The implementation of this standard will give auditors much more control over the audit process. This gives the auditors the tools they need to meet their responsibilities with respect to professional skepticism. Auditors are responsible for the quality of the financial statements, and this standard gives them the mandate to be sufficiently creative in the audit design so as to detect misstatement. The change benefits experienced auditors in particular, and places the onus on inexperienced auditors to learn quickly how to assess risk. Improper assessment of the risk of misstatement will result in poorly designed audits and therefore increased risk of misstatements passing through the audit. Experienced auditors will be better able to design audits that detect misstatement because they will better understand the risks. For companies, this additional degree of empowerment to the auditors will place addition risk...
With the auditor having substantial flexibility over the nature, timing and controls of the audit, the company will need to ensure that the financial statements it produces are accurate. The unpredictable nature of the audit process will make it more difficult for companies to commit fraud of unintentional misstatement, so the companies themselves will need to implement more controls to ensure that their financial statements will pass audit.
Accounting and Corporate Governance How can managers fraudulently manipulate financial statements? Managers can manipulate financial statements in a variety of ways. One approach involves inflating earnings on the income statement for the current reporting period by artificially inflating revenue and gains or by deflating expenses. This approach results in making the financial condition of the company look better than its actual condition and allows the company to meet established expectations. Another approach
Audit Quality and Agency Cost Since the advent of industrialization, there has been the presence of a bond between the people who invest and the people who manage those investments, forming a vital relationship amongst the two groups. Although with the rise of such relationships, the soaring issues of trust and confidence have been a hindrance in economic growth. Viewing the high percentage of the capital of investors or shareholders in
SAS Number 99 and the Corporate Audit This report attempts to explain how the new SAS No.99 will change the way accounting firms will be required to conduct corporate audits. News about the collapse of Enron continues to dominate the American media circuits and in the wake of the now infamous Enron accounting scandal, accounting firms will be required to pay more attention then ever. Since the recent American Institute of
U.S. Auditing Standards and IFRS The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are a set of international accounting standards created by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). These standards are rapidly becoming the global norm for financial reporting in public entities. Recently, a study led by the International Federation of Accountants (IFA) cited that a convergence to IFRS was crucial for the global economic growth and development. Another key driver for the
Since the bygone years, one of the important goals of auditing standard creators has been enhancing the interactions among the auditors as well as their services users. (Broadus, 7) In this effect, during the initial part of the year 1988, the auditing standards board of the American Institute of CPAs brought out a lot of new types of SASs, many of which are targeted towards improving the communication of auditors.
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