This Fifth Edition offers a comprehensive introduction to auditing and provides coverage of the latest auditing, reporting, and attestation standards. Updated to reflect changes in the field, it includes numerous new problems and examples, increased coverage of audit documentation, and a new chapter on audit planning. In keeping with previous editions, it book contains a glossary, extensive references, objective and discussion/case questions, including those taken from the CPA and CIA Exams. Consistently praised in earlier editions for its clarity and readability.