风险导向审计的实施对审计教学内容的影响

市场经济的发展离不开资本市场的发育和完善.会计的重要性这是众所周知的,经济越发达,会计越重要.审计跟会计的地位是一样的,也是会因为经济市场的快速发展,地位变得非常重要.审计作为会计学专业的必修课,审计行业有新的变化,审计课程也会相应的发生变化.审计这个行业的执行者是由取得注册会计师资格证书的人员来进行审计工作,注册会计师审计模式的发展也从一开始的账项导向审计阶段,发展到内控导向审计阶段,直到现在的风险导向审计.风险导向审计已经运用到实务当中,也产生了一些反响不错的效果,那么风险导向审计的实施对审计教学内容和审计工作有什么新要求呢?这就要在本文中详细讲来.     

物质抑或意识:审计属性探析

厘清审计属性有利于明确审计职能.本文认为,审计从语意、审计过程、审计关系、审计属性四个维度看都具有明显的意识特征.审计实践是客观的,但不是物质的.审计实践是主管的、能动的,有成败,有始有终.因此审计实践也是意识的.     

浅谈对我国发展审计职业化的认识

本文论述对我国发展审计职业化的认识.审计团队的建设是审计发展的重心,积极推进审计职业化建设一方面可以提高审计团队的职业素养;另外一方面,也能更有效的提升整个审计行业的职业高度.当前,促进审计职业化已成为中国审计制度改革和完善的重要内容,是保障独立行使审计监督权的必然选择,也是全面推进依法治国对现代审计体制的客观需求.     

电子警察数据管理系统漏洞的审计分析

如何开展有效的电子警察管理系统审计是当前审计研究课题之一.而电子警察管理系统审计作为信息系统审计,与计算机数据审计关系非常密切.计算机数据审计的基础之一就是信息系统审计,而信息系统审计也需借助计算机数据审计的结果来进一步验证分析和检验系统功能.     

审计"全覆盖"的实现路径与机制

我国国家审计制度从1983年恢复至今已经有30多年的发展历程.而就目前来看我国审计全覆盖不仅在实现过程中还面临着许多问题,并且审计监督也没有起到其应有的作用.随着市场经济体制不断改革发展,审计领域也在不断的扩大,因此审计监督全覆盖的要求也显得尤为重要.本文对实现审计全覆盖过程中所面临的问题进行分析,并针对当前的情况提出实现审计全覆盖的路径与机制.     

基层审计机关提高审计项目质量的几个关键环节

审计质量是审计工作的生命线.随着经济社会的发展,审计机关作为经济监督部门越来越受到社会的关注,审计工作的影响面也越来越大.审计质量成为影响审计事业生存与发展的重大课题.提高审计质量不仅是审计机关的内在要求,也是全社会及各级政府对审计机关和审计人员的迫切愿望.面对新常态,基层审计机关如何应对,作为一名长期战斗在基层的审计人员来说,感触颇深.本文根据自身工作经验,提出一些审计工作中应该注意的关键点,以期为基层审计机关的工作提供参考.     

社会审计重要性及风险控制

在市场经济蓬勃发展的背景下,社会审计的重要性更加凸显.社会审计与内部审计、政府审计相互补充,在对企业监督、推动市场体系有效运行的过程中扮演了重要角色.与此同时,社会审计也面临着更大的任务及压力,审计风险也随之加大,如何正确认识审计风险及其产生的原因并有效控制社会审计风险成了当今社会的一个重要课题.     

信息技术环境下的审计风险探究

随着计算机审计技术的迅速发展,会计电算化已经成为现实,审计的信息化也成为大势所趋.但是审计信息化在给审计工作带来方便的同时,也带来了更大的审计风险.本文先简述了信息技术环境下的审计风险概念,接着从信息技术给审计带来的不利影响出发,提出了相应的对策.     

审计目标与审计证据获取的关系探析

随着我国社会经济的发展,企业资本市场也在不断完善中,资本市场也对企业的财务报表的可靠性提出了更高的要求,财务报表的使用者为了扩大自身的利益,加强了对财务报表的审核和分析.通过对财务报表和公司状况进行审计,可以进一步了解企业的实际经营情况,同时也对注册会计师审计质量提出了更高的要求.对公司经营状况和财务状况进行审计,审计质量直接体现出审计工作的水平,审计质量影响审计目标的制定和实现,审计证据的获取方式也直接影响审计目标的实现.     

审计基本假设体系的重构

所有的科研都要假设,审计学科也同样.审计假设作为审计理论结构体系重要组成要素,历来是审计界探讨的重点.迄今为止,审计学界对审计假设仍然没有统一的结论.文章通过对审计假设理论的回顾和评价,并且结合我国审计的现实发展状况,分析审计假设的决定因素,并提出了重新构建审计假设理论.     

Accounting Introspection

In 1994 a working party commissioned by the Australian accounting bodies produced a report titled A Research Study on Financial Reporting and Auditing - Bridging the Expectation Gap. The study was the result of concerns about the differing perceptions of the financial reporting and auditing roles. This paper asserts that the research study suffers from shortcomings including a failure to explore some important issues and a consequent failure to correct prevailing misconceptions in the minds of those compiling financial reports and others using them.     

