Assignment: Careful Planning
I have included the only information provided on company RNS (as the RNS Project Scenario) and I have provded the milestone 1 business environment analysis for RNS.
Overview: Careful planning is a critical part of the success of every audit. However, planning is not simply done at the beginning of the audit but is a continuous and iterative process in which the results of one stage of the audit often necessitate revisions to plans for the next stage.
Prompt: Using your analysis of the business environment of RNS from Milestone One, as well as your textbook reading on planning an audit of cash accounts, write an audit program (plan) that could be used to evaluate RNS's internal controls for cash. Be sure your program addresses each component of internal control.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. Write an audit program for internal control of cash in Word or Excel. The following components must be included:
A. Control environment
B. Risk assessment
C. Control activities
D. Information and communication
E. Monitoring
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.