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- catalog abstract ""Why and How Audits Must Change: Practical Guidance to Improve Your Audits describes the essential steps that accounting firms must take to improve audit quality. The author provides detailed coverage of important topics such as risk-based auditing techniques, analytical procedures, technology, and internal controls. After explaining why frequently used audit approaches are inadequate for detecting material fraud, the author. "Provides specific and practical guidance to help auditors conduct higher quality audits; offers guidance to financial executives on ways to evaluate their independent audits; and describes the steps that accounting firms must take to implement these much-needed changes. "Utilizing a wealth of practical examples and case studies, the author shows today's auditors and accounting firms how to significantly improve the overall quality of their audit engagements. "He also makes a convincing case that auditing can be rewarding, exciting, and profitable. Since the techniques outlined are also applicable to government agencies and international organizations, the text will also be of significant value to auditors working in governmental and global arenas. And in today's shaky economic climate, this book is an important resource for executives and senior management who want to take a more proactive role in ensuring the accuracy of their companies' financial statements."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12964686.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""He also makes a convincing case that auditing can be rewarding, exciting, and profitable. Since the techniques outlined are also applicable to government agencies and international organizations, the text will also be of significant value to auditors working in governmental and global arenas. And in today's shaky economic climate, this book is an important resource for executives and senior management who want to take a more proactive role in ensuring the accuracy of their companies' financial statements."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""Provides specific and practical guidance to help auditors conduct higher quality audits; offers guidance to financial executives on ways to evaluate their independent audits; and describes the steps that accounting firms must take to implement these much-needed changes. "Utilizing a wealth of practical examples and case studies, the author shows today's auditors and accounting firms how to significantly improve the overall quality of their audit engagements.".
- catalog description ""Why and How Audits Must Change: Practical Guidance to Improve Your Audits describes the essential steps that accounting firms must take to improve audit quality. The author provides detailed coverage of important topics such as risk-based auditing techniques, analytical procedures, technology, and internal controls. After explaining why frequently used audit approaches are inadequate for detecting material fraud, the author.".
- catalog description "A Wake-Up Call for all Auditors -- Risk-Based Auditing: Savior or Villain? -- The Risk of "Cooking the Books" -- Other Risks and Considerations -- The Many Benefits of Analytical Procedures -- Common Pitfalls of Analytical Procedures -- An Easy Approach for Implementing Analytical Procedures -- Internal Control: The Misunderstood Child -- To Test or Not to Test -- Talkin' to the Client -- Data Extraction Software -- Action Steps.".
- catalog extent "viii, 232 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0471444294 (CLOTH)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley,".
- catalog subject "657/.45 21".
- catalog subject "Auditing, Analytical review.".
- catalog subject "Auditing.".
- catalog subject "HF5667 .H677 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "A Wake-Up Call for all Auditors -- Risk-Based Auditing: Savior or Villain? -- The Risk of "Cooking the Books" -- Other Risks and Considerations -- The Many Benefits of Analytical Procedures -- Common Pitfalls of Analytical Procedures -- An Easy Approach for Implementing Analytical Procedures -- Internal Control: The Misunderstood Child -- To Test or Not to Test -- Talkin' to the Client -- Data Extraction Software -- Action Steps.".
- catalog title "Why and how audits must change : practical guidance to improve your audits / Thomas P. Houck.".
- catalog type "text".