Bìznes Inform (Oct 2021)
Audit of Financial Statements in the Context of Financial Control
Abstract
It is determined that the idea of control activity in the current conditions is becoming widespread in the context of the implementation of the concept of regulatory control service with an emphasis on ensuring compliance with the legislation and access of all eonomic entities to informativeness by types and time of control activities. The strengthening of control and supervision by the State Regulatory Service on entrepreneurial activity over the past three years is proved. It is argued that the introduction of an independent financial control system into the general system of control over the financial activities of enterprise provides for the creation of a comprehensive approach to ensuring an interaction between the State and independent components of the financial control system. It is substantiated and proved that since the audit of financial statements is an integral part of the business activities, especially concerning the large and medium-sized enterprises, its significance can be de classed into main areas, namely: it affects the interests of external and internal users who want to have confidence in compliance with the legislation; presence of a positive audit opinion on the financial condition increases investor confidence; certainty as to the absence of distortions in the financial statements avoids paying penalties and reduces the risks of making wrong managerial decisions. It is established that the audit of financial statements has a pronounced social nature, since it causes a significant influence on the level of trust in the published financial information declared by the business. The advantage and peculiarity of audit control is the condition that its primary task is compliance with accounting legislation and the absence of penalties. The need to audit financial statements in the management system of the enterprise is conditioned. The positive impact of the audit of financial statements, which consists in timely response of financial management to the identified deficiencies and violations that would affect the structure of the enterprise’s expenses, is substantiated.
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