审计独立性与会计信息质量

审计独立性对会计信息质量的影响间接却又十分重要。本文从独立性的界说出发,分别从代理理论、会计规则制定权合约安排以及国内外的相关案例分析了独立性与会计信息质量的关系,并结合我国现阶段的具体情况,提出了提高审计独立性的两点对策强化注册会计师民事法律责任的制度约束;逐步取消有限责任的事务所组织形式。     

AE Briefings — Statement of Intent

This paper seeks to address the perceived failure of university teaching to foster critical understanding of audit practice and to identify a potential remedy. It contributes to the debate (Maltby, 2001, “Second thoughts about ‘Cases in Auditing’,” Accounting Education: an international journal, 10(4), 421–428) by investigating the double-faceted nature of auditing: as a sub-set of the academic discipline of accounting and as professional practice. Although case studies are helpful for students of auditing, they tend to be artificial, or at best, retrospective. This paper introduces a different type of case study for audit education using corporate failure stories from the media as an example, proposing and explaining the notion of the ‘living case’ in order to foster critical appraisal of audit practice. It contributes to the literature on audit education by describing how this different type of case can address both the technical activities and the social practice of audit through Kolb's (1984, Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall) experiential learning theory and thus concludes that there is a place for the practical nature of auditing in academic study, in order to fully appreciate the social aspects.     

The role of international auditing in the improvement of international financial reporting

In this paper, we describe the convergence of several forces that underscore the significance of independent auditors as key enablers of the improvement of international financial reporting. This paper is not an empirical research study but is intended to survey the landscape of international auditing. Based on our experience as auditing practitioners and academics, we describe and provide discussions of key conceptual issues surrounding international auditing harmonization and its relation to the implementation of international accounting standards. A matrix framework is presented at the conclusion of the paper to summarize the principal point of the paper that the regulations and control of the quality of audits is the critical factor in achieving high quality financial reporting. The next critical phase of the process is to improve the quality of the individual audits that take place around the world through government regulation, profession self-regulation, and quality assurance in international firms. IFAC has taken significant steps in strengthening its role as the global self-regulatory body for the profession, including improvements in standards and compliance. The establishment of a public oversight board with authority to discipline rather than persuade is a critical component for effective international auditing standards.     

Auditors' Liability, Vague Due Care, and Auditing Standards

This paper expands the set of previously considered liability rules to include a negligence liability rule with a vague specification of due care. Auditors who are negligent in conducting their audit are liable for losses that result from reliance on misstated financial statements. However, what constitutes negligence for auditors is not clearly specified in the law. Consequently, courts often resort to Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) and Statements on Auditing Standards (SAS) as benchmarks for determining due care. A liability regime that consists of a vague negligence rule supports and amplifies the credibility of auditing standards. While auditing standards alleviate some of the vagueness that is inherent in the legal standard, they also form a lower bound on due care, since an audit of a quality that is lower than the quality that auditing standards require would be considered negligent. Thus, the vague specification of due care enables auditors to commit to audit quality as pronounced in auditing standards. This paper explores this link between professional standards and auditors' legal liability. It establishes that the commitment to auditing standards could not have been as credible as it is, if auditors' liability was determined based on the strict liability rule, or based on a negligence rule with a clearly specified due care, since under these two liability rules courts would not need to refer to auditing standards to establish fault. The paper also demonstrates that a legal regime where audit standards are used as a benchmark to evaluate negligence is not the same as a legal regime where due care is defined clearly. Therefore, previous studies that assumed a negligence regime with clear due care may have overstated the effort level that is induced by legal liability.     

The CLERP 9 Audit Reforms: Benefits and Costs Through the Eyes of Regulators,Standard Setters and Audit Service Suppliers

Over the past decade or more Australia amongst other jurisdictions has experienced substantial reforms to auditing regulation in an effort to boost public confidence in the auditing profession. This paper aims to examine whether these changes in the Australian regulatory environment for audits have (a) provided enhanced confidence in reported financial data, (b) impacted audit costs and (c) not limited competition in the market for audit services. Using qualitative interview data, this study reports on the perceptions of auditors, auditing standard setters and regulators in relation to the CLERP 9 reforms to the Australian auditing regime in the later part of the 2000s. A theoretical framework is developed to evaluate whether these reforms are substantive enough in nature to effect public confidence in reported financial data and market competition in audits.     

A Critique of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board

Knowledge of initiatives and developments at the international level are important to the Australian auditing profession, which has adopted a policy of convergence with the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB). To aid this knowledge, this paper provides a critical review of developments at the IAASB and their impact on Australia, drawing on insights gained by the author as a member of the IAASB from 2002 to 2005.     

The Force of Law: Australian Auditing Standards and Their Impact on the Auditing Profession

This study examines the impact of the introduction of the legally enforceable Australian Auditing Standards (ASAs) on the auditing profession after the first year of implementation. The study compliments and extends the Australian Government's April 2006 pre-implementation Regulation Impact Statement, which identified potential costs, benefits and other impacts of the new regulatory regime. Relevant data were collected through interviews with the key stakeholders. Overall, the results suggest that the additional burden of compliance with the legally enforceable ASAs has not increased perceived audit quality or public confidence, which were the main aims of the government's regulatory intervention.     

经济责任审计与审计理论创新

经济责任审计是现代审计理论与方法结合中国特色的审计实践产生的一种制度创新,对完善领导干部监管机制、加强党风廉正建设、促进民主政治、维护国家经济安全具有重要的现实意义。《党政主要领导干部和国有企业领导人员经济责任审计规定》的发布使经济责任审计制度以具体法规形式确立起来,标志着其正逐步走向成熟。经济责任审计制度的实施必将更进一步地推动审计理论创新,促进中国特色社会主义审计理论与方法体系的形成与发展。本文从经济责任审计与现代审计制度创新、审计关系人理论创新、审计类型划分创新等十个方面论述了经济责任审计推动审计理论创新的若干重要问题,以期对助推中国特色社会主义审计理论与方法体系的形成做出我们的贡献。