Interpretation and Application of International Standards on Auditing [Elektronisk resurs].

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WILEY : Interpretation and Application of International Standards on Auditing; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the Author; 1 The History of Auditing; 2 The Clarity Project; 3 The Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants; 4 ISA 200 (revised and redrafted) Overall Objectives of the Independent Auditor and theConduct of an Audit in Accordance with International Standards on Auditing; 5 ISA 210 (redrafted) Agreeing the Terms of Audit Engagements; 6 ISA 220 (redrafted) Quality Control for an Audit of Financial Statements; 7 ISA 230 (revised) Audit Documentation

8 ISA 240 (redrafted) The Auditor's Responsibilities Relating to Fraud in an Audit of Financial Statements9 ISA 250 (redrafted) Consideration of Laws and Regulations in an Audit of Financial Statements; 10 ISA 260 (revised and redrafted) Communication with Those Charged with Governance; 11 ISA 265 Communicating Deficiencies in Internal Control to Those Charged with Governance and Management; 12 ISA 300 (redrafted) Planning an Audit of Financial Statements; 13 ISA 315 (redrafted) Identifying and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement Through Understanding the Entity and its Environment

14 ISA 320 (revised and redrafted) Materiality in Planning and Performing an Audit15 ISA 330 (redrafted) The Auditor's Responses to Assessed Risks; 16 ISA 402 (revised and redrafted) Audit Considerations Relating to an Entity Using a Service Organisation; 17 ISA 450 (revised and redrafted) Evaluation of Misstatements Identified during the Audit; 18 ISA 500 (redrafted) Audit Evidence; 19 ISA 501 (redrafted) Audit Evidence -Specific Considerations for Selected Items; 20 ISA 505 (revised and redrafted) External Confirmations; 21 ISA 510 (redrafted) Initial Audit Engagements - Opening Balances

22 ISA 520 (redrafted) Analytical Procedures23 ISA 530 (redrafted) Audit Sampling; 24 ISA 540 (revised and redrafted) Auditing Accounting Estimates, Including Fair Value Accounting Estimates, and Related Disclosures; 25 ISA 550 (revised and redrafted) Related Parties; 26 ISA 560 (redrafted) Subsequent Events; 27 ISA 570 (redrafted) Going Concern; 28 ISA 580 (revised and redrafted) Management Representations; 29 ISA 600 (revised and redrafted) Special Considerations - Audits of Group Financial Statements (Including the Work of Component Auditors)

30 ISA 610 (redrafted) Using theWork of Internal Auditors31 ISA 620 (revised and redrafted) Using the Work of an Auditor's Expert; 32 ISA 700 (revised) Forming an Opinion on the Financial Statements; 33 ISA 705 (revised and redrafted) Modifications to the Opinion in the Independent Auditor's Report; 34 ISA 706 (revised and redrafted) Emphasis of Matter Paragraphs and Other Matter(s) Paragraphs in the Independent Auditors' Report; 35 ISA 710 (redrafted) Comparative Information - Corresponding Figures and Comparative Financial Statements

36 ISA 720 (redrafted) The Auditor's Responsibilities Relating to Other Information in Documents Containing Audited Financial Statements

Written by Steven Collings, winner of Accounting Technician of the Year at the British Accountancy Awards 2011, this book deals with the significant changes auditing has undergone in recent years, due in large part to well-publicised corporate disasters such as Enron and Parmalat, which have shaken the profession. In response, many countries have replaced pre-existing domestic standards with International Standards on Auditing (ISAs) in an attempt to ensure that auditors throughout the world apply the same level of standards during all audit assignments, and that audit quality remain