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Auditing Concepts and Methods: A Guide to Current Theory and Practice » (6th Edition)

Book cover image of Auditing Concepts and Methods: A Guide to Current Theory and Practice by Douglas R. Carmichael

Authors: Douglas R. Carmichael
ISBN-13: 9780070110588, ISBN-10: 0070110581
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Date Published: January 1996
Edition: 6th Edition

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Author Biography: Douglas R. Carmichael

Book Synopsis

The Sixth Edition of this highly-regarded text offers a new chapter on the legal liabilities of accountants. In addition,the text has been thoroughly updated to reflect the most current auditing standards and practices. The goal of the text is to outline the role of audits in business and government and to familiarize students with professional audit standards that apply in auditing practice,including GAAS,quality control,and ethics as well as outside constraints such as litigation.

Table of Contents

Preface
Ch. 1The Audit Function - An Overview1
Ch. 2Professional Ethics and the Auditing Environment38
Ch. 3Legal Liability69
Ch. 4The Elements of Auditing97
Ch. 5Understanding the Client and General Planning128
Ch. 6Understanding the Internal Control Structure and Assessing Control Risk176
Ch. 7Planning Tests of Details of Transactions and Balances231
Ch. 8Audit Sampling276
Ch. 9The Effect of Computers on the Audit334
Ch. 10Tests of Transaction Classes and Related Balances378
Ch. 11Direct Tests of Balances447
Ch. 12Completion of the Audit498
Ch. 13The Auditor's Report537
Ch. 14Attestation Services, Unaudited Financial Statements, and Specialized Reporting588
Ch. 15Operational Auditing623
Index645

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