A Study of Compliance of Oil and Gas Companies' Audit Reports with the Reporting Model Provided by Auditing Standard No. 5

Authors

James H. Thompson, Central Washington UniversityFollow
Thomas G. Hodge, University of Louisiana at Monroe
Audrey Koski, Central Washington University

Document Type

Article

Department or Administrative Unit

Accounting

Publication Date

Fall 2012

Abstract

In response to business failures and scandals citing accounting and auditing inadequacies and the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) was established to assume the role of standard-setting for public companies. One of its standards, Auditing Standard No. 2 (AS No. 2), An Audit of Internal Control over Financial Reporting Performed in Conjunction with an Audit of Financial Statements, revised the structure and content used in the auditor's standard report. Specifically, AS No. 2 required two opinions on internal control as well as an opinion on the financial statements. The purpose of this Standard was to integrate the auditor's consideration of an entity's internal controls with the audit of its financial statements. In spite of changes implemented by AS No. 2, auditors acknowledged that, for a variety of reasons, this Standard did not fully achieve its objective of an integrated audit.

Comments

This article was originally published in Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly.

Recommended Citation

Thompson, James H., Thomas G. Hodge, and Audrey Koski. (Fall 2012). A Study of Compliance of Oil and Gas Companies' Audit Reports with the Reporting Model Provided by Auditing Standard No. 5. Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly, 61(1):65-78.

Journal

Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly