Raj & Company has been dealing with reputed company's TVs. They are the agents of many company's TVs. They offer instalment systems payments which attracts customers and their turnover has been improving. They have a
CS Professional · Forensic Audit · PYQS · December 2019
Raj & Company has been dealing with reputed company's TVs. They are the agents of many company's TVs. They offer instalment systems payments which attracts customers and their turnover has been improving. They have a spacious office where TVs are displayed which naturally tempts the customers to visit and buy. Adjacent to their office they have taken a warehouse to keep stock of TVs received from companies and would draw stocks from the warehouse as and when required. They maintain necessary records like goods received report, sales register and stock statement on daily basis. They have the system of maintaining parallel stock ledger at the office also. There was an outbreak of fire in the warehouse and stocks and records have been completely destroyed. Raj & Company preferred their claim with the underwriters for ₹ 15 lakh being the cost of 50 TVs, which seems to be very high according to Insurance Company. Insurance Company is of the view that the claim requires to be probed before accepting. They doubt that there is a possibility of manipulation in the claim. If you are appointed as Forensic Auditor (ii) Highlight the important differences between audit and forensic audit.
Answer & Explanation:
Major difference between Audit and Forensic Audit are as under: Objective of financial auditing is to express opinion as to 'true & fair' presentation. Forensic Audit determines correctness of the accounts or whether any fraud has actually taken place or not. Techniques used in the financial auditing are more of 'Substantive' and 'compliance' procedures. The techniques used in the forensic auditing are analysis of past trend and substantive or 'in depth' checking of selected transactions. Normally all transactions for the particular accounting period are covered under the financial audits. Forensic audits don't face any such limitations. Forensic auditors may be appointed to examine the accounts from the beginning. For ascertaining the accuracy of the current assets and the liabilities, the financial auditor relies on the management certificate or representation of management. Forensic auditors are required to carry out the independent verification of suspected or selected items. Whenever the financial auditor has adverse findings, then the auditor expresses the qualified opinion, with/without quantification. In case of the adverse findings, the forensic auditors are required to quantify the damages to the clients and is also supposed to point the culprit. Many a times, legal action will be sought. A Statutory auditor has to be appointed by the shareholders and has access to all books, documents etc. maintained by the company. A forensic auditor, on the other hand, is appointed specifically for the purpose and reports to whoever appoints him. Statutory Auditor has a particular manual to follow whereas a Forensic Auditor may rely more on his experience and judgement.
Topics: Audit Types
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