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CHAPTER 1
Need for auditing
1. Authenticity of accounting
statements
2. To ensure that the annual
statements of accounts are
reliable
3. True and fair view
Definition - Dicksee
• Auditing can be understood as an
examination of accounting
records undertaken with a view to
establishing whether they
correctly and completely reflect
the transactions to which they
purport to relate.
Need and purpose of accounting statements
1. ECONOMIC INFORMATION
2. COLLECTION AND EVALUATION OF
EVIDENCE
3. REPORTING
The person conducting this process