Monday, November 6, 2017

Business risk Vs Audit risk

Business Risk
VS
Audit Risk
Is a risk that a company cannot generate adequate income to cover the expenses and that could hinder the hinder the achievement of company goals and objectives.
Definition
Is a risk that an auditor giving opinion based on financial statement which is inappropriate.
         ·         Strategic Risk
         ·         Financial Risk
         ·         Operational Risk
         ·         Reputation Risk

Type of Risk
·         Inherent Risk
·         Control Risk
·         Detection Risk

Identify by management  
Responsible Personal for Risk Identification
Identify by internal and external auditor
Review continuously due to its recurring nature.
Review of risk
 Review at the time of preparing audit reports.

Business Risk
1.    Strategic Risk
·         Totally is making poor business decisions that affect the core of business activity. Change in customer tastes and preferences are the main strategic risk businesses can face which makes the company’s products and services obsolete or less desirable.

2.    Financial Risk
·         Poor in fund management which regarding on cash deficits, granting credit periods to customers, obtaining credit periods from suppliers, and  company's cash flow cannot  meet its financial obligations.

3.    Operational Risk
·         Can be result in internal event or external event inefficiencies and failures in the production floor. Internal event such as production delays, breakdowns in internal procedures, people and systems. For the external event such as supplier delays in delivering raw materials.

4.    Reputation Risk
·         This is the risk resulting from loss of image of the company through customer complaints, negative publicity, and product failures.

Audit Risk
1.    Inherent Risk
·         Is the risk of a material misstatement in the financial statements arising which error or omission as a result of factors other than the failure of controls. Inherent risks occur when transactions are complex, or in situations that require a high degree of judgment in regards to financial estimates.

2.    Control Risk
·         Is the risk of materially misstating in the financial statements caused by the lack of or failing of relevant controls in operations of the business. Internal controls and checks and balances must be in place to prevent and alert issues of error or fraud. Control risk will arise when the internal controls are not adequate.

3.    Detection Risk

·         Is the risk that auditor fail to detect material misstatements relating to an assertion in an entity's financial statements through substantive tests and analysis. Detection risk can be reduced by auditors by increasing the number of sampled transactions for detailed testing.

Causes of Accounting Scandal

1.       Low internal control Now let's us picture as if we are in a exam hall, if the invigilator doesn't perform their well e...