IAASB Issues Revised Group Audits Standard
The IAASB has just released its revised standard for group audits (ISA 600 (Revised)). The revised standard becomes effective for audits of group financial statements for periods beginning on or after December 15, 2023.
The changes to ISA 600 (Revised) include a robust risk-based approach to planning and performing a group audit. The approach focuses the group auditor’s attention and work effort on identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement of the group financial statements and designing and performing further audit procedures to respond to those assessed risks. It also recognizes that component auditors can be, and often are, involved in all phases of the group audit. The revised standard promotes a clear, proactive and scalable approach for group audits that can be applied to today’s evolving group audit structures.
A Basis for Conclusions and Factsheet are also available to provide background to the changes and a high-level overview of the revised standard.
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Quality Management: Additional Guidance and Conforming Amendments to the IAASB’s Other Standards
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IAASB Disruptive Technology Initiative: Recent Activities
The IAASB Disruptive Technology initiative is focused on ensuring that the IAASB keeps pace with, and is prepared to adapt to, disruptive technologies.
In February 2022, a second IAASB Disruptive Technologies roundtable was held with the theme of “The Future Audit: Optimized by Data Access, Automation and AI.” It was attended by representatives from national standard setters, regulators, professional organizations, preparers, public accounting firms and IAASB Board members. A summary is available on the IAASB website: Disruptive Technologies Roundtable Summary.
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Get to Know the IAASB Board
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Fernando Ruiz Monroy (IAASB Member)
Fernando is a practitioner and the Regional Assurance Risk Management Partner at Ernst & Young and he has more than 24 years’ experience in audit services. Fernando was appointed to the IAASB Board by the CPA Mexican Institute of Public Accountants. Fernando is currently the Chair of the IAASB’s Technology Consultation Group.
What do you think will be the biggest change or disruption for the IAASB in the next 3 years, specifically from the perspective of the IAASB’s Technology Consultation Group (previously the Technology Working Group)?
No doubt we are seeing many changes in terms of technology in the audit field around the world. I recognize that audit firms, regions and countries are adapting depending on their specific needs or situations because not everyone is moving at the same pace. The challenge for us, as a global standard setting board, is to balance what we can incorporate into the ISAs regarding technology, because our standards need to be usable and helpful for our stakeholders. Also, we need to keep in mind that technology changes every day and we do not want to add content that becomes obsolete in a short period of time.
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For the next 3 years, the IAASB will be working on revising very important standards, such as fraud, going concern and audit evidence. This is a good opportunity to enhance the standards to address technology, without creating requirements that cause unnecessary work effort. We need to think of technology as a way of assisting auditors to maintain both quality and efficiency.
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- No open consultations at present
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Other Documents Recently Published
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Coming Soon
- Support materials for implementing ISA 315 (Revised 2019)
- Technology FAQ: Planning Materiality & Addressing Exceptions
- ISA 220 (Revised) Fact Sheet: Definition of Engagement Team
- Guidance: Using Extant ISA 600 with ISA 220 (Revised)
- Fraud Non-authoritative Guidance
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