AuditNet International Audit Resources

International Accounting and Auditing Resources

The following International sites contain content that focuses on resources and information other than the United States.

Accountancy Edition-Sift Web Search site for accounting professionals. The accountancy edition of Sift draws together a wide collection of relevant Internet resources for an accountant doing business in the UK. Includes access to accountancy news and company directories (ICC, Infocheck, Dun & Bradstreet and others), as well as a wide collection of financial, news and market research databases from DataStar. Maintains a set of links to other relevant web sites. Subscription service available.

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu TAXNET Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Australian division is now on the World Wide Web. Site includes information about Deloitte, Tax Publications, career information, and more.-- Touche Ross UK site for the UK Division of Deloitte-Touch. Includes a hot topics area, information about the firm, and Inside Fraud, the quarterly fraud bulletin.

Ernst & Young E&Y Canada provides information about the firm's services and career opportunities. Includes news releases, tax briefs, links to the Department of Justice of Canada (french or english) and links to other business resources.-- E&Y England includes the complete publication of Cadbury Corporate Governance: Reporting on Internal Financial Control.

KPMG Australia includes tax information for Australia and links to other resources.

AccountingWEB AccountingWEB is a virtual hub for UK accountancy professionals offering a range of community based areas and services including an online mall, breaking accountancy and world news, an accountants directory, a popular biweekly newswire, online references, jobs area, discussion area, Q&A, and a chat area.

AccountingWeb Newswire is a free twice weekly digest of all the recent news and developments on the website sent to subscribers to AccountingWEB. It keeps you up to date with all the important events of relevance to the world of accountancy. To add or remove yourself from this mailing list point go the URL provided above. To subscribe to by e-mail, send a message to MAJORDOMO@SIFT.CO.UK and in the BODY of the message type: SUBSCRIBE ACCOUNTINGWEB-NEWSWIRE youre-mailaddress (Knowledge Assembly Resource)

Affiliated Conference of Practicing Accountants Web site provides information about the organization and the programs offered.

ANet Archived Discussion Lists - One of the major services provided by ANet is more than 30mailing lists in a range of areas. The AAudit-L list which provides information on audit related issues is available for the period April 1994 to current date via the archives.

ANet - ANet maintains a WWW site. The site maintains archives of the 30 Anet mailing lists, complete list of accounting organizations worldwide, an accounting bibliographic database, and a variety of accounting and auditing resources. The ANet WWW site is also mirrored at the Rutgers Accounting Web.

ANSTO Policies Web site includes examples of polices for finance management, fraud control, internal control and risk management.

ANZUIAG is the Web site for the Australian & New Zealand Internal Audit Group at the University of South Australia. This page provides links to other Australian and New Zealand Universities.

ANZ Internal Audit Group Mailing List allows for the free exchange of ideas for internal auditors of Australian and New Zealand universities and other interested participants. The site provides information for subscribing to the ANZUIAG-L list. This list was previously called INTAUDIT-L).

Appraising Your Auditors is a report from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. The report provides a framework for the review and appointment of auditors by listed companies.

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Web site provides information about the organization, news, events, links to resources and more.

Association of International Accountants Web site of the international accountancy body based in the United Kingdom provides information about the organization, links to other standard setting bodies and more.

Audit Commission is an independent government body in England and Wales responsible for appointing auditors in local government, setting standards, preparing special studies and defining comparative performance measures.

Auditor General of Canada - The Annual Reports of the the Auditor General of Canada are available on the Internet. The reports contain detailed information about the office and are organized based on the results of studies and audits completed. There is a searchable index built into the reports. There is also information about the office and publications and other materials.

Australian Computer Emergency Response Team AUSCERT is funded by the Australian Academic Research Network (AARNet) for its members. Located at The University of Queensland within the Prentice Centre, AUSCERT is a full member of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST). AUSCERT maintains an anonymous FTP service at ftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/ This archive contains past SERT and AUSCERT Advisories, and other computer security information.

Australian National Audit Office Web site of Auditing for Australia provides audit reports, audit strategy, better practices guides and publications and more.

