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Technology Shaping the Audit Profession
CA Shariq ContractorPartner – Contractor, Nayak & Kishnadwala
Seminar on “Changing Ways, Fraud Detection and Data Mining
Bombay Chartered Accountants’ Society7th November, 2009
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Evolution of Accounting
• From clay tokens to Abacus to Calculators to Computers
• Concept of Double entry in Venice/ Florence
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Industrial Revolution to Technology Revolution
• Industrial Revolution popularized the pyramidical organizational structure
• With Technology Revolution Companies are moving away from thin slicing work into repetitive task oriented jobs
• Work is now organized around processes • Modern database technology makes
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Complex business Structures
• Earlier company policy determined technology usage, today technology determines company policy
• On the backbone of technology business structures are getting more complex
• Complex business structures, voluminous transactions, disperse geographical location, decentralization, etc.
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Power of Technology
• Power to disintegrate market imperfections
• Power to delegate work downwards• Power to analyze and crunch voluminous
data• Power to generate tailored MIS
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Technology in Professional practice
• Client Service Tools- CAAT, Tax Databases, etc
• Practice Management Tools- Billing and accounting system, Securitysystems, voice recognition, etc.
• Perception Management Tools- Emails, Websites, Social Networks
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Technology has proved the Mighty Wrong
• I think there is maybe world market for five computers. Thomas Watson chairman IBM, 1943.
• There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. Hen Olson, President, Chairman and founder of digital equipment Corporation, 1977.
• 640 K. ought to be enough for anybody. Bill Gates 1981.
• Everything that can be invented has been invented. Charles Duell Commissioner US patents 1899.
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Inductive Thinking
• Xerox addressed the need of making 30 copies of a document that nobody thought existed
• Sony transformed rather than responded to the idea of where and how one could listen to music
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XBRL• Language for electronic communication of
business and financial data developed by non profit making International cosortium
• Benefits in preparation, analysis and communication of business information
• Cost savings, greater efficiency, improved accuracy and reliability
• Need to re-key financial data for analytical and other purposes can be eliminated
• Can be used irrespective of language of the country
• Made mandatory in US by 2011 by SEC
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Can Audit be made more effective?
• Auditor is a watchdog and not a bloodhound
• Audit is not investigation – Management frauds can never be detected
• Auditors need to pay attention to red flags• Overregulation (like Sarbanes Oxley) is
not the answer
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