Auditing: A Risk Based-Approach to Conducting a Quality Audit
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ISBN: 9781305080577
Author: Karla M Johnstone, Audrey A. Gramling, Larry E. Rittenberg
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
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Chapter 6, Problem 72FF
a.
To determine
Introduction:
To describe: The audit procedures and audit evidence which can detect the misstatements identified in report of SEC.
b.
To determine
Introduction: Auditor’s assessment of management’s integrity has an inverse relationship with the quantity and quality of audit procedures performed by the auditor.
To describe:Impact of auditor’s assessment of management’s integrity on audit procedures and role of professional skepticism.
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