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    {, trnpter"hrternal Contl 'ol

    4 .1 INTERNALCONTROLS-I}ASCSIn terna l contro li \ l eanrng r \ s ; re rAAS- 6 )

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    , ' l ' l r l f lan of nrga'r isr r l ion nr l. a l l pol ic ies proceclures.. adoptedby man:rgerncnt,' to ensure,' order l ) '& ef f ic ientconductofbusiness.( ) l.C s-vsfernonsists

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    (b) N' l i l r rage:rnentl toulr l rcvieu i t per iodical lv to enr; l l r r i i , ,ef -e t iveness.

    (c) N4arragernentan e: ; t i i t r l ish a separatc rkpar l i t renl cal le

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    (l) SpecifyingAuthori\, to crntertrto ransrtctitrt .( i i) Safetrluurdin6'ofassets.(iii) Recording of Trans action rt the accotllltcort-ectlr'.(ir.) Fixing responsibilirl ' br rvork donc.(v) \{airrtainins ecc.rds n stsndardiserl ar .(vi) I'erfornting vork in logicol seqtlence.(i ii) trfinimizing /osses-.(v i i i ) [ : r rsur ing onrpl iance vi th Rcgulat ions aving directhear ing n i icc{ j r int tng(ix) Preventingtnaterialmisstolements.(x) Detectitrg& correcting rnaterialmisstatetnctrts(xi) Preparation f periodicol reportson timcly' basis.(xii) Ensuringadequate nd tirrrely'1/7ancial reJtorting.(xi i i) Segregilion of accourlting& cLrstodialirrrctions.(xir,) trstablishing rocedures n such a wa)/ so tlrat singleperson (:{ttt '?hut' t : ".:ttrrfletr-econtrol overa transaction rorn starting o elrd.(xv) Providing for internsl check, by rvhich rvork of one person s rev tc,r.rd -'varrtilitct'(xvi) F-ormulating ut-off procedures to separate ransactionsof tr.vocons(;,'rtr1rr,/(:r'trrs.(xvii) I{avinEproper documentslion/ nanual at every stage

    4.2 RIVIEW OF I.C. BY AUDITOR VRevicrv 0f l.C -MeaningNeed for reviewRole/Advanrageiof

    Review of LC. refers o,- Examinatigl and evaltrationof lntemalcontrol syslelnof tlrc clicrltroii',i" ln;i .C.-;tai;;i;;d;q;;i;.ri "nuui"sli; udii;; n t""rtiin *t.'etn"i(l) Internalcontrol systenr s otlequote& operating e fectively'(ii) I .C. is able o preveltt, detect& correct rrtatcrialmisstolemetrl.(iii) l.C. Properly afeguarcls he assets-( iv) l.C. ensures orrect recording of transactiot l.(v) Reporls& Certificate providedby managernctrtare reliable'(r,i) l-C. areweok excessive n a pafticulararea.

    . .qvii) Effective internsl oudit departrnents in operation'tt"'*i\,;ii) Suggeslions an be given to management o improve he .C. s)stclrl,. (ix) Extensive Substantive procedures re required'I t*) Audit procedures r techniques eed o be changed from plarlned e'rtes"

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    irl of indnrinisiiiiiue& iinu".i,iii :>tr i r rg ci rcquesetc. l s i rouir ipersorrnel.A Single person hould r l ( ) t have indepencl int; , .y11111l n.er an-\ ,impor lantaspcct f brrsincss.Persons having physical custocl l , ' f i isets shoult l not hr ' .access o accounts r rccords.Al l actsof on" p"r . . ,nshould corneunder he rcr cr ' , of anot l rer

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    E,ii'i','ig"lirycontrol Budgetsaiidld * p'.poiiodiflerence betrveenbudgeted &should be enquired nto-

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    Duties of staffP_t"Yi9u,s,oJi9_9:Every personnel hould be encouraged o go on lcave at ieastorrce n a year.Fraud done by ernplol,ee an be dctected easillwhe;; he is absent.

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    For each important asset, accounting control should alscper iod cal y cxamined.During stock taking at end of accounting period, tradir:gact iv i t ies hould e suspended,f possible.

    To prevent misappropriationof cash,mechanical devices (8g".

