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Explain briefly audit process

Explain briefly audit process?

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The term 'Audit ' is an imitative of the term 'Audition' that means 'to hear'. In past times, the Kings employed to hear their accountants report the accounts verbally. But, as the difficulty of the accounting function grew, need was felt to comprehensively check the accounts for errors misclassification and document the findings in a written form so that it can be employed by the Management, investors , stakeholders, Government and different other bodies. This process is named as Audit or Auditing.

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