PurposeBenford'sLawisasimpleandeffectiveauditor–toolthatdetectsfraud.Thispaper’spurposeistoaudittheeffi-ciencyofBenford'slaw,whichusesasetofstrangeob-servations,certainnumbersrepeatedoverothernumbersinthedataset.
Researchdesign,data,andmethodologyBenford'slawwas–appliedinnumericalanalysis.Wecansaythatinadditiontore-ducingthedurationoftheaudit,thecapacitiesoftheauditweremorerobust.
vefraudandexpandtheuseofanalyticalproceduresinplanningtheaudit.Additionally,theuseoftheanalysesaspartofthecomputer'sinternalcontrolshelpedtofurtherimprovetheeffectivenessofinternalcontrolsandreinforcethem.
ConclusionsBenfordanalysisshouldbecarriedoutasap–-propriate.Insubsequentstudies,itcanalsobeexaminedasatooltorevealdoubtfulaccounts.Numericalanalysisofthedataandacomputerarenecessary.Programsfordataanalysisinvariousapplicationssuchasauditing(SAS)and(ACL)and(CaseWare)and(IDEA)areavailable.