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It is stated in ISA 315 (paragraph A.124) that the auditor should use assertions for classes of transactions, account balances, and presentation and disclosures in sufficient detail to form a basis for the assessment of risks of material misstatement and the design and performance of further audit procedures. The auditor uses assertions in ...
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 ...
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.
to obtain limited assurance that the subject matter meets the specified criteria or the responsible party's assertion, and; express a conclusion on whether any modifications should be made to meet the specified criteria or assertion and be fairly stated. For an agreed-upon procedures engagement, the objective of the practitioner is: [3]
In the audit planning stage, audit evidence is the information that the auditor considers when determining the most effective and efficient approach for the audit. [8] For example, reliability of internal control procedures, and analytical review systems.
Lists of assertion-level control objectives are available in most financial auditing textbooks. Excellent examples are also available in AICPA Statement on Auditing Standards No. 110 (SAS 110) [6] for the inventory process. SAS 106 includes the latest guidance on financial statement assertions. [7]
Amendment to Statement on Auditing Standards No. 1: Codification of Auditing Standards and Procedures (Due Professional Care in the Performance of Work) full-text: February 2006 105: Amendment to Statement on Auditing Standards No. 95: Generally Accepted Auditing Standards full-text: February 2006 106: Audit Evidence full-text: February 2006 107
ISA 230 Audit Documentation is one of the International Standards on Auditing.It serves to direct the documentation of audit working papers in order to assist the audit planning and performance; the supervision and review of the audit work; and the recording of audit evidence resulting from the audit work in order to support the auditor's opinion.