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Whittington/Pany’s Principles of Auditing, is a market leader in the auditing discipline. Until October 2002, Ray Whittington was a member of the Audit Standards Board and prior to Ray being on the ASB, Kurt Pany was on the board. Whittington recently completed his term as President of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association. Principles of Auditing presents concepts clearly and proactively monitors changes in auditing making the relationship between accounting and auditing understandable. The 17th edition maintains the organization and balance sheet orientation, while adding and enhancing topics of Risk, Assurance Services, Fraud, E-Commerce, and the latest auditing standards to meet the needs of the current marketplace.

Customer Reviews:

Awful Textbook/Reference. Very Painful Read.

By Vince G "Vince G" - August 24, 2010

I bought this book at Amazon for an online Auditing class at UC Berkeley as a required text. I completed the class and did well, in spite of the book. Auditing is very detailed, structured subject. How the author could create such a jumble is beyond me. If I was a crook I'd want the author as my auditor. If he audits like he writes I'm home free. I normally don't do reviews on textbooks, but this book is so bad it warrants special treatment.(It is true the international edition is much cheaper and exactly the same. I was fortunate enough to find one. Don't waste more money on the US version. It's bad. Paying more for it makes it worse. The ISBN number: 978-0-07-017054-4) The author lacks the ability to be concise. The material on any one subject is scattered all through the book. In some case repeated, in others missing in one chapter only to be included in another. Lists of important terms are incomplete. The index is poor. Suggested reference material locators in the problem section... read more

Principles of Auditing & Assurance Services

By Ron Maysenhalder - April 29, 2011

Excellent textbook to accompany the class I'm taking at UCSC-Extension in Auditing and Attestation.
The text pulls all the other accounting classes I've taken together to demonstrate what is expected of a real-life auditor in a CPA firm that audits both publicly held and privately held companies.

Principles of Auditing and Assurance

By krishmas - September 8, 2010

I had no knowledge of auditing - never took the subject in college
read this book fully from first to last page
passed AUD CPA exam with an 85 at first attempt
Lovely book for a complete conceptual understanding of the subject