audit planning

audit planning
The steps taken to prepare for an audit. Planning is tailored to the circumstances of individual audits, but typically includes some or all of the following: (i) information gathering to establish the background and circumstances of an entity or activity to be audited; (ii) discussions with an *auditee to ascertain *material facts; (iii) a *risk assessment of the area under audit; (iv) logistical arrangements for visiting the location of an audit; and (v) *analytical review of an organization’s *financial statements and *trial balance. The *professional standards of both external and internal auditors requires careful planning, and the audit planning process normally results in a formal *audit program that sets out the scope of audit work.

Auditor's dictionary. 2014.

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