After an Auditor Completes the Strategic and Business Process Analyses

question 17

Essay

After an auditor completes the strategic and business process analyses, including evaluating the financial reporting process, the next step is to aggregate all of the evidence gathered about management assertions for specific classes of transactions. What are the basic procedures that an auditor will use during the aggregation process?

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