2024 MSCPA Annual Convention: Details

The Crucial Connection - Why You Should Care About Your Client's System ofInternal Control

← Return to The CPE Catalog
Thursday, May 9, 2024 @ 12:00pm – 1:30pm
Add to Calendar

Description

Conduct risk assessment the right way
Regardless of the size of your client or audit budget, there are specific requirements in accounting standards and generally accepted auditing principles (GAAP) related to auditing internal control for risk assessment purposes.

Take a deep dive into understanding your audit client's system of internal control to perform a more effective and efficient audit.

Prerequisites

none

Highlights

The audit risk model Key steps in understanding and evaluating your client's system of internal control Learn how to identify IT applications and IT controls relevant to the audit Apply risk assessment requirements to less complex entities Examples of risks arising from the use of IT and general IT controls

Objectives

  • Recognize auditors' responsibilities when gaining an understanding of a client and its environment, including its system of internal control.
  • Recognize which controls require design & implementation evaluation.
  • Recognize auditors' responsibilities specific to risks arising from the use of IT and general IT controls.

Credits

Category Amount
Accounting&Auditing 1.50