Auditing & Assurance Services (Auditing and Assurance Services)
Auditing & Assurance Services (Auditing and Assurance Services)
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ISBN: 9781259573286
Author: Timothy J Louwers, Allen Blay, David Sinason Associate Professor, Jerry R Strawser, Jay C. Thibodeau Associate Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter C13, Problem 1DQ
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Analyze and identify the steps to be taken by the auditors in a situation wherein deceiving the auditors is the primary objective of the management.

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The situation wherein the primary objective of the management is to deceive the auditors, there is a greater scope of the management to alter the records so the auditors find no misappropriations. However, this can be overcome by the auditors by doing more cross checks with the records and asset values. The auditors may carry out random checks as well.

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