Auditing: Latest Updates
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The objective of this course is to address the latest developments affecting 2022 and 2023 audit
engagements. Topics include: addressing the auditor’s consideration of the business and economic
environment in which the client operates; accounting and auditing engagement issues during COVID-19,
including the impact of the pandemic on an entity’s ability to continue as a going-concern; client and
employee fraud; specific accounting risks for auditors to consider; limiting auditor’s liability; key audit
focus areas during volatile times; lessons from litigation; efficiency engagements to reduce auditor time; various practice issues related to audits; dealing with DOL audits of employee benefit plans, and more.
Additionally, in this course, auditors will learn about auditing estimates, obtaining audit evidence, changes
made to the auditor’s understanding of the entity and its environment, risk assessment procedures, using
the work of specialists as audit evidence, changes to compliance audits, and more. These changes are
found in newly issued SAS Nos. 142-148. This course also addresses the new attestation standards
found in SSAE Nos. 21-22. The course focuses on recalling, recognizing, and identifying rules related to
auditing standards, including new developments pertaining to those standards. |
Course Info:
- Course #: 1095D
- Delivery: Self-Study
- CPE Hours: 16
- Course Level: Basic
- Prerequisites: None
- Advanced Preparation: None
- NASBA Area of Study: Auditing
- Total Pages: 493
- Questions: 80
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Course Objectives
- To identify an example of a concentration which might require disclosure
- To recall the definition of near term
- To identify the most obvious approach to account for a PPP loan under GAAP
- To recall how an entity should account for PPP loan forgiveness
- To identify a scenario in which it would be impracticable for an auditor to attend a physical
inventory
- To recognize an advantage of remote auditing
- To recognize a behavioral trait of most occupational fraudsters
- To recognize the difference between fraud and an error
- To recall the three conditions of the fraud triangle
- To identify common types of financial statement fraud noted by the FBI
- To recognize an example of a misappropriation of assets
- To identify an additional procedure required to deal with the risk of management override
of internal controls
- To recognize a factor to consider in evaluating going concern of an entity
- To recall how an investment in equity security should be accounted for under GAAP
- To recognize the new sales tax rules in the wake of the Wayfair decision
- To recognize an example of a coverage ratio
- To recall the timeframe within which most lawsuits against auditors occur
- To identify a recommendation to tighten up auditor workpapers
- To identify a suggestion for an auditor to reduce time and increase audit efficiency
- To recognize when negative accounts receivable confirmations should not be used
- To identify the form of a comfort letter that would be appropriate for an accountant to make
to a lender
- To recall the rule for an auditor presenting his or her city and state on the audit report
- To identify the rules of an auditor communicating deficiencies found in an audit
- To recognize an example of a result that can occur if there is a problem with a DOL
employee benefit plan audit
- To identify a type of fraudster
- To recognize an example of an attribute of information obtained as audit evidence per SAS
No. 142
- To identify how inherent and control risk should be assessed under the SAS No. 143
requirements
- To recall the three approaches that an auditor can use to perform further audit procedures
required by SAS No. 143
- To identify some instances in which an auditor may conclude that a specialist’s work is not
adequate
- To identify a type of risk assessment procedure that an auditor can use in accordance with
SAS No. 145
- To recall examples of risk assessment procedures that an auditor may perform in SAS
No. 145
- To recognize how to perform risk assessment procedures when relying on information
obtained from previous experience with an entity
- To identify examples of risk assessment procedures to obtain audit evidence in accordance
with SAS No. 145
- To recognize a new requirement made by SAS No. 145 in connection with assessing
inherent risk and control risk in an audit
- To identify how an auditor should respond if the auditor does not plan to test the operating
effectiveness of an entity’s controls
- To recall the date by which an engagement partner must take responsibility for determining
that ethical requirements are fulfilled
- To identify certain requirements an engagement partner must satisfy in performing an
audit engagement
- To recognize examples of resources assigned or made available by a firm to support
performance of an audit engagement
- To identify a type of unconscious bias defined in SAS No. 146
- To recall a possible action that an engagement team may take to mitigate impediments to
exercise professional skepticism
- To identify when a successor auditor should request management to authorize a
predecessor auditor’s response to the successor auditor’s inquiry
- To recognize one of the new inquiries a successor auditor should make of a predecessor
auditor by SAS No. 147
- To recall the extent of a predecessor auditor’s response to a successor auditor’s inquiries
when there are certain restrictions on the predecessor auditor
- To identify an example of a recently issued auditing standard that SAS No. 148 incorporates
into amendments to AU-C 935, Compliance Audits
- To recognize one of the five components of a system of internal control identified in SAS
No. 145 and incorporated into AU-C 935 by SAS No. 148 amendments
- To recall examples of inherent risk factors related to identifying and assessing risks of
material misstatement in a compliance audit
- To recognize one of the four types of engagements within SSAE No. 21’s new definition
of attestation engagement
- To identify an example of subject matter that is within the scope of SSAE No. 22’s review
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