Australian Universities Internal Audit Mailing List Mailing list available to all Internal Audit staff of Australian Universities ( and other interested auditors). Send email to the listserve at intaudit-l- request@levels.unisa.edu.au and include Subscribe INTAUDIT-L in the subject or message.

Barefoot Auditor (BFA) the company that produced Barefoot Auditor, a software auditing program established a WWW site for program demos and sharing information about how to use BFA. Includes press releases, an introduction to software auditing technology, and information about other network security review tools.

Benchmarking and Best Practices Web site for the Treasury Board of Canada provides benchmarking and best practice information useful for auditors.

Benchmarking Human Resources is a navigation guide from the Western Australia State Government. This discussion paper provides an overview of HR benchmarking and strategies for identifying meaningful HR performance indices.

Bermuda Auditor General Web site provides information about the office, mandate, publication, links and more.

Better Practice Guides from the Australian National Audit Office are reports on specific areas of interest to auditors along with best practice information. Includes guides for selecting suppliers, travel, effective control, performance information and more.

British Columbia, Office of the Auditor General site provides information about the office and the reports produced. Also includes links to other related sites.

Business Software Guide Web site matches software buyers with software sellers.

CAATTsScripts is a Web site containing CAATS tips and free IDEAScript demo versions (compiled) for testing. IDEAScripts with full source code available on agreement.

CA-Xchange Web site that is described as a meeting place for Canadian Chartered Accountants and friends. There is information about the organization, links to other relevant sites and member only links.

Can-AccTech The Canada-Accounting Technology centre features a discussion list where Canadian accountants, financial professionals, accounting technology developers and resellers can swap ideas, problems and experiences in an open exchange of views.

Can-AccTech - discussion list where Canadian accountants and financial professionals can swap ideas, problems and experiences in an open, unmoderated exchange of views and comments. Can-AccTech discussion forum may lead to the development of further information sources and assistance in technology matters specifically geared to the needs of accountants and financial professionals. To join Can-AccTech, send an e-mail message to: listmanager@hookup.net and, in the e-mail message body state: subscribe can-acctech Jane Smith (substitute your name for Jane Smith). You'll receive, via return e-mail, an acknowledgement of your free subscription, along with information on how you can participate in Can-AccTech. If you have any questions about Can-AccTech, please e-mail the list owner, Richard Morochove, at . Richard Morochove

Central Organization for Control and Auditing Web site of the Supreme Audit Institution for the Republic of Yemen provides information about the organization and how they structure their work.

Certified General Accountants Association of British Columbia Site provides information about the Association, tax tips, links to accounting associations and more.

Certified General Accountants' Association of Canada provides information about the CGA structure, programs, publications and more.

CGA Magazine Web site of the monthly bilingual journal of the Certified General Accountants' Association of Canada. Professional journal with informative and timely articles on various accounting related subjects.

Chartered Accountants of Canada Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) Web site provides information about the organization, exposure drafts, conference information, an online version of CAmagazine, studies and standards, links to related sites and more.

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants - Provides information about the CIMA and describes management accounting. This is an information server for this association of United Kingdom financial professionals.

CharterNET - Web server for the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI). This site provides information about the ICAI services and online library of materials. There is also a description of the Business Network reaching out to Chartered Accountants working in industry, commerce and the services sector.

Chief Review Services Web site of the Canadian Department of National Defense independent review organization includes information about program evaluation, internal audit and review and their methodology, reports and more. Available in English and French.

Commission on Audit Web site for the Supreme State Audit Institution for the Philippines provides information about the organization, rules, regulations and more.

Commonwealth of Australia Department of Finance Provides information about the Australian Department of Finance including mission statement, organization structure and links to other organizations. There is also a link to the Commonwealth Budget which could assist auditors in reviewing budgets for their own organizations.

Compliance Audit Manual from the Forest Practices Board provides guidance on reports, audits, and more. (Industry Code 9200)

Comptroller and Auditor General of India Web site provides information about the office, audit reports and more.

Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants Web site for a professional organization provides information on projects, articles, publications, links to other CAPA bodies, an Accountant's Forum and more.

