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TABLE 2.1 Flint’s audit postulates
Postulate
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TABLE 2.2 Concepts of auditing
Group Concept
Credibility Competence
Independence
Integrity and ethics
Process Risk
Evidence
Audit judgement
Materiality
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Group Concept
Communication Reporting
Truth and fairness
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3) auditor; and
4) regulatory framework.
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Figure 2.1 Communication of accounting information
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• independence;
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You have to make a judgement as to whether the
company’s policy is appropriate.
1 What evidence would you seek?
2 Do you think you would be able to conclude
that the assertion of a ten-year life is valid
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3 What do you think would be the critical
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2) performance gap.
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Figure 2.2 Structure of the audit expectation-performance gap
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Figure 2.3 Layers of regulation and control
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FURTHER READING
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FURTHER READING
Bell, B.B., Marrs, F.O., Solomon I., Thomas, H. (1997)
Auditing Organizations Through a Strategic-Systems Lens,
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.
Bell, T.B., Peecher., M.E. and Solomon, I. (2005) The 21st
Century Public Company Audit, Conceptual Elements of
KPMG’s Global Audit Methodology, KPMG International.
Cadbury, A. (1990) ‘The Corporate Governance Agenda’,
Corporate Governance, 8(1): 7–15.
Moizer P. (1991) ‘Independence’, in M Sherer and S Turley
(eds), Current Issues in Auditing, 3rd edn, London: Paul
Chapman Publishing Ch. 3.
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