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PROFESSIONAL AUDITING STANDARDS AND THE AUDIT OPINION FORMULATION PROCESS
CHAPTER 5
AuditingA Risk-Based Approach To Conducting A Quality Audit
10th edition
Karla M. Johnstone | Audrey A. Gramling | Larry E. Rittenberg
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Identify and compare the auditing standards that provide guidance on the audit opinion formulation process
2. List and discuss the foundational principles underlying the auditing standards
3. List the phases and related activities in the audit opinion formulation process
4. Explain the concept of accounting cycles and discuss their importance to the audit opinion formulation process
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
5. Describe the assertions that are inherent to the financial statements and explain their importance to the audit opinion formulation process
6. Define audit evidence and describe the purpose of audit procedures used to obtain audit evidence
7. Discuss the importance of audit documentation and provide examples
8. Discuss audit activities in Phase I of the audit opinion formulation process
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
9. Discuss audit activities in Phase II of the audit opinion formulation process
10. Discuss audit activities in Phase III of the audit opinion formulation process
11. Discuss audit activities in Phase IV of the audit opinion formulation process
12. Discuss audit activities in Phase V of the audit opinion formulation process
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IDENTIFY AND COMPARE THE AUDITING STANDARDS THAT PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON THE
AUDIT OPINION FORMULATION PROCESS
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1
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PROFESSIONAL AUDITING STANDARDS
• Auditors in the United States follow auditing guidance issued by:• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
(AICPA) • Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) • International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board
(IAASB)• Common objective - Provide assurance to public that
audits are conducted in a quality manner
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PROFESSIONAL AUDITING STANDARDS
• Auditing standards apply:• To the auditor’s task of developing and communicating
an opinion on financial statements and, as part of an integrated audit, on a client’s internal control over financial reporting.
• Relevant auditing standards depend on:• The nature of organization audited• On the domicile of the organization• On where its stock is publicly traded
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EXHIBIT 5.1 - COMPARISON OF U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL AUDITING STANDARDS
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LIST AND DISCUSS THE FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING THE AUDITING
STANDARDS
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 2
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PCAOB GUIDANCE - THE TEN STANDARDS
• General standards are applicable to the auditor and audit firm and provide guidance in selecting and training its professionals to meet the public trust. • Fieldwork standards are applicable to the conduct of
the audit• Reporting standards are applicable to communicating
the auditor’s opinion
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AICPA GUIDANCE
• AICPA has developed seven fundamental principles that govern audits. The principles are included in four categories• Purpose of an Audit and Premise upon Which an Audit
Is Conducted• Responsibilities• Performance• Reporting
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LIST THE PHASES AND RELATED ACTIVITIES IN THE AUDIT OPINION FORMULATION PROCESS
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 3
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EXHIBIT 5.3 - ACTIVITIES OF EACH PHASE OF THE AUDIT OPINION FORMULATION PROCESS
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IMPORTANT CONCEPTS PERVASIVE THROUGHOUT THE AUDIT OPINION
FORMULATION PROCESS• Accounting cycles• Management assertions• Audit evidence and audit procedures• Documentation
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EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT OF ACCOUNTING CYCLES AND DISCUSS THEIR IMPORTANCE TO THE AUDIT
OPINION FORMULATION PROCESS
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 4
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ACCOUNTING CYCLES
• Similar transactions that are linked by procedures and controls and that affect related accounts • Convenient way to break the audit up into
manageable sections of related accounts• Individual auditors or teams of auditors are typically
assigned to audit a particular accounting cycle
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ACCOUNTING CYCLES
• Auditor focuses on:• Flow of transactions within a particular cycle• Identifying: • Points where material misstatement can occur • Controls that have been designed and implemented to
mitigate those risks• Understanding risks and controls within each cycle• Helps determine specific audit procedures to be used and
specific audit evidence to be obtained
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DESCRIBE THE ASSERTIONS THAT ARE INHERENT TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXPLAIN THEIR
IMPORTANCE TO THE AUDIT OPINION FORMULATION PROCESS
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 5
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MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL STATEMENT ASSERTIONS IN PCAOB STANDARDS
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DEFINE AUDIT EVIDENCE AND DESCRIBE THE PURPOSE OF AUDIT PROCEDURES USED TO
OBTAIN AUDIT EVIDENCE
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 6
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AUDIT EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURES
• Audit evidence: Information used by auditor in arriving at conclusions on which the opinion is based• Audit procedures: Procedures designed to obtain
audit evidence to support audit opinion(s)• Sufficient appropriate audit evidence: Measure of the
quantity and quality of audit evidence • Audit program• Lists audit procedures to be followed in gathering evidence • Helps monitor progress and supervising work
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CATEGORIES OF AUDIT PROCEDURES
• Risk assessment procedures: Provide information for assessing the risks of material misstatement in the financial statements• Used for purposes of planning the audit
• Tests of controls: Designed for evaluating operating effectiveness of controls • Substantive procedures: Designed for detecting
