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Research Regarding the Use of IT Instruments in Financial Audit

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  • Cristina CARANICA

    (Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

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Having in mind the signals from the financial auditing services market, at both national and international level, the author intended to find out which are the applications used by auditing firms in Romania and the strengths of these tools for each stage of the audit engagement, a key analysis in the context of adopting software solutions in the audit engagements. The research was conducted through a questionnaire addressed in 2015 to the financial auditors in Romania and sought their response about the benefits of using a software tool in each stage of the audit engagement. The result of the research revealed the tendency for users to use software tools also in the special audit assignments.

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  • Cristina CARANICA, 2016. "Research Regarding the Use of IT Instruments in Financial Audit," The Audit Financiar journal, Chamber of Financial Auditors of Romania, vol. 14(133), pages 1-95, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:aud:audfin:v:133:y:2016:i:14:p:95
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    Keywords

    audit engagement; software tools for audit; efficacy;
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    JEL classification:

    • M40 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - General
    • M42 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Auditing
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development

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