2024 MSCPA Annual Convention: Details

2024 Instant Audit? Just Add Risk Assessment

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Tuesday, October 8, 2024 @ 6:00pm 7:00pm
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Description

What would you do if you only had one workday to complete a financial statement audit? How would you optimize just a handful of hours? What would you test? More importantly, what would you minimize or eliminate? Although one day is unrealistically short, it illustrates how risk-based auditing can help auditors optimize professional effort. This course emphasizes the importance of risk assessment for enhancing both the effectiveness and efficiency of audit procedures.

Prerequisites

A basic understanding of financial statement audits

Highlights

  • The audit risk model
  • Risk assessment
  • Linking risks to audit procedures
  • Other responses to risks
  • Documentation

Objectives

  • Understand the audit risk model
  • Perform risk assessments
  • dentify significant risks
  • Adopt a risk-based audit approach

Preparation

None

Credits

Category Amount
Accounting&Auditing 1.00