Control, Risk and Governance from the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants provides an overview of the Criteria on Control, the exposure draft CoCo report, newsletters, publications and articles from the CA Magazine. Look under Studies and Standards in What's New July-September 1998. Great resource for auditors implementing CSA.

Corporate Review, Evaluation and Audit Web site of the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans audit organization which access to their service standards and reports and links to other sites.

Corporate Credit Card Best Practice Guide from the Australian Government provides a policy, controls over card issues, operational controls and more.

CPA Australia Online site includes information about the Society, membership, regulations, professional development, services available through the Microsoft Network, and available information resources.

Curtin Control Assessment is a management tool utilized at the university enabling managers to informally assess their control processes.

Curtin University Internal Audit Department Web site includes their charter, missision, resources and links to other Internet locations.

Deterring and Detecting Money Laundering is a guideline from the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), the primary regulator of Canadian federal financial institutions and pension plans.

Directorate of Counter Fraud Services Web site provides information about health care fraud in the United Kingdom, the types of fraud and a fraud strategy.

Double Entries (ADble-L@scu.edu.au) Double Entries is produced weekly by a group of volunteers from the profession and academia. It is designed to provide brief news on accounting and auditing around the world and is available both by email and on the World Wide Web. . To subscribe send the message subscribe ADble-L (your_first_name your_surname) to listproc@scu.edu.au.

Edith Cowan University - Management Review and Audit ECU-MRA site includes information about the function and their audit plan. Also includes articles written by staff, and links to other Internet audit resources, e-mail discussion lists, and search tools.

Ethical Business Guide Web site with links and material covering non-financial benchmarks of institutional/corporate activity: including social and environmental impacts and anti-corruption measures.

European Accounting Association site contains information about the EAA, its publications, conferences and links to other resources.

European Court of Auditors Organization that monitors the European Unions finances and point out areas where management improvements are needed. Page provides all the details on organization and duties or this body.

European Federation of Accountants and Auditors Web site provides information about the organization, an index to issues and more.

European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group Web site for an interest group for accountants and auditors interested in the growing problem of spreadsheet errors.

Fraud Control Strategies from the New South Wales Australia government is a self-audit guide for assessing best practice in fraud control strategies.

Fraud Report is a report from the United Kingdom that analyzes reported fraud in Government Departments. The report provides details on the types and causes of the frauds, how they were discovered and more. Auditors should check out the section of the report for guidance on managing the risk of fraud.

French Accountancy Web site of the accounting and auditing profession institutions of France provides information about the history, membership, and more.

Group of 100 Web site for an association of senior accounting and finance executives representing major public companies and government owned enterprises in Australia includes commentary on relevant policies and issues.

Hong Kong Audit Department is one of the oldest departments in the Hong Kong Government. The site includes information about the office, types of audits performed, links to audit reports and more.

Horwath Software Services provide a variety of Audit Automation, Risk Management and Computer Security products together with strategic advice, systems development, implementation assistance, training, and support. They are specialists in providing software development, consulting, training and support software for Internal Audit, Risk Management Quality Control, Computer Security, Fraud Investigation and other similar departments.

ICAA The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia maintains a site on the Web and a site on CompuServe. There is general information about the Institute, membership, student news, and more.

ICAEW Summa Project Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales Accounting Information Service, The ICAEW Summa Project is the site of the World Wide Web information server for accounting academics, students and professionals. The project is funded by a grant from research committee of the ICAEW. The WWW site is at the University of Exeter, Devon, UK. Provides access to a number of accounting, auditing, and finance related resources such as FINWeb, EDGAR, the Security and Exchange Commission's online database, the Financial Executive Journal, Global Network Navigator (source of information about Internet resources), and more.

Independent Commission Against Corruption exposes and minimises corruption involving the New South Wales public sector through investigation, corruption prevention and education. Site features include background information on the Commission, publications, reports and more.

Information Systems Best Practice Guidelines from the Australian Queensland Audit Office provides general control areas.

