试论央行内审取证管理与现场质量控制

审计现场质量控制是保证整个审计工作质量的核心问题。审计取证管理是现场质量管理控制中的一个重要组成部分。加强对内审取证管理与审计现场质量控制措施,对保证审计质量,提高审计效率,降低审计总体风险,具有重要作用。本文通过阐述央行内审取证方法和取证过程的质量管理点控制,提出建立科学的央行内审现场质量控制体系。     

试论现场审计质量控制若干问题

现场审计质量控制是指为了保证具体审计事项应达到或符合总体审计目标的质量要求而采取的系列作业技术和活动,其实质是一种管理活动,目的是确保审计的客观与公正性。现场审计质量控制具有不确定性、特定性、相关性、变动性等特点。做好现场审计质量控制应当注意价格变动对会计核算的影响问题和无形损耗价值的确定与应用问题等。     

会计师事务所审计质量控制探究

作为经济鉴证中介机构的会计师事务所,在保障我国经济有序、稳定运行方面发挥着不可替代的监督作用。审计质量是衡量会计师事务所审计工作的主要标准,同时也是其在日常运营中需要重点关注的内容之一,做好审计质量控制工作具有较高的管理价值。本文首先梳理了审计质量及审计质量控制的涵义、审计质量控制适用的理论基础以及审计质量控制的常用方法,在此基础上结合会计师事务所审计质量控制实务,总结和阐述存在的常见问题,然后针对问题提出一些切实可行的强化审计质量控制的对策,希望能够对会计师事务所强化内部管理、提升审计过程中业务质量控制提供有益参考。     

中央银行内部审计质量控制研究

审计质量是审计工作的生命线,如何提升审计质量以最大限度地发挥内部审计“风险导向、控制驱动、关注绩效、服务治理、增加价值”的功能,已经成为当前中央银行内部审计管理的一个重要命题.以内部审计质量控制为主线,首先阐述了中央银行内部审计质量控制的涵义和内部审计质量控制的重要性,然后分析了影响我国中央银行内部审计质量的因素,最后有的放矢地提出了强化中央银行内部审计质量控制的策略.     

浅析提高内部审计质量的方法和途径

内部审计质量是保障内部审计工作质量的关键,对审计质量的控制具有系统性、主观性、经济性、风险滞后性等特性,给内部审计质量管理增加了难度,而加以解决需要通过不断完善制度建设,注重沟通交流,强化审计人员质量意识,创新审计管理思路等方法来加以解决。     

价值观视角下的高校内部审计质量控制

基于价值观的视角,从行为科学理论和内部控制理论出发,探寻价值观对高校内部审计质量控制产生影响的理论依据,分析其对高校内部审计质量控制的具体影响,提出筑牢价值基调、加强队伍建设、严格奖惩机制三条路径,建立各审计关系人的正确价值观,促进强化高校内部审计质量控制,确保高校内部审计质量,实现内部审计价值的保值增值。     

科学编制审计工作方案,提高审计质量

审计工作方案是审计质量控制的基础和灵魂,是指导审计人员现场工作的依据,如何编制出一份目标明确、重点突出、可操作性强的审计实施方案,是实现审计目标的关键。     

内部审计信息化现场管理模式

信息社会的发展,深刻地改变着人们的生活方式、交流方式、经营方式和管理模式。审计人员不掌握计算机技术就"进不了门,打不开账",将失去审计资格。审计信息化、审计现场管理信息化是内部审计必须面对的课题。一、内部审计信息化现场管理模式在总结经验的基础上,根据审计项目管理的规律,以审计实施方案为出发点,对审计项目实现全程控制管理,包括对审计项目、审前调查、审计方案、审计证据、审计工作底稿、审计日记、审计报告、审计台账、审计归档、审计复核等流程实施管理。     

