Definition of Audit Evidence

"Audit evidence" which is all the information used through the auditor in arriving on the conclusions on such the audit opinion is support, and involves the information gathered in the accounting records underlying the financial statements and other information or knowledge. Auditors are not expected to address all information that may prove. Audit evidence, which is cumulative in behavior, involves audit evidence obtained from audit procedures performed while the course of the audit and may involve audit evidence contained from other sources that like previous audits and a firm's quality control procedures for client continuance and acceptance.