A good _________ enables an accounting manager as well as auditors to follow the path of the data recorded in transactions form the initial source. 14. A control activity of an internal control system that focuses on structuring work assignments among employees so that one employee's work activities serve as a check on those of another employee is called ______________. 15. What kind of analysis should be performed when considering if an internal control procedure should be implemented?
6-19 a) 2 b) 3 c) 1 6-20 a) 1 b) 2 c) 1 6-27 a) The implied or expressed representations of management concerning classes of transactions and related accounts in the financial statements are referred to as management assertions. General transaction related audit objectives ensure that the auditor has the flexibility to decide which audit evidence will be appropriate to satisfy management assertions. The specific transaction related audit objectives are objectives of each material class of transaction developed after the general transaction audit objectives have been determine. The relationship among these three concepts is the occurrence, completeness, accuracy, classification timing and post and summarization assertions.
Understand the internal control over that cycle or account 2. Assess the planned control risk for that cycle 3. Decided the extent of testing controls that are based on the planned reliance on the internal controls over financial reporting for the client 4. Design “tests of controls and substantive tests of transactions” (Arens, Elder, & Beasley, 2012) for an account to meet transactions-related audit objectives. “The design of tests of controls and substantive tests of transactions” (Arens, Elder, & Beasley, 2012) involve determining the specific audit procedures to be performed, the sample size, items to be selected and included in the sample, and timing of the tests.
These indicators go beyond financial statement figures, such as sales and net income, to include measures tailored to the client and its objectives. Such key performance indicators may include market share, sales per employee, unit sales growth, unique visitors to a Web site, same-store sales, sales by country, and sales per square foot for a retailer. ASSESS CLIENT BUSINESS RISK The risk that the client will fail to achieve its objectives related to (1) reliability of financial reporting, (2) effectiveness and efficiency of operations, and (3) compliance with laws and regulations PERFORM PRELIMINARY ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES a. Auditors perform preliminary analytical procedures to better understand the client’s business and to assess client business risk. One such procedure compares client ratios to industry or competitor benchmarks to provide an indication of the company’s performance.
Assurance services are a “broad range of information enhancement services provided by CPA firms, [sic] such as ours” (Whittington & Pany, 2008, p. 2). The goal of an assurance service is for the CPA firm to issue a report about the reliability of an assertion made by the audited entity. There are four different categories of assurance services: audit of historical financial statements, effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, review of historical financial statements, and other attestation services that may be applied to a broad range of subject matter (Arens, Elder, & Beasley, 2006, p.
It is a review of management and how operating procedures work. How effective and efficient the procedures are for the company. Although operational audits reveal possible problems in the financials statements, a compliance audit and fraud audit will help Whitfields internal
There are three specific types of audits that my firm has to offer. The first is an operational audit; an example of this would be in evaluating the payroll processing completed through computer programs. The benefit of performing this type of operational audit is to establish if it is effective and efficient in operational controls. Another audit that can be performed by the firm is an compliance audit. This determines whether requirements for specific agreements are maintained to be in compliance with specific needs.
The auditor will use CAATs in the higher risk areas for verifying the systems integrity. The auditor will determine which files are necessary to retrieve and request the files from Kudler to import the data into the Audit Command Language (ACL). At this point the auditor will use CAATs for verifying the integrity of the system from the import process results. The auditor will use CAATs to check the risks identified during the planning stage, afterward the auditor will conduct an investigation, reconcile exceptions, and document the CAATs performance results. The auditor will validate Kudler's applications and the objectives to determine if there is in any intentional or unintentional compromising with source codes.
200-201), and a data query model is created to do this. A data query model is developed using audit software, or spreadsheet tools, and can be used to determine if “the evidence obtained from the CAAT fits within the context of other evidence obtained during the course of the audit, including tests of controls, substantive testing, interviews with client personnel, risk assessment performed during audit planning, and the environment in which the business operates” (Hunton, Bryant, & Bagranoff, 2004, p.
| Financial Restatement | Accountant 537 | | Jocelyn Olivares | 2/19/2012 | Instructor: Corrine Hasbany | After the release of the statements, errors can be found by the company, company’s internal auditors or external auditors. If the error is deemed to be material to the financial statements, those statements are required to be corrected and re-issued to users. Materiality relates to a financial statements item’s impact on a company’s overall financial condition and operations (Kimmel, Weygandt, & Kieso, 2007, P 69). Materiality is determined by whether the error would cause users to come to inaccurate conclusions in their analysis. Immaterial would be something that is too insignificant to impact the