The auditor's responsibility is placed more on discovering errors than employee fraud. While judgments about increased fraud risk may influence the auditor's assessments and procedures, the auditor cannot guarantee the financial statements are free of material misstatements. If an auditor discovers potentially immaterial fraud by management, they must report it to the audit committee.
The auditor's responsibility is placed more on discovering errors than employee fraud. While judgments about increased fraud risk may influence the auditor's assessments and procedures, the auditor cannot guarantee the financial statements are free of material misstatements. If an auditor discovers potentially immaterial fraud by management, they must report it to the audit committee.
The auditor's responsibility is placed more on discovering errors than employee fraud. While judgments about increased fraud risk may influence the auditor's assessments and procedures, the auditor cannot guarantee the financial statements are free of material misstatements. If an auditor discovers potentially immaterial fraud by management, they must report it to the audit committee.
The auditor's responsibility is placed more on discovering errors than employee fraud. While judgments about increased fraud risk may influence the auditor's assessments and procedures, the auditor cannot guarantee the financial statements are free of material misstatements. If an auditor discovers potentially immaterial fraud by management, they must report it to the audit committee.
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When comparing the auditor's responsibility for detectin
employee fraud and for detecting errors, the profession has placed the responsibility: more on discovering errors than employee fraud. b. more on discovering employee fraud than errors. C. equally on discovering either one. d. on the senior auditor for detecting errors and on the
manager for detecting employee fraud.
a.
77. Judgments about the increased risk of misstatement of the
financial statements due to fraud may influence the auditor's professional judgments in the following ways except: a. The auditor's ability to assess control risk below the maximum may be reduced and the auditor should be sensitive to the ability of management to override controls. The audit team may be selected in ways that ensure that the knowledge, skill, and ability of personnel assigned significant engagement responsibilities are commensurate with the auditor's assessment of the level of risk. The auditor should plan and audit to provide a guarantee that the financial statements are free of material misstatements, whether due to fraud or error. The audit team may approach the audit with a heightened level of professional skepticism. d. a. 78. What is an auditor's responsibility who discovers that management is involved in a potentially immaterial fraud? Report the fraud to the audit committee b. Report the fraud to the SEC c. Report the fraud to a level of management at least one level below those involved in the fraud d. Determine that the amounts involved are immaterial, and if so, there is no reporting responsibility.