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  2. Management assertions - Wikipedia

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    These assertions are relevant to auditors performing a financial statement audit in two ways. First, the objective of a financial statement audit is to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence to conclude on whether the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of a company and the results of its ...

  3. ISA 500 Audit Evidence - Wikipedia

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    The auditor uses assertions in assessing risks by considering potential misstatements that may occur, and thereby designing audit procedures that are responsive to the particular risks. Assertions used by the auditor fall into the following categories: (a) Assertions about classes of transactions and events for the period ended: Occurrence

  4. Audit substantive test - Wikipedia

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    Substantive procedures (or substantive tests) are those activities performed by the auditor to detect material misstatement at the assertion level. [1]Management implicitly assert that account balances and disclosures and underlying classes of transactions do not contain any material misstatements: in other words, that they are materially complete, valid and accurate.

  5. SOX 404 top–down risk assessment - Wikipedia

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    There are two primary levels at which objectives (and also controls) are defined: entity-level and assertion level. An example of an entity-level control objective is: "Employees are aware of the Company's Code of Conduct." The COSO 1992–1994 Framework defines each of the five components of internal control (i.e., Control Environment, Risk ...

  6. Entity-level control - Wikipedia

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    Audit Effect Indirect Some entity-level controls have an indirect effect on the chances of detecting or preventing a misstatement on a timely basis. They do not directly relate to risks at the financial statement assertion level. Affect control selection, and the nature, timing, and extent of the procedures performed. Monitoring

  7. Audit evidence - Wikipedia

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    For audit evidence to be appropriate, it needs to be relevant and reliable. It is relevant when it is heavily related to the assertion or control that is being tested. The audit’s design can change the level of relevancy.

  8. Audit - Wikipedia

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    An information technology audit, or information systems audit, is an examination of the management controls within an Information technology (IT) infrastructure. The evaluation of obtained evidence determines if the information systems are safeguarding assets, maintaining data integrity , and operating effectively to achieve the organization's ...

  9. SSAE No. 18 - Wikipedia

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    Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements no. 18 (SSAE No. 18 or SSAE 18) is a Generally Accepted Auditing Standard produced and published by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Auditing Standards Board. Though it states that it could be applied to almost any subject matter, its focus is reporting on the ...