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Assessing Accounting Risk - Writeup
Assessing Accounting Risk - Writeup
Assessing Accounting Risk - Writeup
The article deals with Assessment of Accounting risk which is inherent part of
financial statements.
Financial statements examined may also contain some material misstatements
due to accounting improprieties(Improper accounting entries/disclosures).
This article further explains how an analyst can identify accounting
misstatements that are material with the help of public information & past
accounting data.
Further there is an Assessment Framework consisting of six assessments which
are used to assess material misstatement.
They are:
Institutional Context-It refers to the institutional factors like weak security
market regulations in which company operates.