TY - JOUR AB - Technological advances (e.g. e‐commerce and the Internet) have changed business practices and the process of recording and storing business transactions. Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) will soon be built into accounting and reporting software which would allow on‐line real‐time preparation, publication, examination, and extraction of financial information. Thus, outside, independent auditors should use continuous, electronic auditing when most financial information exists only in electronic form under real‐time accounting systems. Continuous auditing and its implications for independent auditors, including internal control considerations and audit procedures, are described and analyzed. VL - 16 IS - 3 SN - 0268-6902 DO - 10.1108/02686900110385605 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/02686900110385605 AU - Rezaee Zabihollah AU - Elam Rick AU - Sharbatoghlie Ahmad PY - 2001 Y1 - 2001/01/01 TI - Continuous auditing: the audit of the future T2 - Managerial Auditing Journal PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 150 EP - 158 Y2 - 2024/09/19 ER -