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  2. ISA 400 Risk Assessments and Internal Control - Wikipedia

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    ISA 400 talks about the "walk through testing" or auditing in depth test. This standard was withdrawn in 2004, and has been replaced with the ISA 315, “Understanding the Entity and Its Environment and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement” and the ISA 330, “The Auditor’s Procedures in Response to Assessed Risks” [ citation needed ]

  3. SOX 404 top–down risk assessment - Wikipedia

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    In financial auditing of public companies in the United States, SOX 404 top–down risk assessment (TDRA) is a financial risk assessment performed to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX 404). Under SOX 404, management must test its internal controls; a TDRA is used to determine the scope of such testing. It is also ...

  4. Risk-based internal audit - Wikipedia

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    Risk is the potential of losing something of value, weighed against the potential to gain something of value. Risk hinders the achievement of objective and it has two attributes. Likelihood: Probability of Risk Event (P) Consequences: Impact of Risk Event (I) In Risk based internal auditing two types of risks are considered. Inherent risk

  5. Control self-assessment - Wikipedia

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    Some researchers have criticised control self-assessment as a flawed approach as the way risk is defined and measured is unsophisticated. In particular, control self-assessment may understate risk by not identifying extreme downside risk. An extreme downside risk is a highly improbable event that would have catastrophic consequences if it occurred.

  6. List of AICPA Audit and Accounting Guides - Wikipedia

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    Assessing and responding to audit risk in a financial statement audit full-text: 04-02: 2009: Assessing and responding to audit risk in a financial statement audit, revised edition as of October 1, 2009: 04-03: 2012: Assessing and responding to audit risk in a financial statement audit, with conforming changes as of March 1, 2012: 04-04: 2014

  7. Risk assessment - Wikipedia

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    Risk assessment determines possible mishaps, their likelihood and consequences, and the tolerances for such events. [1] [2] The results of this process may be expressed in a quantitative or qualitative fashion. Risk assessment is an inherent part of a broader risk management strategy to help reduce any potential risk-related consequences. [1] [3]

  8. Statement on Auditing Standards No. 99: Consideration of Fraud

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    SAS 99 defines fraud as an intentional act that results in a material misstatement in financial statements. There are two types of fraud considered: misstatements arising from fraudulent financial reporting (e.g. falsification of accounting records) and misstatements arising from misappropriation of assets (e.g. theft of assets or fraudulent expenditures).

  9. Risk-based auditing - Wikipedia

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    Risk-based auditing is a style of auditing which focuses upon the analysis and management of risk. In the UK, the 1999 Turnbull Report on corporate governance required directors to provide a statement to shareholders of the significant risks to the business. This then encouraged the audit activity of studying these risks rather than just ...