The two pieces of legislation that have probably had the greatest effect on internal audit are the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, which changed the reporting relationships and authority of internal audit and Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 which requires certain tests be performed on publicly traded companies. Both have changed the function of internal audit. Many other pieces of legislation also affect internal audit, some are industry specific some are more broad based.
Audit procedure is the process followed while auditing an entity which may include:Confirm the audit assignmentComplete appropriate planningExecute actual internal audit workDevelop a report
3rd Party Audit - Independent Audit 2nd Party Audit- Customer Audit 1st Party Audit- Internal Audit
Audit Committe enhance communication between Internal Audit, External Audit and CFO. Audit Committe assist directors to avoid litigatio risk.
Under HR Audit, audit of HR procedures and process is done while in financial audit, audit of finance related matters are done.
Process Audit :-Auditor will concentrate on process at each stage & its relevant parameter's process parameters like temperature, pressure, speed etc. Along with this he audits operator competency level , enviroment condition under which he operates the machine,5S,safety etc... Product Audit:-Auditor will concentrate only on output of the process & its relavant parameters.
The process of preparation for audit depends on the kind of audit to be performed, it's objective and scope. The scope of the audit is key to the planning process. The planning required or statutory audit is different from internal audit; it also differs from forensic audit?
Quality audit is the process of systematic examination of a quality system carried out by an internal or external quality auditor or an audit team.
Quality audit is the process of systematic examination of a quality system carried out by an internal or external quality auditor or an audit team.
Audit procedure is the process followed while auditing an entity which may include:Confirm the audit assignmentComplete appropriate planningExecute actual internal audit workDevelop a report
Distinguish between internal audit and internal control.
Quality audit is the process of systematic examination of a quality system carried out by an internal or external quality auditor or an audit team.
internal audit evidence is all the information the auditor relies on to arrive at any conclusion.
Cost Accountant can very well do the internal audit of the company. Since internal audit is the 'seeing us inside' and also the scope is the operations and compliance part of the activities, cost accountants have expertise in conducting the same. They are the 'most fit' professionals for conducting internal audit of manufacturing operations, processes and activities and assessing the risk involved in each area. The new Companies Act, as such, recognises cost accountants along with other finance professionals for award of internal audit assignment. And internal audit has been made mandatory for certain class of companies. But, the cost accountants who are engaged in cost audit assignment of the company cannot be engaged for internal audit of the same company as the engagement would affect objectivity and there may be conflict of interest.
Internal audit reveals to management whether internal control procedures are duly followed or not.
External auditing process Internal auditing process Internal controls Conflicts of interest (code of corporate conduct, fraud presentation) Financial reporting process Regulatory and legal matters
An internal audit is conducted by an unbiased party within the company. An interim audit (which is an audit conducted before the end of the fiscal year) can be conducted by someone outside the company.
Yes pre audit is the responsibility of internal audit department as external auditors are only auditing the activities after end of fiscal year when everything is complete.