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    , ln te rna l Coa l r t i l Svstem.a . ( ' o s t c t ' f c f v c n e s s :

    , b . ' I - ransact io r tso f un t ts t ta l ta t r t rc n tav be rn issed rY t r t r ls tc t t r t { r ' l ls .I '., c. Pote rt t ia l of lruntan error-:

    , ( 1 . ' i r r U n t v e i r t i r r n f c o t t i r o l s l i l r , r l u l t o l l u s i o t t :: e . A t l r se o f cor i t ro l b l the perso i t uho is [ r imse l f rcsJ) ' ) l t s i t ] ci ) r. - i 1 r I: excrcls l l l l } .i . A l ' ,, . f . l r ra. lcquacv f procedures lr re o chirngesn condit ions.ar lJ1'g. " laniptr lat ior tsl n- ,anagcnrenl .:t,Preliminory , l. It refers o evaluating he l ikely cflectir' ':rte-':- '-' {, Asi&iiteht of . an entitv's irrtenralcontrolsystent n p'evenlin* -. tt Cyyt-fql {., iSt" : detectingand correcting naterialnrisstatern'iilt:i.; :2. The auditor shoLr ld btainan understaniJinl : .f: r: : internalaontrols to makea preliminary asseslnleni: : of the corrtrol r isk'' , 3. Thus, the atrditorshouldassess he contrcl riski , as high unless he auditor:: . (a)ls able to identi ly internalcontrols whtci i ar c: . *:3.,fl,iffJ;J":,1;f"'andc

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    ' T h . . . i . s a n i n r ' c r s e r e | a t i o n s h i p b , . : t r v e e n c l e t e c t i o n r i s k i r n r l t } r ecolnbinedcvc l t l { - inherent11dr '11{1olisks '

    . ' f11115, ,hcn ir t l tcrcntand c0l l t r ( ) l r isks are high' acceptabled e t e c t i o n r i s k s l r t l t r l t i b e l c * ' t < , . r e c l i r c e t h c o v e r a l l a u d i t r i s k t o a n

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    acceptablYou' levei '. l{orvever, lte assessedbe suff icientl l ' lorv tc rprocedrre

    If detaction risk Cortt ' The auditor sirotrld expresshe retluced o oPlnloll'uccePtubll'o*'level

    AUDIT RISK(Risk of Providing inaPProP

    . 'fhere tllav not bc suff cientsegrcg:rtion of funetions atrl()llgrvhoperfornt accotrntirtg rocedtrrcs'

    . Tlrus,atrclitorshould perfomrmore substantive rocedureso

    . Any rnaterial rn.ukn"t, irr the inter-rtal"ontrol lroticecl by the auditor shtluldbe

    cornmr rn i ca ted in rv r i t i ng to then lanagemer l t i na t in re l y | l l an l l e r .. I{orvcvcr, lre shoulclntention n the comrnunication lrat atrdit hasnot beencondrrcted o

    deternrine lre adequacy f internal corltrols'

    le', 'eistf itrlieretttand control risk cannotc l i r t t i r t l l t el r c r r cc t l ( ) pe r lo r ln t t l r s t l t t t l i r c

    quali l ic'cl opi, l ion or a clisclairnel f

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    cirRisk tltat ertrclitor'substantive rocedures, rvi l l not detect a MaterialMisstatement', Arisesat auditor's level'i Audit.',t an frame this risk'

    , auditor-, DR slrould be inverselyproportiortateto' combinedassessment f I R & CR ':, DR a I/(IR+CR), lf tR & CR are high. DR shouldbe kept atr lorv evel-

    - . . , . J . -Inherent Risk (IR) I

    a Risk that MaterialMisstatementsnlaY occur'Ar ises t level of Inat tagentent 'Atrdi tor an or l lYassesshisrisk.Risk of SYstem of management'iinls t$ generallYhigh'However certain factorsmaYbepresentdue to which it canbeless han high-

    Control Risk

    Control Risk (C'R), @ Risk that -C' ail to oPcrateas: desired.

    Arises at levelof managetnent'Auditor can only assesshis risk'

    Risk of I .C. SYstem f: trralry_e-mery__' fnit is evaluatedn s/ages Sec. chartbelow)"::

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    St:rge - Prcl iminary Assessment f Control r is l i---t___l

    High\n/i-,,,ro.C. system doesn't:r; : . : f ObegoOd&.,,,-r i toroesn't ant o check,'., ' ,":t ivenessf .C.system.

