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The Extent of Auditors’ Response to Assessed Risks of Material Misstatement Due to Fraud (Field Study)

مدى استجابة مدققي الحسابات للمخاطر المُقيمة للأخطاء الجوهرية الناجمة عن الاحتيال (دراسة ميدانية)

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 Publication date 2016
and research's language is العربية
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The study aimed to identify the extent of auditors’ response to assessed risks of material misstatement due to fraud. To achieve the study objective a questionnaire was developed that included the most important audit procedures designed as responses to assessed risks of material misstatement due to fraud which are classified according to the International Auditing Standards into two main groups: overall responses at financial statement level, and other ones at assertion level; to identify the extent of auditors’ response to those risks within the research community represented by accredited auditors at Syrian Commission on Financial Markets and Securities (SCFMS).

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ALVIN, A. and RANDAL, E. and MARK, B. 2014- Auditing and assurance services: an integrated approach, Pearson Education, Inc., 15th Ed., USA, 842p
AICPA, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. 2012- Performing Audit Procedures in Responses to Assessed Risks, Statement on Auditing Standards No. 122, New York, NY: USA
BLAY. A. D. and SNEATHEN, L. D. and KIZIRIAN, T. 2007- The Effect of Fraud and Going-Concern Risk on Auditors Assessments of the Risk of Material Misstatement and Resulting Audit Procedures, International Journal of Auditing, Vol.11, No.3, 149-163
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