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Engagement and Quality Control Standards
(Formerly known as Auditing and Assurance Standards)


Preface to the Standards on Quality Control, Auditing, Review, Other Assurance and Related Services

Framework for Assurance Engagements

Effective Dates of Revised/ New Standards on Auditing (SAs) issued by AASB
under the Clarity Project
(as on July 26, 2010)

Standards on Quality Control (SQCs)

 

SQC 1, "Quality Control for Firms that Perform Audit and Reviews of Historical Financial Information, and other Assurance and Related Services Engagements"

 
 

Implementation Guide to SQC 1

Audits and Reviews of Historical Financial Information

  100-999 Standards on Auditing (SAs)
  100-199 Introductory Matters
  200-299 General Principles and Responsibilities
    SA 200 (AAS 1), "Basic Principles Governing an Audit"

SA 200A (AAS 2), "Objective and Scope of the Audit of Financial Statements"

SA 200 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
Overall Objectives of the Independent Auditor and the Conduct of an Audit in Accordance with Standards on Auditing

SA 210 (AAS 26), "Terms of Audit Engagement"

SA 210 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
"Agreeing the Terms of the Audit Engagements
"

SA 220 (AAS 17), "Quality Control for Audit Work"

SA 220 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
Quality Control for an Audit of Financial Statements

SA 230 (AAS 3), "Documentation"

SA 230 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
"Audit Documentation"

SA 240 (AAS 4), "The Auditor's Responsibility to Consider Fraud and Error in an Audit of Financial Statements"

SA 240 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
"The Auditor's Responsibilities Relating to Fraud in an Audit of Financial Statements"

SA 250 (AAS 21), "Consideration of Laws and Regulations in an Audit of Financial Statements"

SA 250 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
"Consideration of Laws and Regulations in an Audit of Financial Statements
"

SA 260 (AAS 27), "Communications of Audit Matters with Those Charged with Governance"

SA 260 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
"Communication with Those Charged with Governance
"

SA 265 under the Clarity Project,
"Communicating Deficiencies in Internal Control to Those Charged with Governance and Management
"

SA 299 (AAS 12), "Responsibility of Joint Auditors"
 

  300-499 Risk Assessment and Response to Assessed Risks
    SA 300 (AAS 8), "Audit Planning"

SA 300 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
"Planning an Audit of Financial Statements"

SA 310 (AAS 20), "Knowledge of the Business"

SA 315 under the Clarity Project,
"Identifying and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement through Understanding the Entity and Its Environment"

SA 320 (AAS 13), "Audit Materiality"

SA 320 under the Clarity Project,
"Materiality in Planning and Performing an Audit
"

SA 330 under the Clarity Project,
"The Auditor's Responses to Assessed Risks"

SA 400 (AAS 6), "Risk Assessments and Internal Control"

SA 401 (AAS 29), "Audit in a Computer Information Systems Environment"

SA 402 (AAS 24), "Audit Considerations Relating to Entities Using Service Organisations"

SA 402 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
"Audit Considerations Relating to an Entity using a Service Organisation
"

SA 450, under the Clarity Project,
"Evaluation of Misstatements Identified During the Audit
"
 

  500-599 Audit Evidence
    SA 500 (AAS 5), "Audit Evidence"

SA 500 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
"Audit Evidence"

SA 501 (AAS 34), "Audit Evidence - Additional Considerations for Specific Items"

SA 501 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
Audit Evidence - Specific Considerations for Selected Items

SA 505 (AAS 30), "External Confirmations"

SA 505 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
External Confirmations

SA 510 (AAS 22), "Initial Engagements - Opening Balances"

SA 510 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
"Initial Audit Engagements Opening Balances
"

SA 520 (AAS 14), "Analytical Procedures"

SA 520 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
Analytical Procedures

SA 530 (AAS 15), "Audit Sampling"

SA 530 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
"Audit Sampling"

SA 540 (AAS 18), "Auditing of Accounting Estimates"

SA 540 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
Auditing Accounting Estimates, Including Fair Value Accounting Estimates, and Related Disclosures

SA 550 (AAS 23), "Related Parties"

SA 550 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
"Related Parties"

SA 560 (AAS 19), "Subsequent Events"

SA 560 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
"Subsequent Events"

SA 570 (AAS 16), "Going Concern"

SA 570 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
"Going Concern
"

SA 580 (AAS 11), "Representations by Management"

SA 580 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
"Written Representations"
 

  600-699 Using Work of Others
    SA 600 (AAS 10), "Using the Work of Another Auditor"

SA 610 (AAS 7), "Relying Upon the Work of an Internal Auditor"

SA 610 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
"Using the Work of Internal Auditors"

SA 620 (AAS 9), "Using the Work of an Expert"

SA 620 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
Using the Work of an Auditor’s Expert

 

  700-799 Audit Conclusions and Reporting
    SA 700 (AAS 28), "The Auditor's Report on Financial Statements"

SA 700 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
Forming an Opinion and Reporting on Financial Statements

SA 705 under the Clarity Project,
Modifications to the Opinion in the Independent Auditor’s Report

SA 706 under the Clarity Project,
Emphasis of Matter Paragraphs and Other Matter Paragraphs in the
Independent Auditor’s Report

SA 710 (AAS 25), "Comparatives"

SA 710 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
Comparative Information—Corresponding Figures and Comparative Financial Statements

SA 720 under the Clarity Project,
"The Auditor's Responsibility in Relation to Other Information in Documents Containing Audited Financial Statements"

 

  800-899 Specialized Areas
    SA 800 under the Clarity Project,
Special Considerations — Audits of Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance with Special Purpose Frameworks

SA 805 under the Clarity Project,
Special Considerations — Audits of Single Financial Statements and Specific Elements, Accounts or Items of a Financial Statement

SA 810 under the Clarity Project,
Engagements to Report on Summary Financial Statements

 

  2000-2699 Standards on Review Engagements (SREs)
   

SRE 2400 (AAS 33), "Engagements to Review Financial Statements"

SRE 2400 (Revised) under the Clarity Project,
Engagements to Review Financial Statements

SRE 2410 under the Clarity Project,
Review of Interim Financial Information Performed by the Independent Auditor of the Entity

 

Assurance Engagements Other Than Audits or Reviews of Historical Financial Information

  3000-3699

Standards on Assurance Engagements (SAEs)

  3000-3399 Applicable to All Assurance Engagements
  3400-3699 Subject Specific Standards
    SAE 3400 (AAS 35), "The Examination of Prospective Financial Information"
 

Related Services

  4000-4699 Standards on Related Services (SRSs)
   

SRS 4400 (AAS 32), "Engagements to Perform Agreed-upon Procedures Regarding Financial Information"

SRS 4410 (AAS 31), "Engagements to Compile Financial Information"
 

General Clarifications issued

 

General Clarification (GC)-AASB/2/2004 on SA 210

General Clarification (GC)-AASB/3/2004 on SA 570

General Clarification (GC)-AASB/1/2002 on SA 620
 

 

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