How to Achieve Outstanding Audit Documentation
Joe Hartman, Audit Director
January 19, 2018
It is the auditor’s responsibility to prepare documentation that provides sufficient and appropriate record of the basis for the auditor’s report and evidence that the audit was planned and performed in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) and applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
Examples of audit documentation work papers include the following:
- Audit plans
- Issues memorandum
- Summaries of significant findings/issues
- Letters of confirmation or representation
- Checklists
- Correspondence
- Analysis
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Joe Hartman
Audit Director
Joe Hartman is an Audit Director at Lutz. He began his career in 2006. Joe provides accounting, auditing, and consulting services to privately held companies with a focus on the real estate, transportation, and manufacturing and distribution industries.
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