 certificate and I was responsible as an internal auditor for the process. In this process, I also had the opportunity to work with the external auditor (certification audit). In the auditing process, I have monitored health and safety management failures, auditing of performance and managed
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database application review, IT infrastructure and improvements needed engagement, project management, and IT internal audit services” (Hunton, Bryant, & Bagranoff, 2004, p. 217). This type of report does not include the auditor’s opinion, but any information pertaining to the work performed is included. The SAS 70 audit includes information pertaining to a company’s internal controls and is used when services, such as payroll are outsourced to an ADP. An ADP provides payroll services to companies
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presence of several groups within an area or several topics within a group does not imply equal importance or weight will be given to these groups or topics on an examination. Auditing and Attestation (AUD) The Auditing and Attestation section tests knowledge and understanding of the following professional standards: Auditing standards promulgated in the United States of America (related to audits of an “Issuer” (a public company), a “Nonissuer” (an entity that is not a public company),
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