PSA 120 Flashcards
Comparative level of assurance provided by the auditor in agreed-upon procedures
No assurance
In Review Engagements, the report provided is
Negative assurance on assertions
It is the auditor’s satisfaction as to the reliability of an assertion being made by one party to another party
Assurance
The users of the report assess for themselves the procedures and findings reported by the auditor and draw their own conclusions from the auditor’s work
Agreed-upon procedures
What best described review?
It does not ordinarily involve an assessment of accounting and internal control systems, tests of records and of responses to inquiries by obtaining corroborating evidence through inspection, observation, confirmation and computation
This ordinarily entails reducing detailed data to a manageable and understandable form
Compilation engagement
If the auditor is not associated with the company,
3rd parties can assume no responsibility of the auditor
If the auditor learns that the entity uses his name in association with financial information,
-require management to cease doing so and,
-informing 3rd parties of the inappropriatness
-seek legal advice
In an engagement to perform agreed-upon procedures,
The report is restricted to those parties that have agreed to the procedures to be performed since others, unaware of the reasons for the procedures, may misinterpret the results
Does the users of the compiled information derive benefits from the accountants?
Yes