Is external audit evidence better than internal audit evidence?
If audit evidence comes from an external party, it is considered to be more reliable than evidence obtained from the company. An example of evidence from an external party would be a bank confirmation, legal confirmation, or accounts receivable confirmation.
The reason external evidence is considered more reliable is because the external party is unbiased and presumably has no reason to deceive the audit team.
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