1. International Standards on Auditing:
a) Introduction to the International Federation of Accountants - ICAB and the IFAC.
b) Objectives and Basic Principles Governing an Audit (ISA#1) and Going Concern. Concern
(ISA#23).
c) Approach to an Audit: Auditing Engagement Letter. (ISA#2). Planning. (ISA#4). First year Audit
Engagement, (ISA#28), Risk Assessment and Internal Control, (ISA#6), Knowledge of Business.
(ISA#30).
d) Auditing Procedures and Related Concepts: Control of the Quality of Audit Work (ISA#7). - Audit
Evidence (ISA#8). - Documentation (ISA#9). Materiality & Audit Risk (ISA#25). - Frauds &
Errors ((ISA#11). Using the work of an Internal Auditor (ISA#10). -Using the work of an Expert
(ISA#18). Analytical Procedures. ((ISA#12).
e) Special Situation Audit: Auditing in an EDP Environment (ISA#15). Computer Assisted Audit
Techniques (ISA#16). - Audit Sampling (ISA#19). - Other information in Documents (ISA#14).
Auditing Accounting Estimates (ISA#26). - Prospective Financial Information. (ISA#27).
f) Audit Reports: The Auditorâs Report on Financial Statements (ISA#13). - Events after the Balance
Sheet date (ISA#21). - Representation by Management (ISA#22). - Special Purpose Audit Report.
(ISA#24).
2. Management Audit and Internal Audit:
a)Definitions of Management Auditing and Management Audit: Development of
Operational/Management Auditing - Structure of a Management Audit-Scope of Management Audit Steps in Management Audit-Need of Management Audit - Qualities of Management Auditor -
Functions of Management Auditor-Determining the Standards of performance - Mechanism of
Management Audit.
b) Definition of Internal Audit: Objectives of Internal Auditing - Basic Principles of Internal Auditing - Functions of Internal Auditor - Advantages of Internal Auditing - Qualifications of Internal Auditors - Contrast of Internal Auditing and External Auditing.
3. Cost Audit:
History of Cost Audit - Reasons for introducing Cost Audit - Definition of Cost Audit - Objectives of
Cost Audit: General objectives - Social Objectives â Cost Audit vs. Financial Audit - Cost Audit and
propriety Audit - Cost records - Cost Auditor - Appointment of Cost Auditor- Code of Ethics for Cost Auditor- penal provision for Cost Auditor - Commencement of Cost Audit - Programming of Cost Audit â Stages of Cost Audit â Areas of Cost Audit â Cost Audit Report- Cost Accounting Standards issued by the US Cost Accounting Standard Board- Cost Audit Bangladesh.
4. Government Audit:
Institutional Framework of Government Audit - Nature and Objectives of Government Audit - Audit
Code of Government of Bangladesh - Duties and Powers of Comptroller & Auditor General -
Functions of Audit â Conditions for incurring capital and revenue expenditure - Communication of
sanction to Audit - Audit against Regularity - Audit against propriety - Objects of audit of expenditure - Audit of Grants and Aids - Local Audit -Appropriation Audit - Audit Manual.
5. Joint Audits, Multiplication Audits and Dormant Company Audit:
Joint Audits - Responsibilities of Joint Auditors - Audit arrangements - Multi-location audit - General
Approach - Risk Factor - Strategy options - Full Audit - Restricted Audit - Local audit work - other
auditors - Audit report - Dormant companies - Audit approach.
6. Audit of Limited Companies:
Qualifications, Appointment, & Remuneration of Auditors - Auditors appointed on behalf of different
classes of Shareholders-Auditorâs powers, duties and rights-Status of an Auditor - Preliminaries to be
gone through before the actual work begins - Inspection of books, documents, etc Auditorâs Reports -
List of officers - Audit of Share Capital - Auditors duties relating to shares issued at a premium and at a discount - Shares issued for consideration other than cash - Bonus shares-share forfeiture - Share transfer - Issue and Redemption of Debenture - Interest paid out of capital - Loans to and from Directors - Dividend payments - Reorganization of capital. Audit of Private Limited Companies - Audit of Holding Companies and their Subsidiaries - Audit of Group of Companies.
7. Audit of Insurance Companies:
Legal provisions relevant to audit of insurance business-Form and contents of Balance Sheet -
Content of Profit and Loss Account - Form and contents of Revenue Account - Special aspects of
audit of insurance business - Audit at divisional level - Audit at head office level - Provisions of
Companies Act 1994 relating to liabilities and penalties of auditors.
8. Audit of Banks:
Legislation relevant to audit of banks - Special provisions governing nationalized banks - Special
provisions governing âGrameen Banksâ - Special Provisions Governing co-operative banks -
Approach to bank audit - Review of Internal Control in a bank - Audit of Balance sheet and Profit &
Loss Account items - Long - term audit report in case of a bank - Provisions & Reserves - Secret
Reserves.
9. Audit of Public Sector Undertakings:
Special Features of audit of public sector undertakings - Audit of departmental commercial
undertakings - Audit of Statutory corporations.
10. Audit of Partnership Accounts:
Procedure to be followed by a newly appointed auditor of a partnership - Audit on behalf of different classes of partners.
11. Divisible Profits:
What are Profits - Difficulties in the Determination of Profits-Who are affected if profits are not
correctly determined - Consequences of incorrect valuation of Profits - Provisions relating to
dividends - Whether Capital Profits are available for Dividends Whether all the surplus made by a
company engaged in working a wasting asset is available for Dividends - Whether the loss of fixed
assets must be made good before the distribution of the surplus - Whether profits made prior to
incorporation are available for dividend - Loss prior to incorporation.
12. Liabilities of Professional Accountants:
Nature of liabilities of professional accountants - Liability of an auditor appointed by a private
concern-liability of an auditor under the Companies Act-Liabilities under Income Tax Ordinance -
Civil Liability of an auditor - Criminal Liability of an auditor - Liability of an auditor to third parties -
Liabilities of an Honorary auditor - Oral appointments - Local auditors - Liability of an auditor for
libel.