[sar_rah]

Compilation of all audit mnemonics…you’re welcome!

A1

Unmodified Report—MR DIM REPORT CRAME

• MR—Management Responsibilities:

o DIM- Design, Implementation, & Monitoring of Internal Controls

• R-auditor’s Responsibilities—Refers to GAAS

o E-Express and opinion on the financial statements based on the audit

o P-Plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the F/S’s are free form material misstatement

o O- Obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the F/S by performing procedures

o R-Risks of material misstatement assessment affects the procedures selected

o T-Test internal controls relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in circumstances

o C- internal CONTROLno such opinion is expressed on the effectiveness of controls unless the auditor does have responsibility over reporting on the effectiveness of internal controls in conjunction with the audit of the financial statements, then ignore above

o R- Reasonableness of

♣ A- accounting estimates

♣ M- made by management and

♣ E- evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements

Procedures—Auditor should evaluate evidence obtained from the following procedures—ADMITS

• A- Analytical procedures

• D- Debt compliance—the auditor should review the terms of debt and loan agreements

• M- Minutes—the auditor should review minutes from the stockholder and board of director’s meetings

• I- Inquiry of client’s legal counsel

• T- Third parties—The auditor should confirm the details of financial support arrangements

• S- Subsequent events review

Conditions and Events—Based on the procedures performed, the auditor identifies conditions and events that may be indicative of substantial doubt—FINE

• F- Financial difficulties

• I- Internal matters

• N- Negative trends

• E- External matters

Mitigating factors—Auditor is required to consider mitigating factors in managements plans when they believe there is substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern—BIDS

• B- Borrow more money or restructure debt

• I- Increase ownership equity

• D- Delay or reduce expenditures

• S- Sell assets or liquidate

Updating/Changing Prior Opinions—disclose reasons in the “emphasis of matter” or “other matter” paragraph that discloses—DORCS (only DORCS change their mind)

• D- Date of the auditor’s previous report

• O- Opinion type previously issues

• R- Reason for the prior opinion

• C- Changes that have occurred

• S- Statement that the “opinion…is different”

Auditors responsibility for subsequent events—perform the following procedures—PRIME

• P- Post balance sheet transactions: review proper cutoff and to better evaluate year-end balances

• R- Representation letter should be obtained from management regarding whether any events occurred during the subsequent period that require adjustments to or disclosures in the financial statements

• I – Inquiry of management of whether any subsequent events effect the F/S

• M- Minutes of stockholders, directors, and other committee meetings should be read during the subsequent period

• E- Examine latest available interim financial statements; compare them with F/S’s under audit

A2

When performing a compilation, accountant is required to have a general understanding of client’s business—STAFF

• S- Staff qualification

• T- Transaction types and frequency

• A- Accounting basis used to prepare F/S

• F- Form of the accounting records

• F- Financial statements’ form and content

Review Requirements—U LIAR CPA

• U- Understanding with client

• L- Learn/obtain sufficient knowledge of entity’s business

• I- Inquiries should be addressed to appropriate individuals/ inside management

• A- Analytical procedures should be performed

• R- Review—other procedures should be performed

• C- Client representations letter should be obtained from management

• P- Professional judgment should be used to evaluate results

• A- Accountant (CPA) should communicate results

11 attestation standards—general, fieldwork, reporting—TIPPY PASSER

• General standards:

o T- Training and proficiency

o I- Independence

o P- Performance/due professional care in planning and performance

o P- Professional, adequate knowledge of subject matter

o Y- Your belief that subject matter is capable of evaluating criteria that is suitable and available to users

• Fieldwork standards:

o P- Planning and supervision

o A- Appropriate, sufficient evidence to provide a reasonable basis for the conclusion

• Reporting standards:

o S- Subject matter or the assertion being reported on and the character of the engagement (nature and scope) must be identified

o S- Significant reservations about the engagement must be disclosed

o E- Express conclusions about the subject matter or the assertion in relation to the established or stated criteria

o R- Restrict use of report to specified parties when:

♣ Criteria only appropriate for or available to limited number of parties

♣ Reporting on subject matter and a written assertion has not been provided

♣ Reporting on agreed-upon procedures engagement

Agreed-upon procedures engagement conditions—I AM SURE

• I- Independent of the practitioner

• A- Agreement of the parties

• M- Measurability and consistency

• S- Sufficiency of procedures

• U- Use of report is restricted to specified parties

• R- Responsibility for the subject matter by client/client states 3rd party

• E- Engagements to perform agreed-upon procedures on prospective financial statements MUST include a summary of significant assumptions

A3

Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement—perform series of steps—IM A CPA

• I- Internal control—obtain and understanding of the entity and its environment, including its internal control

• M- Material misstatement—assess the risks of material misstatement

• A- Assessed level of risk—respond to the assessed level of risk by designing further audit procedures based on this assessment

• C- Controls testing—test internal controls to evaluate their operating effectiveness

• P- Perform substantive procedures

• A- Audit evidence—evaluate the sufficiency and appropriateness of audit evidence obtained

Five components of internal control—CRIME

• C- Control environment—PHRASED C— (Philosophy and operating style of mgmt., HR, responsibility over reporting—EBOCA—ethics values, board oversight, organizational structure, commitment to competence, accountability)