借鉴COSO内部控制理念构建内部审计质量管理框架

内部审计质量管理旨在通过合理确定审计目标、准确划定审计路径、严格规范审计操作,来掌控和降低审计风险,提高审计质量和效率,以增加组织价值、促进组织目标实现。本文在分析当前内部审计质量管理现状和局限性的基础上,借鉴COSO内部控制理念,构建内部审计质量管理框架,以期突破局限,深化内部审计质量管理。一、当前内部审计质量管理的现状和局限性内部审计质量作为内部审计的安身立命之本,一直受到极大重视。IIA曾于2001年和2002年连续两届     

基层央行基建项目管理亟待加强——基建维修项目审计案例分析

[案例背景]为强化基本建设管理领域风险控制,根据总行和分行的统一部署,xx中支审计组对辖内县支行办公楼维修项目进行了审计.通过现场查看、询问、调阅基建档案资料和会议记录、外部调查等方式,重点审计了办公楼维修项目内部控制管理、立项与建设、账务处理等内容.审计结果显示：县支行的基建维修管理基本规范,但基建管理中的部分关键环节暴露的一些问题,潜在一定的风险隐患,需引起重视.     

An Investigation of Auditors’ Judgments When Companies Release Earnings Before Audit Completion

The majority of U.S. public companies release annual earnings prior to the completion of audit fieldwork. We investigate this phenomenon in a controlled experiment with audit partners and senior managers. We find that releasing earnings before completion of the audit pressures auditors to adopt the goals of management, thereby reducing the likelihood of post‐announcement audit‐adjustment recommendations. We also examine the effect of audit committee (AC) strength in improving auditors’ judgments after annual earnings are released. When ACs are actively involved in accounting issues and proactively communicating with auditors—characteristics currently lacking in most ACs—the negative effects on auditors’ judgments are completely mitigated. Our study provides evidence on potential unintended consequences of early release of earnings and the importance of investing in high‐quality ACs to mitigate adverse effects of client pressures on audit judgment and financial reporting quality.     

工程质量审计的逻辑起点和实务框架研究

传统的工程审计通常只关注对投资的控制和工程管理的合法合规性,而对工程质量关注很少。随着审计的转型,即从财务审计向管理审计转变,工程质量逐渐被纳入审计视野,在此基础上形成了工程质量审计范畴。本文拟从工程质量审计的逻辑起点开始,论证工程质量审计的必要性,并从质量管理体系的审计、质量形成过程的审计和质量验收的审计三个方面,对构建工程质量审计的实务框架进行初步探索。     

Closing the Loop: Review Process Factors Affecting Audit Staff Follow‐Through

The PCAOB recently expressed concern regarding the sufficiency and effectiveness of review and supervision of audit fieldwork. For the audit review process to succeed as a quality control mechanism, any issues or questions identified by a reviewer must be adequately resolved and documented in the workpapers. If audit review fails to correct for errors/biases in the work of reviewees, there can be serious detrimental effects on audit quality and, in turn, financial statement quality. Our study extends the literature by examining the phase of the review process in which reviewees respond to (or “close”) notes/comments provided by their reviewers. Utilizing an experiment, we find that certain contextual factors (review timeliness and review note frame) influence reviewee follow‐through during this critical phase. Specifically, we find that a delayed review elicits significantly lower effort levels than a timely review. Review note frame (i.e., how the reviewer phrases the rationale given for the underlying directive of a review note) significantly affects reviewee effort and performance when the review is timely. Through mediation analyses, we explore the mediating effect of effort on performance. In addition, we find that reviewer delay leads to greater over‐documentation.     

How audit effort affects audit quality: An audit process and audit output perspective

Using a unique dataset of audit days in China from 2006 to 2011, this paper examines the relationship between audit effort and audit quality from the perspective of audit process and audit output. The results show that audit effort significantly increases the probability of audit adjustments, which inhibits positive earnings management and improves the quality of audited financial statements. We also find that audit effort does not have a significant effect on the issuance of modified audit opinions overall, but that a modified audit opinion is more likely to be issued in the absence of an audit adjustment. Furthermore, we find that the impact of audit effort on audit quality is attenuated when clients are more complex and when audit firms are larger. Collectively, our evidence suggests that audit effort plays an important role in improving audit quality by influencing audit process and audit output. Our study extends the literature on the impact of audit effort on audit quality in emerging markets, and the conclusions have important implications for the improvement of China’s audit market efficiency.     

