Search Results for isa-220
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The research aims to bring together work offices and adjust certain machine and system settings and their relationship to security elements to ensure the quality of integration services in the field. We investigated the following hypothesis: "There is no significant correlation or influence between the application of the International Auditing Standard (ISA220) and its validity."
The researchers prepared the practical aspect of the research by distributing (98) questionnaires to a number of auditors in private audit offices and companies, in order to determine the extent of the relationship and impact achieved by the policies and procedures of the quality control standard in enhancing competitive advantage. One of the most prominent conclusions is that the adoption of the ISA 220 standard by audit offices represents a key factor in achieving competitive advantage, as it contributes to raising the level of audit quality and reducing risks.
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This research aims to analyze the extent of companies' compliance with International Auditing Standard 265 (ISA), which requires management to report deficiencies in the internal control system. The research focuses on the overlap of this standard with the elements of the internal control system according to the COSO model. It also studies the relationship between compliance with the standard and the efficiency of the control system, with a focus on the control environment, risk assessment, control activities, information and communication, and follow-up. The research reviews the challenges facing companies in implementing this standard. The research concluded that compliance with Standard 265 enhances the effectiveness of the internal control system. which enhances confidence in financial reports and reduces the chances of corruption and operational errors, and that failure to identify objectives and analyze risks leads to major gaps in internal control systems, and that relying on risk assessment principles in the COSO framework enhances banks' ability to identify weaknesses and material risks and address them effectively. and provides recommendations to enhance its implementation by encouraging internal and external communication through establishing effective communication channels within the banking sector for the purpose of accurately transmitting information and improving the communication process with external parties with the aim of ensuring that all parties are committed to their responsibilities
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The study aims to diagnose and clarify the role of audit evidence in assessing the efficiency and effectiveness of the accounting information system for the entities subject to audit. The study was based on a main hypothesis that states the adoption of the external auditor to obtain an integrated and comprehensive set of evidence in accordance with the requirements of international auditing standards in monitoring the operation of the accounting information system for business organizations can result in a set of benefits, including facilitating the task of evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of the system’s outputs to the extent to which the characteristics of this system comply with the requirements of the beneficiaries on an ongoing, accurate and objective basis. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, examine and test its main hypotheses, the study adopted the descriptive analytical approach by constructing and formulating a questionnaire that was distributed to the study sample consisting of a group of external auditors serving in auditing offices in the Republic of Iraq, and then analyzing the study data through adopting a number of tools and statistical methods.
The study reached a set of conclusions, the most important of which is that one of the most important challenges facing the external auditor when practicing the tasks of collecting audit evidence its dealing with auditing technology, especially with regard to collecting electronic evidence along with its traditional counterpart. In addition to the weakness in level of accounting and auditing culture for the audited entities. The study also recommended the necessity of providing adequate support by the senior management for the entities subject to audit in relation to the external auditor when exercising the tasks of collecting evidence and taking into account the element of audit fees and wages in a manner that is commensurate with the size and complexity level of the company’s activities for which the accounting information system is audited.
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The research aims to shed light on the importance and role of the external auditor's report in rationalizing the decisions taken by decision makers and to identify the most important basic contents of the external auditor's report as a concept, objectives and standards and the extent of their impact on credit decision-making in Iraqi banks. To achieve the goal of this research, an experimental study was conducted. It was subjected to a sample of credit officers working in (18) banks listed in the Iraq Stock Exchange, and their number reached (53) individuals, through the preparation of (4) hypothetical external audit reports, each of which includes one of the types of opinion expressed by the external auditor to measure the impact of the auditor’s opinion External factors on the elements of the credit decision represented in the size of the loan, the interest rate, the term of the loan and the size of the collateral required. ). The researcher concluded: "There is a statistically significant effect of the external auditor's report on the decision to grant credit."
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This paper aims to study and analyze the audit expectations gap that arises due to the difference between the potential expectations of the auditing profession and the actual performance of that profession. The study adopted a main hypothesis that state the adopting of comprehensive auditing strategy for practicing the auditing profession through adhering to the international planning standard for auditing and understanding the nature of the economic entity that subject Auditing before starting to perform the audit duty can contribute to improving the outcomes of the audit work and reducing, managing the audit gap effectively in a way that achieves the primary audit goal of the truth and fairness of the financial statements subject to audit and enhancing confidence in the outcomes of the audit work. The study provides efforts to improve compliance with international auditing standards, including the International Auditing Planning Standard. To achieve the research objectives and prove the validity of the study hypothesis, Federal Board of Supreme Audit was chosen as a research community and a group of 5 departments affiliated with the Office as a sample for the research. The research indicated that there are differences between audit expectations based on international auditing standards and the actual application of these standards in a group of departments affiliated with the Federal Board of Supreme Audit. The results showed that these gaps may be due to the lack of sufficient understanding of the standards, or the ability to apply them effectively by sample.
The study concluded with a set of recommendations, the most important of which is that the research sample needs to address potential gaps in the application of auditing standards by enhancing educational processes and training programs and providing the necessary guidance to employees. Federal Board of Supreme Audit also needs to ensure that current policies and procedures are compatible with international auditing standards, as well as Monitoring and oversight efforts must be increased within the sample to ensure continued compliance with these standards. The study also recommended the necessity of updating policies and procedures based on international standards and implementing periodic audits to evaluate compliance with the standards.
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This study aims to present a proposed model for examining compliance with International Accounting Standard IAS 34 related to interim financial reports, in light of the requirements of the International Standard on Review of Interim Reports (ISRE 2410). The research relies on a comparative analysis of the requirements of the two standards to identify similarities in requirements as a prelude to designing the audit and review procedures required by external auditors. Based on the above, the first practical aspect was conducted by designing an examination form to determine the level of compliance with the requirements of IAS 34 and designing audit opinions and reviewing the requirements for preparing interim reports. The second practical aspect was the design of a questionnaire containing three sections related to ISA 34 and ISAE 2410. The primary conclusions indicate that a proposed model for assessing compliance with IAS 34, grounded in international auditing standards, improves the accuracy and transparency of interim financial reports while diminishing the variance in audit and review methodologies between external auditors and economic entities. Interim financial reports are not subject to external audit and review, as is the case with annual financial reports. Rather, the review is limited to a limited scope that is not binding on the units, and an opinion is not expressed in the audit report. Attention should be paid to including all detailed information in interim reports, as is the case with annual reports. The most prominent recommendations were to subject interim financial reports to audit and review, as well as to express a neutral technical opinion on the results obtained. It is necessary to develop specialized training programs for external auditors to implement interim review procedures in accordance with ISRE 2410 using the proposed model.