Evaluating the Quality of Client's Internal Audit Function

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Essay

Evaluating the Quality of Client's Internal Audit Function.
An external auditor assesses the quality of the internal audit function to determine whether the internal auditors' work is relevant to the external audit and of sufficient quantity and quality. Describe the three factors of the internal audit function that would be considered by the external auditor in this quality assessment.

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Definitions:

Continuous Budgeting

A financial planning approach that involves continuously updating a budget by adding a new period as the current period is completed.

Revising Budgets

The process of reviewing and adjusting planned budgets based on actual performance and changing circumstances.

Rolling Budget

A continuously updated budget that adds a new budget period (e.g., month, quarter) as the current period concludes, thereby extending the overall budget horizon.

Merchandising Companies

Businesses that purchase goods and resell them at a higher price without modifying the original products.