This course describes substantive procedures in a financial statement audit in detail. The strategy, techniques, timing, and extent of substantive procedures are explained, including how computerized assistance is used in an audit. An explanation of substantive tests of details of transactions, account balances, and estimates is presented. The use of analytical procedures as a substantive procedure is discussed. Development of the substantive procedures audit program is presented.
Content Partner:
SmartPros Ltd.
SmartPros Ltd. is a leader in online and offline continuing education for
accounting, finance and engineering professionals. With over 2,000 hours of
content, SmartPros has been providing mandatory continuing education
products since 1981. SmartPros provides services and content to its
professional and corporate clients, in a variety of media including Web, CD
ROM, and video. In the accounting market, SmartPros also has a predominant
news and information portal which receives 200,000+ visits per month and
provides services to over 100,000 subscribers. SmartPros' customers include
50% of the Fortune 500, as well as the major firms and associations in each
of its professional markets.
Speaker / Author:
Barbara Apostolou
Barbara Apostolou, PhD, CPA is a professor of accounting at West Virginia University. She has authored or co-authored nearly 60 articles and several books and a number of courses for SmartPros. She served for ten years as editor of the Educational Research Section for Issues in Accounting Education and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Accounting Education. She was awarded the Society of Louisiana CPAs/AICPA Lifetime Achievement in Accounting Education Award in 1996 and is the recipient of 12 awards for teaching excellence.