Managers and Partners will gain a working knowledge of the fundamental issues and processes necessary to review audit documentation and workpapers. Ensure that your review procedures comply with Generally Accepted Auditing Standards. In this second part, participants will continue to explore documentation as well as AU-C Sec. 530. At the conclusion of this session you will be able to:
- Identify the documentation required for specific accounts – e.g., Cash, Inventories, Revenue
- Define the objectives/purpose of reviewing audit documentation
- Recognize checklists that help ensure a thorough review as well as providing a means to documenting a review
- Identify common shortcomings of audit documentation
- Name the key components of AU-C Sec. 530
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Instructor bio
Tim Gearty is the National Director and Editor-in-Chief for the world’s largest CPA training program, Becker CPA Review. In addition to his editorial leadership, Tim is also Becker's National Lead Instructor, whose taped lectures are seen in over 325 locations throughout the world. Tim is a nationally recognized expert and speaker on a variety of accounting and tax topics, and has appeared as keynote speaker for several Fortune 100 companies as well as many national associations. He has frequently been called upon over the past twenty years to present accounting and tax topics to large groups, organizations, and corporations, accounting firms and in legal proceedings. Tim is a partner in Gearty & McIntyre, LLP, CPA, a firm which has developed a reputation as a specialist in business advisory services, litigation support and forensic accounting. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New Jersey Society of Public Accountants as well as a trustee of that organization. He holds a BS in Accounting from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and both a MBA in Finance and Law Degree (JD) from Seton Hall University. Tim is a member of the New Jersey and American Bar Associations.
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