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The Audit and Assurance Faculty have produced a number of helpsheets. These are designed to help firms to prepare their audit reports for certain specific situations. They cover the main changes that are needed to be made to the examples in the FRC’s Compendium of illustrative auditor’s reports and to help firms to comply with the relevant law and International Standards on Auditing (UK).
This helpsheet is designed to explain the main changes that are needed to the audit report when an auditor considers it necessary to issue a modified opinion on the financial statements due to a limitation on the scope of the audit.
This helpsheet is designed to explain the main changes that are needed to the audit report when an auditor considers it necessary to issue an adverse opinion on the financial statements due to a material and pervasive misstatement in the financial statements. This assumes that aside from the matter giving rise to the adverse opinion, the auditor has obtained all other necessary evidence to support the opinion.
This helpsheet is designed to explain the main changes that are needed to the audit report of a society registered under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 that does not prepare group financial statements, compared to that of a company. It does not seek to explain every difference, just the key areas to consider as a result of the differing legal and regulatory requirements.
This helpsheet is designed to explain the main changes that are needed to the audit report of a company where there is a material uncertainty related to going concern.
This helpsheet is designed to explain the main changes that are needed to the audit report of a company where the financial statements are prepared on a basis other than going concern.
This helpsheet is designed to explain the main changes that are needed to the audit report of a company that is an English Registered Provider of Social Housing (RP) or Scottish Registered Social Landlord (RSL) that does not prepare group financial statements, compared to that of a company. It does not seek to explain every difference, just the key areas to consider as a result of the differing legal and regulatory requirements.
This helpsheet is designed to explain the main changes that are needed to the audit report when an auditor considers it necessary to issue a modified opinion on the financial statements due to a material misstatement in the financial statements. The example chosen to illustrate the amendments needed to a modified opinion is where there is a material deficiency in the information relating to related party transactions that is required to be disclosed by the financial reporting framework
This helpsheet is designed to explain the main changes that are needed to the audit report of a charity that is an English Registered Provider of Social Housing Landlord (RP) that does not prepare group financial statements, compared to that of a company. It does not seek to explain every difference, just the key areas to consider as a result of the differing legal and regulatory requirements.
This helpsheet is designed to explain the main changes that are needed to the audit report of an English Registered Provider of Social Housing (RP) or a Scottish or Welsh Registered Social Landlord (RSL) registered under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 that does not prepare group financial statements, compared to that of a company. It does not seek to explain every difference, just the key areas to consider as a result of the differing legal and regulatory requirements.
This helpsheet is designed to explain the main changes that are needed to the audit report when an auditor considers it necessary to disclaim the opinion on the financial statements as a whole. The example wording in this helpsheet has been adapted from the examples in the Appendix to ISA (UK) 705 and updated for UK legal and regulatory requirements.
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Stacey Tapp, ICAEW Technical Advisor, explains the criteria for determining whether an audit is required and answers commonly asked questions about audit exemption for periods commencing on or after 1 January 2016.
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Stacey Tapp, ICAEW Technical Advisor, explains the criteria for determining whether an audit is required and answers commonly asked questions about audit exemption for periods commencing before 1 January 2016.
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Technical helpsheet regarding audit regulations for clubs, associations and societies.
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Technical helpsheet issued to help ICAEW members understand the International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) requirements in relation to going concern and the impact the various different situations have on the auditor’s report.
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Technical helpsheet issued to help ICAEW members to identify the various changes that may need to be made to audit reports under International Standards of Auditing (UK) where there is a modified opinion, emphasis of matter or other matter paragraph.
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Technical helpsheet issued to help ICAEW members understand the key changes to the audit reports for periods beginning on or after 17 June 2016 under International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)).
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Technical helpsheet issued by to help ICAEW members to understand their responsibilities regarding subsidiaries when auditing the group accounts and the implications on the auditor’s report where access to the financial information of subsidiaries is denied by the parent entity.
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Technical helpsheet to help ICAEW members when considering whether to accept engagement as auditor to a company preparing its accounts under the micro-entity regime.
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Technical helpsheet on the FRC Auditing Standards 2016 for periods commencing on or after 17 June 2016. It explains some key changes to the ISAs (UK), which replace the previous ISAs (UK & Ireland).
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Technical helpsheets which explain the responsibilities of auditors on resignation from a NON public interest company, and the responsibilities of the company after the auditors cease to act. Applicable on or after 1 October 2015.