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Audit Ev
Audit Ev
Audit evidence is all information used by the auditor in arriving at the conclusions on which the
opinion is based, and includes the information contained in the accounting records underlying the
financial statements and other information.
2. What are the factors that affect sufficiency and appropriateness of audit evidence?
Auditor’s opinion, to be economically useful, must be formed within a reasonable length of time
and at reasonable cost. The auditor decides whether the evidential mater available to him within the
limits of time and cost is sufficient to justify expression of an opinion.
5. Explain the relationship between assertions, audit objectives, and audit evidence.
In obtaining evidential matter in support of financial statement assertions, the auditor develops
specific audit objectives considering those assertions. In developing audit objectives, the auditor should
consider the specific circumstances of the entity and afterwards, the auditor considers the type of
evidence to be obtained, and the audit procedures necessary to obtain this evidence.
6. Enumerate, and explain, each audit procedure classified according to purpose and according to
nature.
The auditor obtains audit evidence to draw reasonable conclusions on which to base the audit
opinion by performing audit procedures to obtain an understanding of the entity and its
environment, to test the operating effectiveness of controls, and to detect material
misstatements at the assertion level.
Risk assessment procedures by themselves which are supplemented by further audit procedures
in the form of test controls when necessary, and substantive controls
Test of controls when the auditor’s risk assessment includes an expectation of the operating
effectiveness of the control, and when substantive procedures alone do not provide sufficient
appropriate audit evidence.
The auditor plans and performs substantive procedures to be responsive to the related
assessment of the risks of material misstatement….