Overview of Audit, Assurance, and Related Engagements Flashcards
Three Types of Audit
Financial Audit, Compliance Audit, and Operations Audit
Financial Audit
- Fairly presented
- criteria based on PFRS and other financial frameworks
- opinion on whether to assert if the FS is fairly presented
- External Auditor
Compliance Audit
- organization compliance with laws, regulations, and contracts
- criteria based on laws, regulations, and contracts
- degree of compliance with laws, regulations, and contracts
- government auditors
Operations Audit
- organization is operating effectively and efficiently
- objectives set by the BOD or management of the organization
- recommendations and suggestion on how to improve operations.
Generally Accepted Auditing Standards
3 General Standards
1. adequate technical training and proficiency as an auditor
2. independence in mental attitude
due professional care
3 Standards of Fieldwork
- adequately planned and properly supervised
- sufficient understanding of internal control
- sufficient appropriate evidential matter
4 Standards of Reporting
- shall state if the FS complied with GAAP
- consistency in the application of GAAP
- adequacy of informative disclosures
- expression of opinion
Standards covered by PFAE
a. Philippine Standards on Auditing
b. Philippine Standards on Assurance Engagement
c. Philippine Standards on Review Engagement
Users of PFAE
- Practitioners
- Other parties involved in the engagement
- Standards setting bodies (IAASB,AASC)
Assurance Engagement
expressing a conclusion designed to enhance the degree of confidence of the intended users about the outcome of the evaluation or measurement of a subject matter against criteria.
Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants
- Integrity
- Objectivity
- Professional competence and due care
- Confidentiality
- Professional Behavior
Subject matter information
the outcome of the evaluation or measurement of a subject matter
Assertion based engagement
the evaluation or measurement of the subject matter is performed by the responsible party is in the form of assertions that is made available to intended users
Direct reporting engagement
the evaluation or measurement of the subject matter is performed directly by the practitioner and the subject matter information is provided to intended users in the assurance report
Reasonable assurance engagement
positive assurance - audit
absolute or high level
reduction of assurance risk to an acceptable low level in the circumstances of the engagement
Limited assurance engagement
negative assurance - review
moderate
reduction of assurance risk to an acceptable level in the circumstances of the engagement
risk is greater than reasonable assurance engagement
Engagements not Assurance Engagements
Engagements that does not have assurance or opinions
- Agreed-upon procedures
- Compilations
- Tax returns
- consultation or advisory
Engagements that meets the definition of assurance engagement but is not required by the framework
- testifying in legal proceedings
2. professional opinions
Reports on Non-Assurance Engagement
- implying compliance with Framework, PSA, PSRE, PSAE
- Words such as assurance, audit, or review
- statement that can be reasonably mistaken as a conclusion
Engagement Acceptance
- a practitioner must have independence, competence, and other ethical requirements.
- the engagement must have all the characteristics:
a. appropriate subject matter
b. suitable and available criteria
c. access to sufficient appropriate evidenced.
d. conclusion is drawn in a written report
e. rational purpose
Other consideration in engagement acceptance
- if there is a significant scope limitation it is unlikely the engagement has a rational purpose
- there may be additional requirements in the specific standards.
- an accepted assurance engagement cannot change to a non assurance, or a limited to reasonable engagement without reasonable justification
- a potential engagement cannot be accepted as assurance engagement, it is possible to identify a different engagement that will meet the needs of intended users.
Elements of Assurance Engagement
- three-party relationship
- appropriate subject matter
- suitable criteria
- sufficient and appropriate evidence
- Assurance report
Three party relationship
Practitioner - auditor or the party to perform the assurance engagement
Responsible party - auditee or the party responsible for the subject matter or the subject matter information
Intended users - a person for whom the practitioner prepares the assurance report
True or False?
the responsible party and the intended party may be from different or the same entity
True
True or False?
the responsible party may or may not be the party who engages the practitioner
True
True or False?
the responsible party can be the only intended user
False, the responsible party can be one of the intended users but not the only one.
Appropriate Subject Matter
identifiable and capable of consistent evaluation against criteria or can be subjected to procedures
Characteristics of a Suitable Criteria
relevance completeness reliability neutrality understandability
what are the criteria?
the benchmark used to evaluate or measure the subject matter
Formal Criteria
established framework or standard
Less formal criteria
internally developed code of conduct or an agreed level of performance
Audit evidence
information obtained in which the conclusion is based