Immersing in audit

  ISA 706 deals with additional communication in the auditor’s report when the auditor considers it necessary to: ·         Draw users’ attention to an important matter or matters presented or disclosed in the financial statements. ·         Draw users’ attention to any matter or matters other than those presented or disclosed in the financial statements that are relevant to users’ understanding of the audit, the auditor’s responsibilities or the auditor’s report. https://www.iaasb.org/

 The ISA deals with the auditor’s responsibility to issue an appropriate report in circumstances when the auditor concludes that a modification to the auditor’s opinion on the financial statements is necessary. This ISA is effective for audits of financial statements for periods ending on or after December 15, 2016. ISA 705 defines requirements relating to circumstances when a modification to the auditor’s opinion is needed, determining the type of modification to the auditor’s opinion, form and content of the auditor’s report and communication with those charged with governance when the opinion is modified. https://www.iaasb.org/

 ISA 720 is effective for audits of financial statements for periods ending on or after December 15, 2016. The ISA deals with the auditor’s responsibilities relating to other information, whether financial or non-financial information (other than financial statements and the auditor’s report), included in an entity’s annual report. The objective of the auditor is to consider whether there is a material inconsistency between the other information and the financial statements. ISA 720 defines requirements regarding obtaining the other Information, reading, and considering the other information, responding when a material Inconsistency or material misstatements exist, reporting and documentation. https://www.iaasb.org/

 ISA 560 deals with the auditor’s responsibilities relating to subsequent events in an audit of financial statements. This ISA is effective for audits of financial statements for periods beginning on or after December 15, 2009. The standard defines key time periods and auditor`s responsibilities regarding subsequent events, that affect the financial statements. ISA 560 outlines three time periods: Period 1 - Events occurring between the date of the financial statements and the date of the auditor’s report. Period 2 - Facts which become known to the auditor after the date of the auditor’s report but before the date the financial statements are issued. Period 3 - Facts which become known to the auditor after the financial statements have been issued. https://www.iaasb.org/  

 The ISA deals with the auditor’s responsibilities relating to the work of an individual or organization in a field of expertise other than accounting or auditing when that work is used in obtaining sufficient appropriate audit evidence. This ISA defines requirements regrading determination the need for an auditor’s expert, nature, timing and extent of audit procedures, the competence, capabilities and objectivity of the auditor’s expert, agreement with the auditor’s expert, evaluation the adequacy of the auditor’s expert’s work, reference to the auditor’s expert in the auditor’s report. This ISA is effective for audits of financial statements for periods beginning on or after December 15,  2009.

 ISA 800 is written in the context of a complete set of financial statements prepared in accordance with a special purpose framework. The ISA describes requirements concerning the acceptance of the engagement, the planning and performance of that engagement and forming an opinion and reporting on the financial statements prepared in accordance with special purpose framework.  This ISA does not override the requirements of the other ISA (100–700 series). This ISA is effective for audits of financial statements for periods ending on or after December 15, 2016. https://www.iaasb.org/