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What is the difference between Internal Audit and forensic audit ?

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Question added by mukkur srinivasan varadhan , Chartered Accountant , Chartered Accountant in practice
Date Posted: 2014/01/04
MUHAMMED HARIS MI
by MUHAMMED HARIS MI , Senior Audit Staff , Saud Bahwan Group LLC.

Internal audit is a thorough auditing of each area of a company as an aid to the management, but forensic audit is mainly surrounds the theme of auditing critically to detect any kind of frauds or errors in the financial statements.

Internal audit deals with risk based audit where the emphasis is on internal controls. it encompasses checking compliance of internal controls in an organization, Indetifying weak controls among others. Forensic audit involves proving that a malpractise has occurred or not. it involves investigating allegations of fraud and proving their veracity.

Amr Ebeid
by Amr Ebeid , Financial controller , Majan University College SAOG www.majancollege.edu.om

Internal audit involves adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls in the prevention and detection  of potential risks while forensic audit  involves investigation of allegations of realized risks. 

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