The most effective audit procedures to use to identify
executive compensation abuse or fraud are:-
1. Inquiring management and others within the
entity
The auditor shall make inquiries of management regarding :-
- management's assessment of risk of material misstatement due to
fraud.
- management's process for identifying and responding to the risk
of fraud in the entity.
- management's communication, if any, to those charged with
governance
- management is responsible for the entity's internal control and
for the preparation of the financial statements, so accordingly it
is appropriate for the auditor to make inquiries of management
regarding management's own assessment of the risk of fraud and the
controls in place to prevent and detect it.
2. Inquiring with Those charged with
governance
- Auditor shall obtain an understanding of how the persons who
are charged with governance supervise management's processes.
3.Unusual or unexpected relationships
identified
- The auditor shall evaluate whether unusual or unexpected
relationships identified in performing analytical procedures, may
indicate risks of material misstatement due to fraud.
4. Evaluation of fraud risk factors
- The auditor shall evaluate whether the information obtained,
indicates that one or more fraud risk factors are present.
- The auditor shall identify and assess the risks of material
misstatement due to fraud.