The Tradition Audit Without Technology

* The tradition audit without technology:

The major characters of the tradition audit are all information what is needed by auditors are on the paper and the manual calculators and without high communication technology. Auditors usually were limited by the place in the paper time. When a several people are working on the same auditing project for a client with offices in cities across the country, even worldwide, it takes a lots all time those auditors get the information which they need from the client, even there is risk paper information disappear for many reasons. on the another hand, mail paper information increase the auditing cost. The mistake caused by the manual calculators inevitably, no matter how fixed auditors concentrate on recalculate is, after all auditors are human. The global business become major in the modern business world, some example, several auditors who are in different locations are working a same auditing project, or auditors are in different city even country with the client, when there is issue among these auditors or between auditors and client, they only can communicate with each other by phone or be together and have meeting. Phone call can not make sure information been watched in the same time when the voice is talking about the issue, but having a meeting takes time and money make all people together, it increases auditing cost.

No matter auditors work with technology or not, the most important thing in process of auditing is evidence. The basic framework for the auditor understands of evidence and its use to support the auditor's opinion on the financial statement. In reaching an opinion on the financial statements, the evidence gathered from the audit procedure is used to determine the fairness of the financial statements and the type of audit report to be issued. The characters of paper audit evidence are:

* Origin: proof of origin easily established. Audit is an industry which has existed and developed for a long time in paper. The standard of this industry was built already, the proof of origin will be found very easily, the rule is there already.

* Alteration: paper evidence difficult to alter without detection. Any one tries to change anything on paper there must be marks, auditor can find the marks and whether there are changes in financial statements. Any change for fraudulent, misappropriation of asset can been found easily if auditor wants to find.

* Approval: paper documents show of approval on their face. The validity of all of transactions and business events are recorded or signed on paper, and those documents show approval directly. For example, auditor can see the when transaction happens, and the quantity of inventory shipped, and amount account receivable or cash entity receives in this transaction clearly and directly.

* Completeness: all relevant terms of a transaction usually included in one same document. All transactions and accounts that should be presented in the financial statements are included. For example, management asserts that inventory represents all item on hand at the balance sheet date.

* Format: integral part of document. The long time development of this industry has built standards already, the document includes all evidence needed by auditors, such as existence, occurrence, completeness, ownership, valuation, measurement, and statement presentation.

* Availability and accessibility: not usually a constraint during the audit. The evidence also can used in other arranges, such as financial statement report to bank, managers, shareholders to do their objectives.

* Signature: simple matter to sign a paper document and review the signature. The signature is evidence for making sure validity of all events, for examples, the contract of transaction, the purchase of properties, and the cheque signed by the treasurer.

* The future improved of technology:

Good as each is, every current technology will be supplanted by its successor in a surprisingly short time--and these changes in turn will engender entirely new technologies. Consider the following works in progress that likely will make it to market sooner than you think.

RFID, or radio frequency identification, tags contain important tracking and descriptive information about the objects--for example, freight packages, vehicles or pieces of luggage--to which they are attached. This helps companies and government agencies better perform a broad range of functions, from shipping and inventory management to highway toll collection and passenger baggage tracking. Word of these advantages has encouraged a bevy of organizations to emulate Wal-Mart's well-publicized RFID implementation. And now that EPCglobal, the RFID industry trade group, has updated its electronic product code (EPC) standard--the RFID version of the bar code--software developers are working on more powerful applications. Nearly every CPA will need to understand this important technology.

Broadband over power lines (BPL) may bring high-speed Internet access to every home. This new communications technology was approved by the FCC late in 2004. It offers ultrafast Internet services that outperform current wire-based links by using modems that plug into any electrical outlet. As new participants in the broadband communications market, BPL companies will help telephone

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