This document discusses various types of audits including financial audits, internal audits, cost audits, efficiency audits, and management audits. The main objectives of an audit are to determine the reliability of financial statements and accounting records, detect and prevent errors and frauds, and ensure adherence to accounting standards. Only chartered accountants are legally allowed to conduct audits in India according to the Companies Act of 1956. Internal audits verify ongoing operations while external audits provide independent oversight of financial reporting.

1. Audit

2. Group Members
Vikas Upadhyay – 163
Kaushal Yadav – 172
Yemimal Bhaskaran – 176
Nikki Kayastha – 177
Nidhi Shah - 178

3. INTRODUCTION & DEFINITION
 The word audit is derived from the Latin word
“AUDIRE” which means to hear.
 An official inspection of an organizations account,
typically by an independent body.
 According to Mautz…..
“ Auditing is concerned with the verification of
auditing data, with determining the accuracy and
reliability of accounting statement and reports”.

4. Objectives of Auditing
 Primary Objective
To determine and judge the reliability of the
financial statement and the supporting accounting
records of a particular financial period is the main
purpose of the audit.
 Secondary objective
1. Detection and prevention of Errors
2. Detection and prevention of Frauds.

5. The Auditor
 Person conducting audit
 In India, under the authority of
company act, 1956 only chartered
accountant are professionally qualified
for the audit.

6. Compulsory audit
 Was introduced by the companies act, 1956.
 Duly qualified and trained in the profession.
 If a person is carrying on business/
Profession and his total sales, turnover or
receipts from such business or profession
exceeds Rs 60 Lacs/ Rs 15Lacs respectively
during the previous year then he is required
to get the accounts audited by a Chartered
Accountant.

7. Internal Audit
 It is independent appraisal of operation and
records of the company.
 The purpose is to detect errors and frauds that are
already committed.
 It requires separate staff employed only for this
purpose.
 The Internal auditor has to report periodically about
various inefficiencies and suggest improvements.
 It begins when the accounting process ends.

8. Cost Audit
 The verification of correctness of cost
accounts and of adherences to the
cost accounting plan.
 It reflects a true and fair view of the
cost of production, manufacture
processing marketing of the product
under audit.

9. Objectives of cost audit
 To establish the correctness of cost records and
accounts.
 Ensure adherence to the cost accounting plan.
 Detection of errors and frauds.
 To check wastage of materials and labour.
 To examine whether the cost statements present a
true and fair view of the cost information.
 Ensuring optimum utilization of human, physical
and financial resources of the company.
 Detection and correction of abnormal losses.

10. Efficiency audit
 Efficiency audit is related to that whether
corporate plans are effectively executed.
 In this, auditor investigates the reasons of
variances in actual performance and
planned performance.
 It also investigates that capital resources
of company are properly utilized or not.

11. Management Audit
 Is a critical evaluation of business
policies , procedures, efficiency and
effectiveness.
 It is a systematic examination of
decisions and actions of the
management to analyze the
performance.
 Concerned with the review of past
performance.

12. Objectives of management
audit
 Appraise the managerial performance
at all levels.
 Improve the organizational efficiency.
 Enhance operational profitability.
 Reviews the companies organizational
structure.

14. Strategic Assessment of cost
and Managerial Performances
 Cost Records And Cost Accounting
Principles
 GACAP(Generally Accepted Cost
Accounting Principles)
 Institute Of Cost & Work Accountants In
India
 Cost Accounting Standard Board
 Strategic Cost Management Or Cost
Management Strategy
 Management strategy cost
 Evaluating & Improving Cost In

15. Strategic Cost Management
steps