Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the following chapters in your textbook, Auditing & Assurance Services:
Chapter 11: Completing the Audit Chapter 12: Reports on Audited Financial Statements These chapters discuss the audit completion procedures, the various types of audit reports, and the conditions under which each is appropriate.
You should also be sure to review all the resources required for discussion forums and assignments throughout the course.
In this assignment, you will prepare a comprehensive audit plan for a company of your choice. Please choose any publicly traded company that interests you.
In your paper,
Explain the company you selected and the audit engagement’s purpose. Assess the scope of the engagement, including clear distinctions of the roles and responsibilities of the auditor and management. Formulate a risk assessment incorporating the audit risk model. Explain specific audit procedures that you will use to gather evidence and support relevant assertions. Analyze the importance of internal control systems, including techniques that you may use to detect fraudulent activities. Outline how you plan to use information technology to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the audit. Propose audit completion procedures including the audit report that would be most appropriate based on the audit findings. The Comprehensive Audit Plan final paper
must be eight to nine double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. resource. must include a separate title page with the following in title case: title of paper in bold font Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page. student’s name name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus) course name and number instructor’s name due date