• R- Risk assessment—management’s identification of risk

• I- Information and communication systems—a means of recording transactions and communicating responsibilities

• M- Monitoring—assessment of internal control performance over time

• E- Existing control activities—control policies and procedures—PAID TIPS

o P- Pre-number documents

o A- Authorization of transactions

o I- Independent checks to maintain asset accountability

o D- Documentation

o T- Timely and appropriate performance reviews

o I- Information processing controls

o P- Physical controls for safeguarding assets

o S- Segregation of duties

Documentation—the auditor must document the understand of the design and implementation of the entity’s internal controls—FIND

• F- Flowchart—depicts auditors understanding of I.C. systemuse for complex structure

• I- Internal control questionnaire or checklist

• N- Narrativeuse for less complex control structures

• D- Documentation from the client, including copies of the entity’s procedures manuals and organizational charts

Segregate the following I.T. duties—COPAL

• C- Control group

• O- Operators

• P- Programmers

• A- Analysts (systems)

• L- Librarians

Audit evidence hierarchy—AEIO

• A- Auditor knowledge

• E- External evidence

• I- Internal evidence

• O- Oral evidence

A4

Standard Auditing Procedures—used in every audit as risk assessment procedures, tests of controls, or substantive tests—FIVE CARROT CARS

• F- Footing, cross-footing, and recalculation

• I- Inquiry

• V- Vouching back from F/S to supporting documents existence/occurrence

• E- Examination/inspection

• C- Confirmation

• A- Analytical Procedures

• R- Reperformance

• R- Reconciliation

• O- Observation

• T- Tracing forward from source documents to accounting records completeness

• C- Cutoff Review

• A- Auditing related accounts simultaneously

• R- Representation letter at end of fieldwork

• S- Subsequent events review

Account balance assertions—CVER

• C—Completeness

• V—Valuation, allocation, and accuracy

• E—Existence and occurrence

• R—Rights and obligations

Transactions and events—COVEU

• C—Completeness

• O—cutOff

• V—Valuation, allocation, and accuracy

• E—Existence and occurrence

• U—Understandability and classification

Presentation and disclosure—CVRU

• C—Completeness

• V—Valuation, allocation, and accuracy

• R—Rights and obligations

• U—Understandability and classification

Determine if estimates are reasonable—SSSD

• S- Significant

• S- Sensitive to variation

• S- Subjective/susceptible to management bias

• D- Deviation from historical patters

Contingencies from litigation, claims or assessments may arise from—GAPPI

• G- Guarantees of the indebtedness of others

• A- Actual or possible claims and assessments

• P- Product warranties

• P- Pending and threatened litigation

• I- Income tax disputes

A6

Quality Control Standards—HELP ME

• H- Human resources

• E- Engagement/ client acceptance and continuance to minimize likelihood of associating with a client whose management lacks integrity

• L- Leadership responsibilities

• P- Performance of engagement

• M- Monitoring

• E- Ethical requirement

AUD: 98
REG: 91
BEC: 86
FAR: 83

DONE DONE DONE and DONE all on the first try! It IS possible, just keep on studying!

[Wannafree]

ahsq , can you shed more on the acronym for compilation ?

[ahsq]

C complied
A (not) audit
R not reviewed
M mgt
R responsile (IC DIM)
A auditor
R reponsible
S SSARS
O Objective (to assist mgt)
M mgt

[Wannafree]

Thank you ahsq

[ahsq]

hey brah, any ratios/flowcharts/IFA/ISA stuffs?

[Wannafree]

Thanks Michael

[TX LECPA]

Wow! Studying now! Awesome!!! Thank you.

FAR - 64,71,64,71,75!!!!
REG - 64,63,65,68, July
BEC - 69,74, July
AUD - 53, June 8th

[ericl2]

In relation to audit documentation, after the report release date:
A. additions may be made. CORRECT
B. deletions may be made.
C. documents may be discarded.
D. All of the answer choices are correct.

Can someone help clarify this. Thanks! Aren’t you allowed deletions or to discard up to 60 days after?

According to AU-C 230..

Assembly and Retention of the Final Audit File
.15
The auditor should document the report release date in the audit doc-
umentation.
.16
The auditor should assemble the audit documentation in an audit file
and complete the administrative process of assembling the final audit file on a
timely basis, no later than 60 days following the report release date. (Ref: par.
.A24–.A26)
.17
After the documentation completion date, the auditor should not delete
or discard audit documentation of any nature before the end of the specified
retention period. Such retention period, however, should not be shorter than
five years from the report release date.

So why isn't the answer D. The question refers to the report release date, not the documentation completion date. So, after the report release date, auditor has 60 days (45 if Public), to discard from the audit file.

[AndrewE]

The karma that the person who started this thread shall receive in the future will be plentiful. Much much better than my sloppy rushed notes. You're a great person

[pharaoh]

@ericl2 – Your documentation is your support for your audit opinion, so you are not supposed to destroy/discard/delete evidence.

FAR 8/2016
AUD 1/2017
REG TBD
BEC TBD

[ericl2]

@Pharaoh….thanks. I guess I was reading into this question too much.

[kimphan]

Thanks so much Sar_rah!

Kim

[AndreA]

Thanks a lot!

[Author]

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