Join the ICAEW Audit and Assurance Faculty, an internationally recognised network of professionals focused on keeping ahead of the changes to the audit and assurance landscape. Membership is open to everyone - non ICAEW members are welcome to join.
ICAEW’s Technical Advisory Service offers answers to some topical questions.
QAD shares concerns on the audit of stock, long-term contracts, single firm audits of simple UK groups, and post-pandemic approaches to audits.
ICAEW resources can help auditors to assess risks faced by their firms and by entities they audit.
There are plenty of opportunities for firms to enhance their audit documentation.
This webinar will share some practical insights on how to apply the new ISA.
This webinar will focus on the technical, people and project management skills needed to succeed in the role and use real life examples to identify practical solutions to help improve the quality and efficiency of the audits you manage.
Join Peter Herbert for this webinar aimed at helping small and medium sized audit firms get ready for the 2022/23 reporting season.
Many players in the financial reporting ecosystem – not just auditors – directly or indirectly influence the quality and reliability of financial reporting and the likelihood that fraud will be prevented or detected.
This webinar will share some practical insights on how the ISA is changing and how it affects you.
Guidance to assist the development of good practice by ‘Relevant Trustees.’ These are trustees who as part of their business as a trustee, offer pensions trustee services in relation to trust schemes and who either are on the Trustee Register or adopt this framework voluntarily.
This technical release has been prepared for ICAEW members involved in the preparation of an Accountant's Report in respect of the Solicitors Regulation Authority Accounts Rules effective from 25 November 2019.
This Technical Release is published by ICAEW’s Audit and Assurance Faculty. It provides practical guidance for accountants reporting to the SRA under the SRA Accounts Rules effective from 25 November 2019.
ATOL Reporting Accountants - Reporting to the Civil Aviation Authority (TECH 02/20 AAF) is a Technical Release published by ICAEW’s Audit and Assurance Faculty.
ICAEW’s Audit and Assurance Faculty answers members' common practical questions about how to audit inventory given the mandatory closure of many businesses and restrictions of movement across the world.
This Audit and Assurance Faculty Know-How guide explores COVID-19 issues faced by UK group auditors with overseas component auditors. It offers practical considerations in relation to the work of component auditors to address the requirements in ISAs (UK). It may also be relevant for group auditors in other jurisdictions with similar requirements.
ICAEW’s Internal Audit Panel has identified eight risk areas where boards and audit committees should be asking themselves whether they are receiving the objective assurance they need amid increased public scrutiny.
How to spot accounting estimates and not overlook the more obvious ones in your audit.
ICAEW has created a series of practical guides to support auditors in implementing the International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)). The guides focus on key challenges in implementing ISAs (UK) and how to overcome them.
ICAEW has created a series of practical guides to support auditors in implementing the IAASB’s international standards on auditing. The guides focus on key challenges in implementing ISAs and how to overcome them.
A representation dated 1 June 2023 to a consultation published by the IAASB on 24 January 2023.
A representation dated 30 May 2023 to a consultation published by the PCAOB on 28 March 2023.
Evidence submitted on 17 April 2023 to the House of Commons Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee (LUHCC).
A representation dated 21 April 2023 to a consultation published by IAASB on 24 October 2022.
A representation dated 11 April 2023 to a consultation published by IAASB on 11 January 2023.
A representation dated 6 March 2023 to a House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) inquiry.
Since it was established in 2004, Audit Quality Forum (AQF) has encouraged open and constructive debate amongst stakeholders about how to improve audit. Find out more about the AQF’s legacy and the wealth of material produced by the AQF with the support of BEIS, ICAEW and the FRC.
Auditors bringing their knowledge of market sectors and business issues for the benefit of wider stakeholders, and alerting practitioners to some of the issues they should consider when planning their audits.
ICAEW’s AuditFutures is an innovative and collaborative initiative, an action-research programme that uses interdisciplinary thinking, design-led processes and interactive workshops to reimagine the audit profession.
As discussions about the future of audit continue to evolve, the Audit and Assurance Faculty intends to influence the debate through a series of succinct, high-level thought leadership essays that consider a range of issues directly or indirectly relevant to the debate.