An audit risk model is a conceptual tool applied by auditors to evaluate and manage the various risks arising from performing an audit engagement. The tool helps the auditor decide on the types of evidence and how much is needed for each relevant assertion.
The audit risk model indicates the type of evidence that needs to be collected for each transaction class, disclosure, and account balance. It is best determined during the planning stage and only possesses little value in terms of evaluating audit performance.
The three basic components of an audit risk model are:
Managing all these components of the audit risk model isn’t easy.
The audit risk model has been designed to help businesses identify the problems that can occur in audits. Many major accounting-related scandals highlight the importance of these audits. Enron is perhaps the most well-known auditing scandal – and all three of these risks show up in the Enron scandal.
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