ISACA London Chapter Web site provides information about the Chapter, certification, chapter meetings and links to audit resources.

ISACA Toronto Chapter The Toronto Chpater of ISACA includes a page of links to Audit Resources on the Internet including UseNet news groups.

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario site provides information about the Institute, upcoming events and more.

IIA United Kingdom Site provides information about the organization from an international perspective. Includes links to publications, training, recruiting and more.

International Internal Audit Bulletin, established by The ACCA, is sent free of charge to any internal auditor who provides their e-mail address to Mary-Louise Wedderburn (wedderm@acca.org.uk) or the bulletin editor Andy Wynne (bulletin@lineone.net). Provides up-to-date news, information and comment from and to internal auditors across the world. (Knowledge Assembly Resource)

International Federation of Accountants Home page of the worldwide organization for the accountancy profession. Site provides information about the organization, standards, discussion papers and more.

International Group of Accounting Firms Worldwide organization of CPA's, CA's or their professional equivalents.

Internet Learning Materials for MBA Students Web guide from BizEd focused on MBA studies. Sections provide links and research tips for accounting and finance, business economics, human resource management, marketing, strategy, and operations management.

Ireland Comptroller and Auditor General Web site includes organization details, press releases, publications, and areas of interest/current projects.

IT-Audit German discussion and information about it-auditing and it-security (also SAP systems). Site contains discussion, links to related sites and more. (German language only).

KeyAudit is a free Software Audit Tool that determines the status of Software License Compliance. Downloads available for Windows and Mac.

Key Server License Management Web site provides software license management solutions for organizations. Site includes articles about software licensing, product information and a free software audit tool that determines the status of Software License Compliance

Korean Board of Audit and Inspection Web site for the agency that monitors the performance of Korean government operations. Information available includes a history of the organization, annual report, and links to other Korean sites.

Locating Canada's Incorporation Records Web site with contact information for national, provincial and territorial public records.

ltsn-bma-audit - A list for dissemination of information and discussion of topics related to learning and teaching of auditing. Set up by the Learning & Teaching Support Network for Business Management and Accountancy funded by the UK HEFCs to promote high quality learning and teaching practices. To join the list - ltsn-bma-audit send this message to Mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk - join ltsn-bma-audit Mary Smith substitute your name for 'Mary Smith' The system will read your e-mail address from your message header. (Knowledge Resource).

National Audit Office Home page for the independent public sector audit organization in the United Kingdom. This office reports on the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of departments and related parts of the government. The NAO publishes up to 50 value for money audits annually. A listing of the reports available is on the site as well as press notices that provide an abstract for each report. The Annual Report summarizes their work and results achieved.

Netherlands Court of Audit is the official audit organization for the Government. The site includes performance and regularity audit manuals, summaries of audit reports, the legal basis for the Office and more.

New South Wales Audit Office Site includes information about the office, roles and responsibilities, reports and publications and more.

New Zealand Controller and Auditor-General Office of the Controller and Auditor-General of New Zealand provides general information, recent reports, speeches and International affiliations.

Nijenrode Business Resources comprehensive list of business resources maintained by Nijenrode University in the Netherlands. Provides links to business resources on the Internet.

Nordic Accounting Network site is part of the International Accounting Network. Includes regional archives of information as well links to the other Network members.

Northern Ireland Audit Office provides information about the office and the types of audits performed.

Northern Territory Auditor-General's Office Web site provides information about the Office, and their reports.

Northampton County Controller Web site provides information about the organization and links to abstracts of the audit reports.

Nova Scotia Office of the Auditor General Provides information about the office and the services offered. Includes annual reports by the Auditor General.

Office of the Auditor General, Alberta, Canada Web site provides a report on Government Accountability and links to annual reports.

Office of the Auditor General, Newfoundland and Labrador Web site provides information about the office, entities subject to audit, reports and more.

Office of the Auditor General, New Brunswick Web site provides information about the office and their publications.

Office of the Provincial Auditor, Ontario, Canada Web site provides information about the office and links to audit reports by ministry and by program.

Office of the Provincial Auditor, Saskatchewan Web site provides information about the office, reports issued and more.

