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There are various sorts of audits that can be directed, including the accompanying:
- Compliance audit.
- Construction audit.
- Financial audit.
- Investigative audit.
- Operational audit.
- Tax audit.
Auditing, bear witness to, and confirmation administrations incorporate a similar procedure: the
assessment of proof to decide if data has been recorded and introduced as per a foreordained
arrangement of criteria, together with the issuance of a report that demonstrates the level of
Auditing- Auditing is a regular procedure of without bias obtaining and evaluating proof
regarding subject matter about economic events and measures to determine the level of
correspondence among those subject matter and established criteria and communicating the
results to interested users. “Systematic” implies that there should be a well-planned and thorough
approach for conducting an audit. The sort, amount, and dependability of data will vary between
audits, but the course of obtaining and evaluating proof makes up the majority of the auditor’s
Attestation- Attestation services occur when a practitioner is engaged to issue a report on the
subject matter, or an assertion about the subject matter that is the responsibility of another party.
Assurance- Assurance service allows reporting not only on the reliability and credibility of
information but also on the significance and appropriateness of that information. Assurance
services are independent professional services that improve the class of information, or its
context, for decision-makers. It can take in exactly any service provided by accounting
professionals that contains absorbing information, improving its value, or enhancing its
1. Materiality:
Materiality is the threshold or the magnitude of a misstatement that will likely affect the user’s
decision. How material or serious a misstatement is relative to and in the background of the
financial statements.
2. Audit risk:
Audit risk is the risk that the auditor gives an incorrect audit judgment.
3. Audit evidence:
Audit evidence relates to the information gathered and work done by the auditor to gain
All three concepts revolve around the management’s assertions. Management assertions is
spoken or implied claims by the management, about the information reflected in financial
statements. The auditor is unable to study every transaction due to time, costs and resource
examine. The higher the desired level of assurance, the lower the materiality, the greater the
amount of audit evidence required, and thus, the larger the sample size.
- Investigate the Audit area. It is important to know the business policy or reason to be
audited.
5. Preparing a summary
Generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) are a set of methodical plan used by auditors
when conducting audits on companies' financial records, ensuring the accuracy, consistency, and
testimony of auditors' measures and news. The Auditing Standards Board (ASB) of
GAAS Requirements
Generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) comprises a list of 10 standards, separated into
I. General Standards
1. The auditor should have sufficient technical training and expertise to execute the audit.
2. The auditor should sustain independence in mental attitude in all matters linking to the
audit.
3. The auditor should work out due professional care in the performance of the audit and the
1. The auditor must adequately plan the work and have to properly manage any assistants.
2. The auditor should get a enough understanding of the entity and its environment,
including its internal control, to assess the risk of material misstatement of the financial
statements whether due to error or fraud, and to design the nature, timing, and extent of
3. The auditor must obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence by performing audit
1. The auditor must state in the auditor's report whether the financial statements are
2. The auditor must identify in the auditor's report those circumstances in which such
principles have not been consistently observed in the current period in relation to the
preceding period.
3. If the auditor determines that informative disclosures in the financial statements are not
4. The auditor's report must either express an opinion regarding the financial statements,
taken as a whole, or state that an opinion cannot be expressed. When the auditor cannot
express an overall opinion, the auditor should state the reasons in the auditor's report. In
all cases where an auditor's name is associated with financial statements, the auditor
should clearly indicate the character of the auditor's work, if any, and the degree of
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