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Give four examples of internal audit work that may be used by the external auditor

      

Give four examples of internal audit work that may be used by the external auditor

  

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johnson
1. The physical verification of assets. The internal auditor could undertake a physical verification of assets to confirm their existence; the results of such work could be relied upon by the external auditor.
2 To undertake on behalf of the external auditor to observe the stock take exercise, cash counts, and
attendance at wage payments.
3. Point out areas where there have been fundamental changes in accounting, management and internal control system all of which could have an impact on the audit approach;
4. The internal auditor could also perform some substantive procedures on behalf of the external auditor such as evaluating the recoverability of debtors balances.
johnson mwenjera answered the question on March 22, 2018 at 17:23


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