QUERY BY EXAMPLE: ALTERNATIF AUDIT TOOLS UNTUK MENUNJANG PENUGASAN AUDITOR DALAM PENGUJIAN SUBSTANTIF

• Main Authors: Oviliani Yenty Yuliana, Josua Tarigan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lembaga Penerbit Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis (LPFEB) 2008-08-01
• Series: Media Riset Akuntansi, Auditing & Informasi
• Online Access: http://www.trijurnal.lemlit.trisakti.ac.id/index.php/mraai/article/view/976

Along with the growth of the information technology (IT), several audit tools are developed to help the auditorto do theirduties efficiently and effectively. ACL and IDEA are the popularexamples of the audit tools nowadays. However; for small and medium public accountants (KAP) and aUsaha Kecil Menengahn (UKM) business sectors, ACL and IDEA audit tools pricing are very expensive. Moreover, based on preliminary survey, many companies have already recorded theirtransactions into a database. It motivates a study to optimize the database features that has been owned by KAP and UKM as audit tools. Therefore the companies can reduce theirinvestment. In this paper, researchers propose the use of 'Query By Example" (QBE) in Microsoft Access database as the audit tools. QBE is expected as one of alternative of audit tools that can assist auditor task, especially in substantive test. Key words : Information Technology (IT), audit tools, Query By Example (QBE)