material misstatements at assertion level• Comprising of tests of details and substantive
analytical procedures
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DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF AUDIT DOCUMENTATION AND PROVIDE EXAMPLES
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 7
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AUDIT DOCUMENTATION
• Record of audit procedures performed, relevant audit evidence obtained, and conclusions the auditor reached• Known as working papers or workpapers• Examples include:• Audit programs• Analyses prepared by client or auditor• Memorandums• Summaries of significant findings or issues• Letters of confirmation and representation
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PURPOSES OF AUDIT DOCUMENTATION
• Assisting engagement team in: • Planning and performing audit• Supervising and reviewing audit work
• Retaining a record of matters of continuing significance to future audits• Enabling internal or external inspections of
completed audits• Assisting auditors in understanding work performed
in prior year
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DISCUSS AUDIT ACTIVITIES IN PHASE I OF THE AUDIT OPINION FORMULATION PROCESS
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 8
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PHASE I - MAKING CLIENT ACCEPTANCE AND CONTINUANCE DECISIONS
• Preconditions for accepting auditing engagements• Use of an acceptable financial reporting framework• Agreement of management to acknowledge and
understand its responsibilities
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DISCUSS AUDIT ACTIVITIES IN PHASE II OF THE AUDIT OPINION FORMULATION PROCESS
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 9
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PHASE II - PERFORMING RISK ASSESSMENT
• Identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement• Requires identification of significant accounts,
disclosures, relevant assertions• Auditor establishes a materiality level overall and for
specific accounts and disclosures • Responding to identified risks• Determining audit procedures required to address
them
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RISK ASSESSMENTS - ASSERTION LEVEL
• Inherent risk• Susceptibility of an assertion about a class of transaction, account
balance or disclosure to a misstatement that could be material, either individually or when aggregated with other misstatements, before consideration of any related controls
• Control risk• Risk that a misstatement that could occur in an assertion about a class
of transaction, account balance or disclosure and that could be material, either individually or when aggregated with other misstatements, will not be prevented, or detected and corrected, on a timely basis by the organization’s internal control
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CONTROL RISK ASSESSMENT
• Focuses on design effectiveness and implementation• High control risk• Weak or ineffective internal controls• Auditor cannot rely on controls to reduce substantive
procedures for account balances• Low control risk• Effective internal controls• Auditor will test operating effectiveness of controls to
reduce substantive procedures for account balances
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RESPONDING TO IDENTIFIED RISKS OF MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT
• Purpose of risk assessment procedures• Identify risks of material misstatement• Determine where misstatements in financial
statements may occur• Design appropriate audit strategy
• Controls reliance audit: Includes tests of controls and substantive procedures• Substantive audit: Includes substantive procedures
and does not include tests of controls
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DISCUSS AUDIT ACTIVITIES IN PHASE III OF THE AUDIT OPINION FORMULATION PROCESS
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 10
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PHASE III - OBTAINING EVIDENCE ABOUT INTERNAL CONTROL OPERATING EFFECTIVENESS
• Auditor tests controls to determine whether controls are operating effectively• At year-end (for opinion on internal control
effectiveness)• Throughout the year (for the financial statement audit)
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SELECTING CONTROLS TO TEST
• Involves choosing controls that effectively indicate capability to address the assessed risk of material misstatement for relevant assertions• Includes controls in all five COSO components• Types of tests of controls• Inquiry• Observation• Inspection of relevant documentation• Reperformance of a control
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IMPACT OF TESTS OF CONTROLS FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT
• If control deficiencies are identified• Assess them to determine whether preliminary control risk
assessment should be modified• Record the implications for substantive procedures
• If no control deficiencies are identified• Assess whether preliminary control risk assessment is still
appropriate• Determine extent that controls can provide evidence on
accuracy of account balances• Determine planned substantive audit procedures
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IMPACT OF TESTS OF CONTROLS FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT
• Determine how much assurance about reliability of account balances can be obtained from the effective operation of controls• Within any audit, level of assurance will vary across:• Accounts • Disclosures• Assertions
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DISCUSS AUDIT ACTIVITIES IN PHASE IV OF THE AUDIT OPINION FORMULATION PROCESS
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 11
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PHASE IV - OBTAINING SUBSTANTIVE EVIDENCE ABOUT ACCOUNTS, DISCLOSURES, AND ASSERTIONS
• Substantive procedures include:• Substantive analytical procedures • Tests of details of account balances
• Considerations in determining appropriate substantive procedures:• Source of potential misstatement• Extent and type of potential misstatement
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DISCUSS AUDIT ACTIVITIES IN PHASE V OF THE AUDIT OPINION FORMULATION PROCESS
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 12
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PHASE V - COMPLETING THE AUDIT AND MAKING REPORTING DECISIONS• Completing various review and communication
activities• Making a decision about what types of opinions
should be issued• Deciding on the appropriate opinion to be issued• It can be based on financial statements and internal
control• It can be issued in one report or in two separate
reports