CS Professional · Internal and Forensic Audit · Practices related to Internal Auditing
Before starting fieldwork at the procurement department of Kaveri Textiles Ltd, the internal audit team leader prepares a document setting out the objectives, scope, timing and resource allocation for that specific assignment. What is this document usually called?
The document is the engagement plan, along with its work programme. It records the objectives, scope, timing and resources for a specific assignment, so it is prepared before fieldwork begins. Representation letters and final reports come later, and a dividend resolution is unrelated.
- AEngagement work programme or engagement planCorrect
- BManagement representation letter
- CFinal audit report
- DBoard resolution approving dividends
Explanation
Before fieldwork, internal auditors plan each engagement by documenting objectives, scope, timing and resources, typically in an engagement plan and work programme. A management representation letter is obtained later, the final report comes at the end, and a dividend resolution is unrelated to audit planning.
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