TY - BOOK AU - Spicer, Ernest Evan AU - Oppenheim AU - Mascarenhas, Amyas ; AU - Turley, Stuart ; TI - Spicer's Practical Auditing SN - 9780406123008 U1 - 657.45 PY - 1990/// CY - Butterworths, PB - London: KW - Auditing N1 - Includes index; Part 1 Auditing in perspective: what is an audit; why audit - the auditing environment; auditor behaviour - independence and ethics; liability and the duty of care; collecting audit evidence; reporting an audit opinion; planning and audit objectives; understanding the client's business; audit risk and materiality; inherent and internal control risk; other influences on audit planning; developing an audit strategy and audit programme; work scheduling and staffing the audit; tests of controls; substantive tests; audit sampling; auditing accounting estimates; computer-assisted audit techniques; execution and control; completion reviews; audit clearance procedures; management letters; going concern; consolidated financial statements; the new audit; suggested procedures for specific account balances N2 - This new edition is an up-to-date document of practice in a major firm and a practical guide to current accounting and auditing standards, their general principles and specific applications ER -