Contemporary Auditing II –

acc492

(3 credits)

This course is the second in a two-part series that deals with auditing a company's financial reports, internal controls, and Electronic Data Processing (EDP) systems. Topics include the personnel and payroll system, inventory, capital acquisition cycle, selected balance sheet and income statement accounts, audit reports, assurances and other services, professional ethics, and legal responsibilities.

This undergraduate-level course is 5 weeks. To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.

Topics and Objectives

Revenue and Payroll Cycles
- Evaluate the types of transactions, documents, and key internal controls for the revenue and payroll cycles.
- Evaluate test of controls, substantive tests of transactions, analytical procedures, and tests of account balances for revenue and payroll related accounts.
Purchasing and Inventory Cycles
- Evaluate the types of transactions, documents, and key internal controls for the purchasing and inventory cycles.
- Develop audit procedures that include substantive tests of transactions and tests of account balances for the inventory cycle.
Substantive Testing of Current and Long-Term Assets, Long-Term Liabilities, and Equity
- Evaluate key internal controls for current assets, long-term assets, long-term liabilities and equity.
- Develop audit procedures that include substantive tests of transactions and tests of account balances for current and long-term assets, long-term liabilities, and equity.
- Analyze the results of test of controls, substantive tests, analytical procedure results, and tests of account balances.
Issuing the Audit Report
- Identify types and purposes of audit reporting.
- Explain the reasons why an auditor would express an opinion other than unqualified on the financial statements.
- Identify the final steps in the completion of an audit.
Auditor's Professional Ethics and Legal Liability
- Explore the role of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Code of Professional Conduct.
- Examine the auditor’s legal liability.

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While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.

Contemporary Auditing II –

acc492

Revenue and Payroll Cycles

Purchasing and Inventory Cycles

Substantive Testing of Current and Long-Term Assets, Long-Term Liabilities, and Equity

Issuing the Audit Report

Auditor's Professional Ethics and Legal Liability

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