Do regulations limiting management influence over auditors improve audit quality? Evidence from China

We use data from China to examine whether regulations that limit management influence over auditors improve audit quality. China’s State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) issued two rules in 2004 aimed at improving audit quality for state-owned enterprises ultimately controlled by the central government (CSOEs). These rules limit management influence over auditors by mandating that SASAC assign auditors for CSOEs and by requiring management to retain auditors for at least 2 years and at most 5 years. Since these rules apply only to CSOEs, we use a difference-in-difference design to study the impact of these regulations on audit quality. We find that audit quality for CSOEs relative to other companies improves after the enactment of these rules. Our results are robust to a battery of sensitivity analyses. Our findings suggest that limiting management influence over auditors helps improve audit quality.     

论建设工程全过程审计人员素质

工程全过程审计人员素质包括思想政治素质、职业道德素质、科学文化素质、专业技能素质和身心素质.目前工程审计人员现有素质还存在知识结构单一、综合分析能力欠佳,现代审计手段掌握不够、审计方式落后,工程审计专业人员年龄老化、数量相对不足,审计理念滞后,缺乏创新精神.其原因是传统内部审计文化环境制约、建设工程跟踪审计市场不健全、...     

央行财务审计工作的困惑与对策

中国人民银行自2000年成立内部审计部门以来,财务审计就成为内审部门的一项重要业务。近年来,随着财务工作的发展和变化,财务审计在审计工作中的地位越来越重要,财务审计的内容也越来越广泛。本文结合人民银行财务管理和财务审计工作开展的现状,对影响人民银行财务审计质量的问题进行了详细、深入剖析,并提出了提高财务审计质量的措施和建议。     

The effect of external audits of internal control over financial reporting on financial reporting for clients of Big 4, Second-tier,and small audit firms

The external audit of internal control over financial reporting (ICFR) is a very expensive and contentious aspect of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX). Larger public firms were first required to file a management report on and have an external audit of ICFR in 2004. Smaller public firms were first required to file a management report on ICFR in 2007 but are exempt from the audit requirement. Whereas most related prior research investigates the combined effect of management and auditor reports on financial reporting, this study examines the distinct effect of auditor reports on reporting quality. For companies audited by small auditors, we find evidence that financial reporting quality improves with an auditor report on ICFR. We find no evidence that auditor ICFR reports improve reporting quality for clients of Big 4 or Second-tier audit firms. Our study adds to the debate on the applicability of SOX Section 404 to smaller firms.     

东莞民营企业财务管理的主要问题及治理策略

东莞50强民营企业财务管理状况的问卷调查表明：东莞50强民营企业财务管理中普遍存在财务管理理念陈旧、财务人员业务素质偏低、企业融资渠道狭窄、财务核算制度不健全等问题;应该通过转变经营管理观念、提高财务人员的整体素质＼健全企业会计基础工作、拓宽融资渠道、完善企业内部会计控制等措施进行有效治理,以促进其持续健康发展。     

Factors that influence the perceived use of the internal audit function's work by executive management and audit committee

The internal audit function (IAF) is an important component of high-quality corporate governance. We study how the head of internal audit perceives the executive management team and the audit committee to rely on the IAF's work. It is not obvious from prior work or professional anecdotes whether the IAF satisfies the needs of both groups. If multiple factors influence the IAF's work, chief audit executives (CAEs) may find themselves in a situation with competing demands, which could then compromise quality for all stakeholders. Based on a unique dataset from CAEs, two logistic regression models identify factors that influence the degree to which IAF's results are perceived as being used by both executive management and the audit committee. The results show the existence of various factors that are relevant either to both groups (e.g., strategic project reports and IAF quality) or to only one (e.g., only audit committees are interested in risk management reports while only executive management teams are interested in internal control reports), depending on whether the IAF focuses on assurance or consulting work.