Description

The Audit Report: Yellow Book Style includes a self-study e-book delivered to you immediately upon purchase for 7.5 hours of CPE credit.

Do you seem to get caught in an endless cycle of review and revision on your audit report? In this course, we will diagnose and help resolve the root cause of your problems. The Yellow Book requires the use of the elements of a finding—and if you use them correctly, your report gets stronger and your process gets shorter, much shorter! The author, Leita Hart-Fanta, has reviewed hundreds of findings and shares her insights on how to (and how not to!) coach the team to better writing behaviors. We cover IIA, AICPA, and Yellow Book reporting standards as well as tell you how to meet the standards.

Course objectives include:

• Identify what is causing your team’s problems with report writing
• Define the possible contents of an audit report
• Choose reporting expectations including audience, tone, and length that are appropriate for your audit team
• Contrast the communication philosophies of the audit standard-setting bodies
• Compare AICPA financial audit reporting standards to GAGAS standards
• Identify the triggers of an audit finding
• Differentiate among the elements of a finding
• Differentiate among the contents of a performance audit report including audit objective, scope and methodology, and audit results
• Identify the minimum reporting standards per the IIA
• Order the steps of the writing process
• Order the steps of planning an audit report
• Identify the rules that allow for fast drafts
• Identify the levels of editing and choose attractive formats
• Judge how to talk to staff about their writing

Program level: Intermediate NASBA Category of Study: Auditing (Governmental) Prerequisites: One or more years of audit experience Advance preparation: None Who should attend: Auditors Instructional method: Self-study text with online qualified assessment. QAS SS CPE Credit Hours: 7.5 Author: Leita Hart-Fanta, CPA This course is also included in the Audit Reporting Bundle. READ INSIDE THE BOOK: /whas-up-with-your-teams-writing.html Questions? You can find our FAQ here and our policies here.