Auditing & Assurance Services: A Systematic Approach (Irwin Accounting)
Auditing & Assurance Services: A Systematic Approach (Irwin Accounting)
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ISBN: 9780077732509
Author: William F Messier Jr, Steven M. Glover Associate Professor, Douglas F. Prawitt Associate Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 15, Problem 15.1RQ
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Audit procedure is part of internal control performed by the auditor, to gather the possible document that helps the auditors to make a strong conclusion. The audit procedure helps to determine the nature of the financial information provided by the customers and all kinds of risks that occur in the financial statements. An analytical procedure is a part of audit procedure that evaluates the financial statement by comparing the financial data with the non-financial data.

To describe:Reasons for auditors to generally follow the substantive strategy when audit the long term debt and capital account.

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  • A substantive strategy helps to identify the evidence related to a particular transaction, or it helps to collect the reasonable evidence for a specific assertion. While auditing the long term debt and capital account, the auditor follows the substantive strategy, because it is more efficient to use and provide an appropriate result.
  • The reliance strategy describes when the auditor depends on the test of control to perform the audit, and the auditor should have proper knowledge of tests of controls. The auditors would follow the reliance strategy when the organization continuously involved in the financing activities and performs tests of controls.

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