Organization of Local Government Auditing (OLGA) is an initiative of Scandanavian auditing firms responsible for the auditing local government entities in their respective countries. The Web site provides information about the organization and their members as well as links to other audit organizations.

PC Profile provides PC and desktop coverage for issues related to PC usage and software management. The site has links to free tools, PC audit tools, articles and much more. (Product discounts available for AuditNet users).

Pentana Software developer Web site that provides audit automation products, including resource planning, automated checklists and more. The site provides free demonstration software to evaluate the product.

Performance Management Web site for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (European Countries. The site identifies and explains key performance management issues, performance management publications, work methods, links to other sites and more.

Performance Management System Audit Guide from the Australian Queensland Audit Office provides an audit approach, methodology, audit considerations, criteria and more.

PracticeWeb The PracticeWeb(TM) system provides UK accounting firms with a unique web site presence supported by a wide range of site content. The system is designed to enable firms to create or modify their own site, while sharing a vast library of reliable, regularly updated client resources.

Practical Guide to Corruption Prevention prepared by the Independent Commission Against Corruption is an excellent resource for developing a fraud and corruption program within organizations. Modules include risk assessment, ethics, cash handling, purchasing and more.

Principles of Corporate Governance is a document from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Public Audit Forum Web site provides information about the forum, their publications and a schedule of work.

Quality Network site provides links to resources on quality management, ISO 9000, environmental and safety management. Will include environmental and safety management auditing advice.

Queensland Audit Office Home Page includes information about the office and links to other sites.

RespondaNet is the Web site for the Americas' Accountability Anti-Corruption project. The site contains information in English and Spanish including Accountability, the quarterly newsletter, links to related sites, publications, event listings and more.

Review Information Network Web site provides audit publications and guides from the Treasury Board of Canada.

Risk Management Audit Guide from the Treasury Board of Canada provides review guidance for auditors including risk identification, compensation, volunteers and more.

RMIT Internal Audit Group is the Web site for the auditors of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. The page includes information about the department, charter, FAQs, links to other audit sites and more.

Saipan, Office of the Public Auditor Web site for the official auditor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands provides information about the office, reports issued, government ethics, links to other resources and more.

Sick Leave Management Audit Guide form the Treasury Board of Canada provides guidance for reviews in this area. Sections include a model for sick leave management, planning and performing the audit, and more.

Software Auditing Home Page Site provides a review of software auditing systems, evaluations, notes and implementation plans. Includes links to related audit sites.

Society of Management Accountants Home page for the organization that represents Canadian Certified Management Accountants. Site has information about the designation, a library including articles from current and past issues of CMA Magazine, member news and more.

South Australia Auditor General government Web site provides information about their office and the reports issued.

Southern African Institute of Government Auditors Web site provides information about the organization, publications, standards, guidelines, training information, a discussion forum and more.

Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration in Helsinki, Finland Department of Accounting Web site which has tutorials and working papers. The Property of Audit Trail, by Anders Tallberg, analyzes the concept from the perspective of computer security and accounting systems. Includes links to accounting related sites.

Tasmanian Audit Office site includes information about the office, audit reports and links to other Australian audit sites.

Training Function Audit Guide from the Treasury Board of Canada provides information for reviews in the staff training area.

United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services Web site for the internal audit function of this World Wide organization provides information about the office, mandate, mission statement, activities and reports.

United Nations Panel of External Auditors is the official Web site for oversight of the organization, specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Links include objectives, common auditing standards, guidance and more.

UWS Nepean Internal Audit is the Web site for the University of Western Sydney Internal Audit Office. Includes their fraud control strategy, audit plan, the role of Internal Audit and links to related Internet sites.

Value for Money Audit Manual from the Office of the Auditor General of Canada provides standards, expected and common practices.

WebEc is an effort to categorize free information in Economics on the Web. This is an excellent site for anything related to economics resources on the Internet.

Western Canadian Auditing Roundtable Web site for a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of Health, Safety and Environmental auditing. Site provides their mission and goals, a waste facility environmental review and more.

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