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External vs. Internal Auditors in Prevention and Detection of Fraud: The Perception of Portuguese Tax Auditors

External vs. Internal Auditors in Prevention and Detection of Fraud: The Perception of Portuguese Tax Auditors
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Author(s): Rui Robalo (School of Management and Technology of Santarém, Portugal)and Sérgio Antunes da Silva (Portuguese Tax and Customs Authority, Portugal)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 17
Source title: Organizational Auditing and Assurance in the Digital Age
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Rui Pedro Marques (University of Aveiro, Portugal), Carlos Santos (University of Aveiro, Portugal)and Helena Inácio (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7356-2.ch016

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Abstract

This chapter aims to analyze, from the perspective of tax inspectors, what appreciation these tax auditors have to the collaboration between external and internal auditors for the prevention and detection of fraud in organizations. The investigation, based on the opinion of 142 Portuguese tax inspectors, reveals that tax inspectors attach a greater importance to the absence of barriers of communication between external and internal auditors, to the indications of the external to the internal auditors, on situations enhancing risk, and to the fact that, in dubious situations, the internal auditors must listen the opinion of the external auditors. In turn, tax inspectors value less the consideration of the external auditors in the work developed by the internal auditors, the frequency of meetings between the external and internal auditors, and the confidence of the external auditors in the technical work quality of the internal auditors. Despite the consistency of these results, the present study has allowed us to detect some differences between the tax inspectors surveyed.

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