How to Identify and Communicate Internal Control Weaknesses

This video explains how to identify, capture, and communicate internal control weaknesses. You'll see how to categorize material weaknesses, significant deficiencies, and other deficiencies. Additionally, you learn to create your own form to capture and document internal control weaknesses. Communicating control deficiencies can be challenging, so you'll learn better ways to share this information. 0:00 Introduction to internal control weaknesses 1:00 Discover control weaknesses 2:32 Planning stage of the audit 3:17 Segregation of duties 4:10 Fraud causing misstatements 6:02 Errors causing misstatements 7:15 Fieldwork stage of the audit 9:18 Conclusion stage of the audit 12:32 Capturing control weaknesses 13:27 Internal control form - 10 elements 16:24 Communicating internal control weaknesses 17:30 Summary #cpahalltalk