Conducting a Remote Audit
Remote auditing has become increasingly prevalent in today’s environment. Considerations for a remote audit are detailed to help you properly perform the tasks necessary for a successful engagement.
Format
Webcast
Date
May 01, 2026
NASBA Field of Study
Auditing
Level
Basic
CPE Credits
4
Instructor
Daryl G. Krause
Availability
Product Number
VCL4REMA260501
Auditing for today’s world
Remoting auditing is happening everywhere you turn. Understanding the considerations for a remote audit and the specific techniques for performing the engagement will help you integrate remote auditing into your practice.
You will learn how to:
- Leverage the benefits of remote auditing
- Manage the team, client, and audit process remotely
- Identify engagement-wide procedures from client acceptance through report issuance when remote auditing
- Identify and obtain audit evidence for generally material accounts
Key Topics
- Benefits of remote auditing
- How to manage the team, the client, and the audit process remotely
- Engagement-wide procedures, from client acceptance through report issuance when remote auditing
- Narrow-topic considerations when remote auditing
Learning Outcomes
- Identify why remote auditing has become an important skill.
- Recall the general characteristics of a remote audit.
- Identify techniques for managing your team, the client, and the remote audit process.
- Identify the considerations for engagement-wide audit procedures, including client acceptance, risk assessment, fraud, and documentation.
- Recall the considerations for obtaining and using audit evidence and for professional skepticism when conducting a remote audit.
- Identify general considerations for auditing significant asset and liability accounts.
- Identify techniques that can be used in remote walk-throughs and controls testing.
- Recall techniques to effectively perform inventory procedures when conducting a remote audit.
Who Will Benefit
- Auditors
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