Marsha Mason, CPA, believes that it is appropriate to obtain an understanding of internal control about halfway through the audit, after she is familiar with the client’s operations and the way the system actually works.  She has found through experience that filling out internal control questionnaires and flowcharts early in the engagement is not beneficial because the system rarely functions that way it is supposed to.  Later in the engagement, the auditor can prepare flowcharts and questionnaires with relative ease because of the knowledge already obtained on the audit.  Evaluate her approach.

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