Outline
Outline
2.Confirmation 6.Recalculation
3.Inspection 7.Reperformance
Management’s
1. AdoptingResponsibility
sound accounting policies
2. Maintaining adequate internal control
3. Making fair representations in the financial statements
4. Ensuring the company complies with applicable laws and
regulations
The Auditor’s Responsibility
AICPA auditing standards state
The overall objectives of the auditor, in conducting an audit of financial statements, are to:
a. Obtain reasonable assurance2 about whether the financial statements as a whole are free
from material misstatement1, whether due to fraud or error, thereby enabling the auditor
to express an opinion on whether the financial statements are presented fairly, in all