    HighHe needs o change is previousPlanning

    LowBut to haveevidence hat .Csystem s n fact good, aucj i toineeds o performcompliancen r n c o e l t t r o cv r v v v v v , v v

    Stage l l - Conrp l i : rncc ro t r : r lr - ' , J L -"- '- ; jLottt" t 'trqt *

    To check dgsigninq. operat ingeffectiveness continuitv of l.Csysjc- 0,Based upon results o{' complianceprocedure,he finally assesses C'.

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    Stage l l l Final Assessment

    * - . ." ._'.--.- ' ]Low IHeaccordinglyrames eteciion I.Ek II-__-_. -_ I

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    5 i z-cof cr l lan rat ion lrr l l rcqtt ct ltents o f- ltatt tgentetlt '. I{eviev' ' of accr lrrrr t i i lgat l t i t 'C sytt"t ' t t .. l : . r i i t i i i i , c l r l i t r r c i l r l r o i l opera t ing r i {b r r r la t io t t ( ) r t l la t tage tne t t i"1 .st c uoi'Yvri\$-\z'vrtut-t' ii*L( ii*" cF.; { . - li::"' \ L'rrrciit('r' ,insicD-l,t;,,.;\;4, c\\oe- I,rrernaludit lirtcrnal 'ditAppoiniiiient l l l ' Ntattagenrent: ' I),v- 11rnbe1s,

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    ' aircl contirruiry*f I.C' .S\ s lu l l ), I Io* tr, ,se . Lrxte.r'al 'rlitor sl l()u.l lrirnself clreck l.c. (perform conrpliance

    irttcrnul nudilrtr's procedures)' lte shoulcl el -1vorkof internal auditoron whiclt hc, *,ork intends o relY''. l l e c a n d e t e r r r l i r l c h i s . N . I . E . b a s e d t r p o r t e v a l u a t i o n o f i n t e r n a l a r i d r lttrnction'

    . F.rtemalatrditor lone is- :ei'lgr-rsiblcbr his reporl (Relianceor' internal udi tordoesrt ' t educe t) '.h ntcrnal auditorhis plarrat early stage':

    . ' Meeting should be condtrcted t regtrlar nterval', ' Th-ere houlcl, organisatiottol . wt.,"ri ", internal n,,.tito. reports directly

    to top management and is

    . Scope of , ] Enq.,i," about natttre nna .r"ptr' of coverage of irrternalauditor,s work; coveyoge, ;;; ; ; ; ;- I l4;u" 'nug'*" '11:9:: i9"*hlsre9'om1"l1d1l i9n':' . Tecltricsl Whether prol-essioriallyrained persons rc perfornring nternalaudit

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    lnternal Atrclitor ptop"' ly plans' supervise' rcvicl l ; l t tJh i su o rk .

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    Conclusion

    Consider f:.. Work of intenralarrclitors adequate br him'. Work of interrralauciitors asbeenproperly P-lanned1d's-Ypervised'. Conclusionsby internal auditor appear o be lPProPtlt"'. lnconsistency cientif ied y internalaudito;h;s beenproperly rcsolved by managentent'1.lrestatutoryauclitorrnay relv on Intenral a,".riiot, provided he exercisesd"reskil l and carr:and there s nothing tci cloubt'

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    : 1r \1overal l controlsat- f 'ect ine' . I )P nvirorrnrcrr t( icneralEDp corr t rors) .(B) Speci f ic onlrols - , r ,er pcci l lcappl icar io i isF,DPAppl icat ion . iontr -6ls) .( : r ) Organizat ionund Mlrn:rgenrent-ontrols:- - -' ' Designir rg ol ic ies at tc l roceduresei i r t ing o control Lrrct i r rns.' Segregat iorrl - inconrpat ib leirnct ic 'ns.(b) S.vstcrn ol ' tuare Conlrols:-

    t Restrictecl cce s ol-so{irvareo autirorisedpersonnel nly.' Authorization, approval. estingancl nrplernentatiorrf rrew systelnssoft.rr,are.(c) Application System l)evelopment and i}{aintenanceControls.-

    : - RestrictedAccess to system ocumentation.' Changeso appl icat ionsystemshould be author ised.' Acquisition of applicatiorr ystems ionr third parlies hoLrld e carefullynlanrre

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    5.3 TYPESOF I,DI' ACCOUNT SYSTENIS

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