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The Risk Identification and Assessment Process: Tips on Implementing ISA 315 (Revised 2019)
This implementation tool helps auditors implement the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board’s International Standard on Auditing (ISA) 315 (Revised 2019), Identifying and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement, which is effective for audits of financial statements for periods beginning on or after December 15, 2021. The tool provides an overview of core concepts and…
Quality Management and Group Audits: Highlighting Certain Aspects of Interaction Between ISA 220 (Revised) and ISA 600
This fact sheet focuses on the interactions between International Standard on Auditing (ISA) 220 (Revised) on quality management at the engagement level and ISA 600 on group audits. It highlights aspects of a group audit that may be affected by ISA 220 (Revised) and International Standard on Quality Management (ISQM) 1. This includes the revised…
Proposed Strategy and Work Plan for 2024‒2027
This proposed strategy seeks to accelerate the actions originally laid out in the 2020-2023 strategy with a focus on standard setting that supports the performance of high-quality audit and assurance engagements. It outlines four strategic objectives: Support the consistent performance of quality audit engagements by enhancing our auditing standards in areas where there is the…
Exposure Draft (ED) 84, Concessionary Leases and Right-of-Use Assets In-kind
The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) has released Exposure Draft (ED) 84, Concessionary Leases and Right-of-Use Assets In-kind (Amendments to IPSAS 43 and IPSAS 23). ED 84 is part of phase two of the IPSASB’s Leases project. It proposes amendments to IPSAS 43, Leases on accounting for concessionary leases, as well as new…
Proposed Part 10, Audits of Group Financial Statements of the Proposed ISA for Audits of Financial Statements of Less Complex Entities
This proposed section, Part 10, Audits of Group Financial Statements, is intended to form part of the proposed International Standard on Auditing for Audits of Financial Statements of Less Complex Entities (ISA for LCE) when finalized. Group audits were not included in the scope of the original Exposure Draft of the ISA for LCE. Given…
IFAC Small and Medium Practices Advisory Group Response to the IAASB’s Exposure Draft proposed Narrow Scope Amendments to ISA 700 (Revised) and ISA 260 (Revised)
The SMPAG supports the IAASB approach to undertake the project on listed entity and PIE as two tracks with the ED focused on narrow scope amendments to ISA 700 (Revised) and ISA 260 (Revised) to support operationalizing the IESBA transparency requirement with an effective data that aligns with the revisions to the IESBA Code, followed…
IFAC-IAASB Quality Management Resources
In late 2020, the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) issued three new and revised quality management standards. The standards strengthen and modernize how a firm of any size or level of complexity approaches quality management. This document provides links to IFAC and IAASB materials that can help firms implement the new standards. Visit…