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Reliability of audit evidence

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  • September 13, 2017 at 12:08 pm #407478
    yceng1
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    Dear Ken,

    May I know why evidence generated by auditor is considered to be less reliable than evidence from third party?

    Thank you. 🙂

    September 13, 2017 at 2:16 pm #407507
    Ken Garrett
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    Not necessarily.

    If the auditor inspects a non-current asset then that is very good evidence that it exists. If a third party writes a letter saying the asset is on hos premises that is not as good.

    However, a customer certifying a balance at year end might be better than the auditor using any other method to gain evidence about the debt’s existence.

    September 14, 2017 at 7:41 am #407568
    yceng1
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    Dear Ken,

    Thank you so much for the detailed explanation.

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