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  2. 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).

  3. Materiality (auditing) - Wikipedia

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    The lower the audit risk, the higher the materiality will be set. In terms of the Conceptual Framework (see "materiality in accounting" above), materiality also has a qualitative aspect. This means that, even if a misstatement is not material in "Dollar" (or other denomination) terms, it may still be material because of its nature.

  4. Auditor's report - Wikipedia

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    An auditor's report is a formal opinion, or disclaimer thereof, issued by either an internal auditor or an independent external auditor as a result of an internal or external audit, as an assurance service in order for the user to make decisions based on the results of the audit.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Statements on Auditing Standards (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Performing Audit Procedures in Response to Assessed Risks and Evaluating the Audit Evidence Obtained full-text: February 2006 111: Amendment to Statement on Auditing Standards No. 39: Audit Sampling full-text: February 2006 112: Communicating Internal Control Related Matters Identified in an Audit full-text: May 2006 113: Omnibus 2006 full-text ...

  7. Audit evidence - Wikipedia

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    In the control testing stage, audit evidence is used by the auditor to consider the mix of audit test of controls and audit substantive tests. [9] In the substantive testing stage, audit evidence is defined as the information that the auditor needs to support the appropriation of financial statement assertions. [ 10 ]

  8. Software audit review - Wikipedia

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    A software audit review, or software audit, is a type of software review in which one or more auditors who are not members of the software development organization conduct "An independent examination of a software product, software process, or set of software processes to assess compliance with specifications, standards, contractual agreements, or other criteria".

  9. Auditor independence - Wikipedia

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    Independence of the internal auditor means independence from parties whose interests might be harmed by the results of an audit. To maintain independence and neutrality, internal adjudicators should report directly to the Audit Committee and have unrestricted access to all applicable information and labor force within the association.