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Auditing
The systematic review and examination of an individual's or organization’s accounting records to verify their accuracy.
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error
Accounting; Auditing
Unintentional misstatements or omissions in financial statements. Errors may involve mistakes in gathering or processing accounting data, incorrect estimates from oversight or misinterpretation of ...
estimation sampling
Accounting; Auditing
is sampling to estimate the actual value of a population characteristic within a range of tolerable misstatement.
evidence
Accounting; Auditing
(evidential matter) includes written and electronic information (such as checks, records of electronic fund transfers, invoices, contracts, and other information) that permits the auditor to reach ...
examination
Accounting; Auditing
is evaluating the preparation of prospective statements, support underlying assumptions, and presentation. The accountant reports whether, in his or her opinion, the statements conform to AICPA ...
examine
Accounting; Auditing
As an audit procedure, to examine something is to look at it critically.
except for
Accounting; Auditing
A qualified opinion. An auditor can qualify the audit opinion for both departures from U.S. GAAP in the financial statements and restrictions on the scope of the audit. The opinion paragraph of the ...
execute
Accounting; Auditing
(execution) To carry out an internal control procedure, such as to sign and mail a check after inspecting supporting documents.