Dear Vijendran,
In a follow-up I asked you to be more specific and you wrote your
requirements below. Based on your expanded question, as far as I know you
will not find free software to perform what you asked. There are however
several software vendors that sell software to assist you in those
functions. They are as follows:
Audit Planning and Workpaper software (free demos available):
AuditLeverage at www.auditleverage.com audit software for Planning,
Fieldwork and Wrap-up
(Risk Assessment, Audit Planning & Budgeting, Scheduling & Staffing,
Workpapers, Audit Program, Timekeeping, Audit Recommendations and
Responses, Reporting, Follow-up Tracking)
PricewaterhouseCoopers TeamMate is a powerful electronic work paper package
that has revolutionized the audit documentation process. More information
at www.pwcglobal.com/teammate
Pentana's (www.pentana.com) modular audit suite provides an integrated
solution using Microsoft Access format databases to increase audit
productivity. Modules include:
Pentana Risk - strategic audit planning
Retain - resource planning system
Retime - actual time recording
Pentana Checker - automated audit checklists and programs
Pentana Tracker - action plan management
Paisley Consulting at www.paisleyconsulting.com offers AutoAudit 2001 -
electronic workpapers software allows auditors to compose risk assessments,
audit schedules, planning documents, workpapers, review comments, audit
reports, time reports and expense reports all in a single database.
Galileo at www.galileoontheweb.com is A Comprehensive and Integrated Audit
Management,
Documentation and Reporting System for Internal Auditors and Risk Managers.
Caseware IDEA (www.ideaontheweb.com) audit productivity tool makes it
possible to display, analyze, manipulate, sample or extract data from
virtually any type of file.
ACL at www.acl.com offers data extraction and analysis software for auditors.
The majority of the above vendors support AuditNet so you can read more
about them from links on the AuditNet site.
I hope that this answers your question.
>I am looking for an audit software that will be able to prepare the standard
>templates for planning, draw samples and prepare testing templates and audit
>programmes for specific sections with room for modifications onto the
>specific templates this would help me standardise the working papers in the
>execution of the audit engagement. the audit engagements are from small to
>medium businesses
>regards. also the software should be able to query the client's database for
>extraction os specific information in the parameters speficied for any
>certification work involved in the engagement.
At 09:18 PM 7/14/01 +0530, you wrote:
>Greeting
>
>Does anybody have information as to where i can come by some cheap/free
>audit software
>
>Regards
>Vijendran
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