Wiley Practitioner's Guide to GAAS 2020. Joanne M. Flood

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      In addition, the engagement quality control reviewer should document:

       That the firm’s engagement quality control procedures were performed

       The date the engagement quality control review was completed

       An affirmation that the reviewer is not aware of any unresolved matters that would cause the reviewer to believe that the judgment and conclusions of the engagement team were inappropriate.

      (AU-C 220.26)

       Scope

       Definitions of Terms

       Objective of AU-C Section 230

       Requirements

       Requirement for Audit Documentation

       Form, Content, and Extent of Audit Documentation

       Ownership and Confidentiality

       Standardization of Audit Documentation

       Preparation of Audit Documentation

       Quality of Audit Documentation

       Audit Documentation Deficiencies

       Documentation Requirements in Other Sections

       Interpretations

       Providing Access to or Copies of Audit Documentation to a Regulator

       AU-C 230 Illustrations

      SCOPE

      AU-C 230 concerns the audit documentation the auditor is expected to prepare. See also other standards, laws, or regulations. (AU-C 230.01)

      DEFINITIONS OF TERMS

      Source: AU-C 230.06. For definitions related to this standard, see Appendix A, “Definitions of Terms”: Audit documentation, Audit file, Documentation completion date, Experienced auditor, Report release date.

      OBJECTIVE OF AU-C SECTION 230

      AU-C Section 230.05 states that:

      The objective of the auditor is to prepare documentation that provides

      1 a sufficient and appropriate record of the basis for the auditor’s report; and

      2 evidence that the audit was planned and performed in accordance with GAAS and applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

      (AU-C Section 230.05)

      REQUIREMENTS

      Requirement for Audit Documentation

      The auditor must prepare audit documentation, on a timely basis, in sufficient detail to provide evidence:

       About the conclusions reached; and

       That the audit was planned and performed in accordance with GAAS and relevant legal and regulatory requirements.

      (AU-C 230.02)

      The form and content of the audit documentation should be designed for the specific engagement.

      Audit documentation also:

       Helps the team plan the audit

       Provides information for supervisors to direct the audit

       Provides documentation for review

       Supplies backup that the team performed as required by standards

       Provides files to be used on future audits

       Provides documentation for internal review and inspections and external reviews

       Provides documentation for successor auditors

       Helps auditors understand prior year words

      Form, Content, and Extent of Audit Documentation

      The quantity, type, and content of the audit documentation are based on the auditor’s professional judgment and vary with the engagement. Factors to consider in determining the content of audit documentation are discussed in the following paragraphs.

      The Audience

      The auditor should prepare audit documentation on a timely basis that would allow an experienced auditor1 having no previous connection with the audit to understand:

       The nature, timing, and extent of auditing procedures performed to comply with GAAS and applicable legal and regulatory requirements;

       The results of the audit procedures performed and the audit evidence obtained; and

       The significant findings for issues that arose during the audit, the conclusions reached on those significant matters, and professional judgments made in reaching those conclusions.

      (AU-C 230.08)

      Sufficiency

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