Auditing For Dummies (For Dummies Series)

My auditing text book for my Master's program is more dense, (it is a book not a boob), and may be more comprehensive but I found the concepts easier to grasp from reading this, especially the way Maire Loughlan, CPA, the author, describes materiality or monetary unit sampling...Maybe BECAUSE I am already reading the textbook, but still...her writing is very engaging and she doesn't skimp on details while maintaining the "K.I.S.S" method. (I doubt that anyone who is a genuine certified dummy would take auditing anyway). I recommend this for anyone who wants a different perspective, something easier-to-read than a dry, old, tiny print textbook(that dry but adequate book would be the "Auditing 11th Edition, a Risk-Based Approach," Johnstone et al).

While I was preparing for the Audit portion of the CPA exam, I was having trouble even remotely understanding the Audit sampling section of my CPA Exam preparation course. After scanning the table of contents via Amazon preview, I noticed that this book had 10-12 pages that covered that sampling. After I got the book and studied that section, I had a 100% better understanding of Audit Sampling in about 30 minutes. I was then able to easily answer (most) of the questions of my prep course. Additionally, I found some of the other chapters very helpful in explaining other auditing topics in more colloquial language than my CPA course used. This helped me understand difficult topics more quickly and allowed me to maximize my study time. Most of the topics I read about were heavily tested on my exam, which I barely passed. I don't think I would have passed the exam had I not had this book. Considering the time and cost of preparing for the exam, this book was invaluable.

I purchased this book just for the basics of auditing. This book was probably created with a "dummy" in mind, well dumb to the subject if he or she has never studied it before. I am not planning to use this book for a thesis or anything but it does contain some basics on the subject of auditing. I recommend this for just basic information only. I can see a college instructor's face and reaction if this book is used for anything other than simply reading it.

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This book is a real beginner's book for someone who aspires to learn what auditing is all about. Having said that, this book is far from becoming a supplement to preparing for CPA exam or for a college audit course.

ATTENTION ACCOUNTING STUDENTS!!!!!!!!!!!! I got this book as a freshman accounting major which was years before i was supposed to take my first auditing class. This book literally saved me decades of corporate despair. After reading this book I immediately knew that the accounting industry was not for me. I can’t even imagine the multitude of ways my soul would’ve been drained had I not purchased this book and blindlessly entered purgatory (public accounting). ACCOUNTING STUDENTS PLEASE CONSIDER!!!!!!

I am IT manager with limited audit experience. While working on SAP systems, I want to develop my career with combination of IT and finance. If you want to take CPA exam this book may lack depth. Nonetheless my motivation is to get gist of audit process without going back to college. It serves me well. I was able to read through the book in two weeks. Considering my limited knowledge of auditing and accounting, this book is written in PLAIN ENGLISH for dummies like IT managers

I know, how can an auditing book be amazing. This book gives you all the substance without all the fluff. I had an interview with a government auditing agency and used this to refresh before hand. I'm glad I did. It covers the entire audit, from planning to presenting the report. It helps to have a little familiarity with accounting, but if not there's always Google! Well done Mrs. Loughran.

As an introduction to the field of auditing this is quite a solid recommendation. CAs, CPAs, and the like may find some of this content redundant or overly simplistic, but for those of us with little knowledge of the field the book does an excellent job of covering the role and task of an auditor, as well as diving into adequate detail on subjects such as sampling and materiality. The book is well written, easy to read, and nicely organized. Overall, an excellent introduction to the auditing world!

This book has a lot of good information inside. I read it to understand a little bit.more about accounting and ways to check transactions and books entries and set the balance sheet. The book gave me more than I was expecting. It gave me contacts, sites, methodology, clues, some experiences, and vision to develop my way towards my own and professional goals. It will help me on the forensic job and on my geek side too. My computer surely won't like it (a lot of calculus and scenarios are going on right around the corner - he will burn). Tks. Great book. Marcos

Book was in good condition when received. Papers were quite thin and might get torn if lots of pressure is put on it

Exactly as described, will definitely buy from again.

Very good.