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The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board sets high-quality international standards for auditing, assurance, and quality control that strengthen public confidence in the global profession.
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The International Accounting Education Standards Board establishes standards, in the area of professional accounting education, that prescribe technical competence and professional skills, values, ethics, and attitudes.
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The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants sets high-quality, internationally appropriate ethics standards for professional accountants, including auditor independence requirements.
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The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board develops standards, guidance, and resources for use by public sector entities around the world for preparation of general purpose financial statements.
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Accounting firms offer a wide range of professional services to their clients, including audit, review, other assurance, and related services. These services are regulated, with many jurisdictions requiring compliance with international standards or national requirements that have been based on international ones. High-quality international standards increase the comparability, consistency, clarity, credibility, and transparency of financial information. And, high-quality financial information, in turn, increases the stability of the global financial infrastructure. See the full overview.
Auditor Reporting Standards Implementation: Key Audit Matters
by Christopher Arnold, Head of SME/SMP and Research, IFAC and Dawn McGeachy, Principal, Colby McGeachy Professional Corporation | December 13, 2017
Implementation support for the new and revised IAASB Auditor Reporting standards, including links to Key Audit Matters (KAM) examples.
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Technological transformations will drive enhanced insight for auditors.
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RegTech, that is Regulatory Technology, will probably have a profound effect on the audit profession—and audit will need to adapt.
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The new wave of modern slavery disclosure regulations require companies to disclose audits and associated monitoring mechanisms to tackle any human suffering arising from their business operations—a process accountants can play a play a role in.
by Professor Muhammad Azizul Islam, PhD, CPA, CA, Chair in Accountancy & Director of Postgraduate Research Programme (Accounting & Finance) Business School, University of Aberdeen | February 12, 2018A Step-By-Step Guide to Root Cause Analysis
Root cause analysis may be a new concept to many in the audit community; this step-by-step guide provides a way to quickly get up to speed.
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