Auditing And Assurance Services
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ISBN: 9780134897431
Author: ARENS, Alvin A.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Code of Ethics for professional accountants
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• Planning and supervision
• Materiality
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• Audit evidence
a. Evaluating the effectiveness of the client's internal control in preventing or detecting misstatements.
b. Obtaining an understanding of the client's business and industry.
c. Acknowledging that the risk of failing to detect a material misstatement cannot be reduced to zero.
d. Obtaining confirmations from the client's customers as to the ending balances in accounts receivable.
e. Preparing a written audit plan.
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Designing audit procedures to identify misstatements that would have a significant effect on financial
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g. Considering the likelihood that the account balance contains a material…
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Auditing And Assurance Services
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