Homework

  Resource

Access and briefly review PCAOB Auditing Standards 2200 Auditing Internal Control Over Financial Reporting, 2300 Audit Procedures in Response to Risks—Nature, Timing, and Extent, and 2400 Audit Procedures for Specific Aspects of the Audit as you build your foundation knowledge on audit planning and procedures.

https://pcaobus.org/Standards/Auditing/Pages/ReorgStandards.aspx

 

Performing Audit Procedures in Response to Assessed Risks and Evaluating the Audit Evidence Obtained

http://www.aicpa.org/Research/Standards/AuditAttest/DownloadableDocuments/AU-C-00330.pdf

 Analytical Procedures

http://www.aicpa.org/Research/Standards/AuditAttest/DownloadableDocuments/AU-C-00520.pdf

 

External Confirmations

http://www.aicpa.org/Research/Standards/AuditAttest/DownloadableDocuments/AU-C-00505.pdf

 

Audit Sampling

http://www.aicpa.org/Research/Standards/AuditAttest/DownloadableDocuments/AU-C-00530.pdf

Analytical procedures are substantive procedures that may be used to provide evidence about specific accounts and classes of transactions.

a. Describe the major types of comparisons the auditor might make in performing analytical procedures.

b. At what stages of the audit are analytical procedures performed and what purpose do they serve at each stage?  

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