audit trail

audit trail
Resolves the validity of an accounting entry by a step-by-step record by which accounting data can be traced to their source. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
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The range of documents, and other evidence including tape recordings, which records all business activities and transactions which the firm effects. Such a historic record allows the firm to piece together the chronology of a trade. It is also required for compliance purposes. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein financial glossary

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audit trail ˈaudit trail noun [countable]
1. ACCOUNTING a series of documents that shows the financial activities of a company, and shows whether their financial records are correct:

• The audit trail showed that the company had actually been losing money for some time.

2. COMPUTING a series of records of someone's activities when using a computer system or when using the Internet:

• Our computer system has an audit trail which records every request made of it as a standard security procedure.

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audit trail UK US noun [C]
► ACCOUNTING documents and records that show the history of a company's financial activities, examined by someone who is doing an audit (= checking a company's accounts): »

The audit trail must be supported by sufficient documentation to follow a transaction from beginning to end.

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You should maintain an adequate audit trail of all transactions.

► IT a record of the activity on a computer or computer system: »

It's important to keep an audit trail to see who has changed a document and when.

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The database provides a full audit trail of activity.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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