The Why And How Of Auditing: Auditing Made Easy

Need a quick-reference audit guide? This is it. Charles walks you from the beginning of the audit process all the way to the end, an excellent plain-english guide. Mark Wiseman, CPA, CMA, Partner Brown, Edwards & Company, L.L.P. Roanoke, Virginia This is a great how-to, hands-on guide that will help you conduct a quality audit and provide value to your clients. Go over a chapter a week with your audit team. The book provides the why and how behind your audit programs and workpapers. James H. Bennett, CPA, Managing Member Bennett & Associates, CPAs PLLC Ann Arbor, Michigan Thanks Charles for clarifying what’s important in an audit. Recommended reading for any auditor level. Jay Miyaki, CPA, Partner Jay Miyaki, LLC Honolulu, Hawaii The author steps through each audit area in a simple manner and clearly explains topics that are often complex by providing numerous examples and personal anecdotes. I highly recommended this text to anyone in the financial statement audit profession. Jacob Gatlin, CPA, PhD CDPA, PC Athens, Alabama Charles Hall’s “The Why and How of Auditing” is comprehensive, yet easy to implement. This guide will enhance the effectiveness of your audit engagements. Armando Balbin, CPA, Partner Downey, California I highly recommended Charles Hall’s latest book, “The Why and How of Auditing.” Charles takes a complicated subject and makes it simple. Our team found it particularly useful in the areas of questions to ask, procedures to follow, and work paper examples. Bill Burke, CPA, Partner Burke, Worsham and Harrell, LLC Bainbridge, Georgia A must-read for auditors! The Why and How of Auditing is insightful, practical, and rich with ideas. Charles takes a complex topic and breaks it down into an easy to read, well-defined road map. Kathryn Fletcher, CPA, MBA, Partner Draffin Tucker Atlanta, Georgia Do you ever feel trapped by an audit? Like you just can’t finish the engagement. It started out so well, but somewhere along the way, something went wrong. The wheels came off. Maybe it all started with your acceptance of a new client that you didn’t feel good about from the very beginning. Or possibly your new staff members don’t understand risk assessment. So they blindly followed last year’s work papers, but the auditee has new risks. Risks that were not addressed. Now you’re re-working the audit. Wow, the audit budget is busted. But you’ve still got to finish the substantive work—and all the wrap-up work remains to be done. Just creating financial statements will take a week. And you’re in a peer review year. The clock is ticking. How do you feel? Trapped. Want less stress? Then check out The Why and How of Auditing. This book explains the full audit process, from beginning to end, from client acceptance to audit opinion issuance. And you’ll find helpful guidance for the audit of transaction cycles such as receivables and revenue, payables and expenses, debt, payroll, and more. All in one easy-to-understand book. Discover helpful ways to plan, execute, and complete your audit engagements. Imagine: quality audits finished on time.