Assume that you are an audit senior in charge of planning the audit of an entity that your firm has ataited for the pre years. During the audit planning meeting with the manager and partner in charge of the engagement, the partner noted that the entity recently adopted an IT-based accounting system to replace its manual system. The manager and partner have limited experience with IT-based accounting systems and are relying on you to help them understand the audit implications of the entity's change. Consequently, they have asked you to respond to a few concerns regarding automated accounting systems. Required: a. In previous years, the audit firm has relied heavily on substantive procedures as a source of audit evidence for this entity. Given that the entity now has changed its accounting system, what are some of the factors that you should consider when deciding whether to move to a reliance strategy? b. Under what conditions should the audit firm consider engaging an IT specialist to assist in the evaluation? If the firm hires an IT specialist, what information should the auditors ask the specialist to provide? c. How are the five components of the entity's internal control affected by the entity's change to an IT-based

when auditor client dispute arise during an audit engagement, another accounting firm is sometimes retained by the client and or/the existing auditor to provide an objective report on the issue on the center of the dispute - as happened during Deloitte's 1997 audit of Livent. Discuss and accounting firms responsibilities when it is retained to issue such a report.

The standard unqualified opinion based on the audit of a public company's financial statements includes a. A discussion of Key Audit Matters if KAMs are discovered. b. A reference to Key Audit Matters if no KAMs are discovered. c. A statement that the CPA firm is registered with the AICPA. d. An indication of how long the firm has served as the company's auditors. e. A Basis for Opinion section preceding the Opinion of Financial Statements section.

Which of the following is NOT a reason the auditor performs some substantive procedures at an interim audit date? O increase the effectiveness of the overall audit O client may require it for reporting purposes O allow the audit firm to decrease the amount of work during their 'busy season' O increases the efficiency of the year-end audit