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Auditing and Assurance Services - ATAX0060 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description This course examines the practice of auditing and the concepts which underlie the practice. It examines the shift from the traditional auditing services where a high level of assurance is provided to the demand for lower levels of assurance for products other than the financial report. The focus of attention is on the financial report audit carried out under the provisions of the Australian Corporations Securities Legislation. New audit methodologies are also examined. The course provides an overview of the audit process as it exists in Australia. It is broken into a number of modules, each forming part of the audit process.
Recommended Prior Knowledge ATAX0015 Intermediate Financial Accounting (formerly Advanced Financial Accounting and Reporting) is the prerequisite for this course.
Course Objectives The main objectives of this course are to:
Main Topics
Assessment Assignment 1 - 20%
Assignment 2 - 15% My eLearning Vista MCQ Quizzes, 3 quizzes (5% each) - 15% Final Exam, Closed book, 2 hours duration - 50% Course Texts Prescribed
Citation and Style Guides
The following is a selection of acceptable citation and style guides, which you may use as the basis for your written work. You must purchase or have access to one of the following publications:
Note that in disciplines other than Law (ie, Accounting and Economics) the literature in these courses has, for the most part, been written in the Harvard style and in these courses you may prefer to use the Harvard style of referencing. Guides to using the Harvard style can be accessed at the following websites: Recommended
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