A company has recently outsourced its payroll process to a third party service provider. An audit team
Question:
A company has recently outsourced its payroll process to a third party service provider. An audit team was scheduled to audit payroll controls in the annual audit plan prepared prior to the outsourcing. What action should the audit team take, considering the outsourcing decision?
a. Cancel the engagement, because the processing is being performed outside the organization.
b. Review only the controls over payments to the third-party provider based on the contract.
c. Review only the company’s controls over data sent to and received from the third-party service provider.
d. Review the controls over payroll processing in both the company and the third-party service provider.
Step by Step Answer:
Internal Auditing Assurance & Advisory Services
ISBN: 9780894139871
4th Edition
Authors: Urton L. Anderson, Michael J. Head, Sridhar Ramamoorti, Cris Riddle, Mark Salamasick, Paul J. Sobel