To evaluate the internal audit function, external auditors
may obtain relevant information from a variety of
sources. SAS No. 65 identifies various sources and Table 1
categorizes these sources according to usefulness for
evaluating internal auditors’ competence, objectivity, and
work.
These evaluations may be performed for the department
as a whole or for the assigned individual internal
audit staff members on particular audit activities. ‘‘When
evaluating the internal audit function at the departmental
level, independent auditors focus on the organizational
status of the department and its system of quality assurance”
(CICA, 1989, p. 6). A departmental assessment is
quite applicable for reliance on the internal audit function
as part of the company’s overall system of internal controls
and for evaluating the independence of the internal audit
function. However, to assess internal auditors’ competence
and work performed for reliance on the work they have
done or for the use of internal auditors as direct assistants,
the external auditor would need to evaluate the competence,
objectivity, and work of the assigned internal audit
staff on specific audit tasks.
To evaluate the internal audit function, external auditors
may obtain relevant information from a variety of
sources. SAS No. 65 identifies various sources and Table 1
categorizes these sources according to usefulness for
evaluating internal auditors’ competence, objectivity, and
work.
These evaluations may be performed for the department
as a whole or for the assigned individual internal
audit staff members on particular audit activities. ‘‘When
evaluating the internal audit function at the departmental
level, independent auditors focus on the organizational
status of the department and its system of quality assurance”
(CICA, 1989, p. 6). A departmental assessment is
quite applicable for reliance on the internal audit function
as part of the company’s overall system of internal controls
and for evaluating the independence of the internal audit
function. However, to assess internal auditors’ competence
and work performed for reliance on the work they have
done or for the use of internal auditors as direct assistants,
the external auditor would need to evaluate the competence,
objectivity, and work of the assigned internal audit
staff on specific audit tasks.
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