What audit procedures should be performed to detect fraud?
While the audit team is not responsible for identifying all instances of fraud, the audit team is responsible for identifying fraud that results in a material misstatement to the financial statements. However, there are a number of procedures that the audit team should perform during an audit to detect fraud.
The visual lists out the procedures that should be performed:
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