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Chapter 9: Audit procedures. Chapter learning objectives. When you have completed this chapter you will be able to: Explain the assertions contained in the financial statements; Provide examples of procedures used to audit specific balances; Discuss and provide examples of how analytical procedures are used as substantive procedures;
Audit procedures are an important area of the syllabus, though candidates often use inappropriate audit procedures to answer questions. The following tips will help you to understand the concepts and write appropriate audit procedures.
External audit is the process of independent evaluation of the company’s financial statements by a qualified independent third party, the external auditor. In this case, auditors review the transactions and balances of the company’s accounting records to determine whether they are complete and accurate. As a result, auditors express their ...
In updating this toolkit in 2020, we took account of: • The increased emphasis by regulators on how the culture of the audit firm and its firmwide procedures create the appropriate conditions and incentives for high quality audits.
To obtain audit evidence, the auditor performs one – or a combination – of the following procedures: inspection; observation; external confirmation; inquiry; reperformance; recalculation; analytical procedures.
By law, many commercial and non-profit organisations around the world must be independently audited. To meet this requirement, external auditors review financial statements to ensure they are a ‘true and fair’ account of past financial performance and current financial position.
To enhance the degree of confidence in the financial statements, a qualified external party (an auditor) is engaged to examine the financial statements, including related disclosures produced by management, to give their professional opinion on whether they fairly reflect, in all material respects, the company’s financial performance over a give...
