statements and internal control
from the auditor’s responsibility
for verifying the financial
statements and effectiveness
of internal control.
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Learning Objective 3
Explain the auditor’s responsibility for discovering material misstatements.
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Management’s Responsibilities
Management is responsible for the financial statements and for internal control.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act increases management’s responsibility for the financial statements.
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Steps to Develop Audit Objectives
1. Understand objectives and responsibilities for the audit.
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Auditor’s Responsibilities
➢ Material versus immaterial misstatements ➢ Reasonable assurance ➢ Errors versus fraud ➢ Professional skepticism ➢ Fraud resulting from fraudulent financial
Audit Responsibilities and Objectives
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Learning Objective 1
Explain the objective of conducting an audit of financial statements and an audit of internal controls.

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Management’s Responsibilities
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act provides for criminal penalties for anyone who knowingly falsely certifies the statements.
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It requires the CEO and the CFO of public companies to certify the quarterly and annual financial statements submitted to the SEC.
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Learning Objective 2
Distinguish management’s
responsibility for the financial
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Steps to Develop Audit Objectives
4. Know general audit objectives for classes of transactions and accounts.
5. Know specific audit objectives for classes of transactions and accounts.
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Objective of Conducting an Audit of Financial Statements
The objective of the ordinary audit of financial statements is the expression of an opinion of the fairness with which they present fairly, in all respects, financial position, result of operations, and its cash flows in conformity with GAAP.
2. Divide financial statements into cycles.
3. Know management assertions about accounts.
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