UDK 331:657

L.T.Zhumaliyeva

Candidate of  History  Sciences and

Associate Professor, KazATU named after S.Seyfullina

Republic of Kazakhstan, City Astana

Т.К.Bekzhanova

Candidate of Economic Sciences and

Associate Professor, CSUofTI named after Sh.Esenov

Republic of Kazakhstan, City Aktau

 

DEVELOPMENT OF AUDIT ACTIVITY IN KAZAKHSTAN

Today more and more important is the need to ensure the competitiveness of the economy of Kazakhstan in the framework of the tasks the Head of State of Kazakhstan joining the top 50 most competitive countries in the world. In order to implement the planned measures are necessary strategies to ensure rapid transition of the real economy to the international standards of financial reporting and auditing.

Currently, the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On amendments and additions to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on auditing activity", according to which the audit activities carried out in accordance with international auditing standards.

As the domestic and international practice, the demand for audit services has arisen in connection with the following circumstances [1, p.2]

- The possibility of biased information from the administration in the event of a conflict with the users of this information (owners, investors, creditors);

- The dependence of the effects of decisions made on the quality of information;

- The necessity to have special knowledge to verify the information;

- Partial lack of information, access to sources of information users to assess its quality.

All of these conditions have led to the emergence of the social service needs of independent experts with the appropriate training, qualifications, experience and authorization for the provision of such services. This is due to the fact that the availability of reliable information to improve the efficiency of functioning of all interested market participants, and provides an opportunity to assess and predict the consequences of various economic decisions.

Audit in Kazakhstan began in the late 80s, it was then started his first steps auditing organizations. And in 1993 the audit formally cemented his birth with the adoption of the first Law of RK "On Auditing". During this time, the audit has taken its rightful place in the financial market, has proved its right to exist as an institution of the audit.

Currently established sufficient integrity auditing activities regulation system, which is represented by a number of normative legal acts, including the Law "On audit activity" (hereinafter - the Law) of 20 November 1998, adopted May 5, 2006 amendments, the Law of RK "On mandatory insurance civil liability of auditors and audit organizations "of 13 June 2003, as well as the normative legal acts, approved by Order of the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan [2, 5]. But, despite this, the issue of improving the audit profession is one of the more pressing.

In the current economic conditions, customers need a quality audit of the audit, not a formal audit report confirming the accuracy of the financial statements. Therefore, the issue of control over the quality of work of audit firms is extremely important.

In this regard, focus concept in the medium term for the rise of the quality control of audit services and this is the main focus on the development of a qualified audit.

The law provides a set of measures aimed at improving audit quality and public confidence in the audit profession. First of all, we are talking about strengthening the auditing profession, its development of self-regulation, as well as continuing professional development for auditors.

Within the framework of the above objectives, the emphasis will be on training of auditors, their certification and training, protection of the interests of users of financial information, which is, first of all, must be confirmed by a qualified audit, as well as ordering the foundations of the audit institution functioning.

The development of self-regulation of the audit profession is currently being actively discussed in the professional community. The question of enhancing and strengthening the self-regulatory professional organizations, through which the quality control of audit services will be held. There is a need to establish a number of professional organizations that, in fact, serve as a lever for the further development of the audit market [3, p.17].

The main activity in professional organizations should be issues of concern to the professional community and the general public: the state of corporate governance, taxation, the effective transition to the international standards of financial reporting and auditing. And all this must refer to the sphere of activity of self-regulating professional organizations. To this end, the Law provides for a variety of professional auditing organizations, which will create a favorable competitive environment, which in turn will contribute to a proportional increase professionalism and improve the quality of audit services.

The development of the audit profession should be in the public interest, where the cornerstone should be put directly to user interests, and to this end it is necessary to exclude the possibility of its development in the confined space within the interests of auditors themselves. The auditor works for the user to be sure of the information received. This kind of protection, a guarantee of its rights. A guarantee the rights of its citizens - and is a function of the state, which should set clear criteria and rules. If the professional organizations test and improve the professional level of auditors, the state is responsible for compliance with legal provisions and the general rules. For this and needs government supervision [4, p.34].

This question is quite important not only for Kazakhstan, he was seriously both theoretical and practical development in most of the leading countries of the world. Since the audit results are the basis for many economic decisions, audit activities rather strictly regulated in all countries. As the recent events in the US, the lack of control by the state in relation to the activities of audit firms nearly led to the collapse of the stock market and brought billions in losses for shareholders of a number of leading US companies.

To improve the audit system of the main directions for the medium term are:

- The introduction into the curricula of secondary and higher education institutions and study of ISAs ability of their application in practice;

- Development and improvement of the system of professional practicing auditors accredited professional auditing organization;

- An effective system of state supervision over compliance with legislation on audit activity.

Also, in cooperation with the professional community need to work to enhance the prestige of the auditing profession through briefings, "round tables", with warning through the media. Similar activities will interest and attract young people, as there is currently demand in audit services increases dramatically, which will also decide the issue of selection of suitable personnel staff.

Described improvements to the audit will provide the framework for further development of the audit profession. It should be noted that a balanced approach by the government would achieve the desired level of balance as in the relations between the state and the audit community, and in the relationship between themselves accredited professional auditing organizations that will be involved in auditing activities regulatory process that will serve the further positive development of the audit profession in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Literature:

1. D.O Ablenov Basics of the audit: Textbook. - Astana: Folio, 2008. - 448 c.

2. D.O Ablenov Financial control and an in-depth audit of the theory, methodology, practice: Textbook. - Almaty: "Economy", 2007. - 608 c.

3. EO Nurseitov Accounting organizations. Tutorial - Almaty: LEM Publishing, 2006 - 472 p.

4. Sharipov AK Audit: textbook. - Almaty: Economics, 2010. - 288 p.