Streamlining Small Audits: Quality Plus Profitability ON DEMAND
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9.0 Credits
Member Price $98.00
Non-Member Price $113.00
Overview
High quality and efficiency are the basic objectives for audit engagements of all sizes. However for small companies, the costs and time associated with an audit can be daunting, if not completely overwhelming. But they don’t have to be. The key is creating a process that minimizes cost and risk, while maximizing profitability. The goal of this audit CPE course is simple: to help you create a strategy for small audits that includes compliance with applicable Clarified Auditing Standards published by the Auditing Standards Board (ASB) and, at the same time, is effective and lucrative.
Highlights
Small audits made easy and profitable. Saving time with quality control. Developing cost-beneficial audit strategies on small audits. Audit planning for profits. Understanding internal control and making it pay. Understanding risk assessment standards and financial assertions, and more.
Prerequisites
None.
Designed For
CPAs, controllers, accountants, financing professionals, business owners, and managers.
Objectives
Recognize the philosophies underlying cost-beneficial audit strategies for audits of small- to medium-size entities. Identify the components of designing audit strategies for small audits that will comply with all applicable professional standards and achieve high levels of profitability. Recognize performance measures and documentation requirements for auditing procedures that result in both quality and efficiency. Recognize components and characteristics of audit risk, materiality calculations, and sampling decisions. Identify appropriate engagement completion procedures, and more.
Preparation
None.
Notice
None.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Larry Perry, AICPA In-House Training
With 40 years’ experience as a CPA, Larry is a nationally-known author of accounting and auditing manuals, a professional continuing education instructor and author, and a consultant to CPA firms. Larry practices in Colorado Springs, Colorado and has served primarily small business, religious and small non-profit organizations and other nonprofit organizations. Larry is co-founder of CPA Firm Support Services, LLC, an organization dedicated to meeting the needs of small to medium-size CPA firms. He is currently developing audit guides and practice aids for use on very small audits that comply with the risk assessment standards and, at the same time, create efficiencies by reducing the volume of forms, checklists and working papers.
Non-Member Price $113.00
Member Price $98.00