Interpretation and Application of International Standards on Auditing

Steven Collings FMAAT FCCA is the Audit and Technical Director at Leavitt Walmsley Associates Limited, Manchester, UK. He specialises in auditing and financial reporting issues and has been writing professionally for several years. He is a partner in the website AccountancyStudents.co.uk, which caters for student accountants of all professional bodies, and writes extensively for AccountingWEB.co.uk on financial reporting and auditing issues. Steven lectures on all aspects of financial reporting and auditing issues and regularly speaks at events held for accountants in practice. Some examples of Steven's articles can be found on the book's companion website http://www.wiley.com/go/Collings

• Preface ixAcknowledgements xiAbout the Author xiii1 The History of Auditing 12 TheClarityProject 73 The Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants 154 ISA 200 (revised and redrafted) Overall Objectives of the Independent Auditor and the Conduct of an Audit in Accordance with International Standards on Auditing 255 ISA 210 (redrafted) Agreeing the Terms of Audit Engagements 356 ISA 220 (redrafted) Quality Control for an Audit of Financial Statements 397 ISA 230 (revised) Audit Documentation 458 ISA 240 (redrafted) The Auditor’s Responsibilities Relating to Fraud in an Audit of Financial Statements 499 ISA 250 (redrafted) Consideration of Laws and Regulations in an Audit of Financial Statements 6310 ISA 260 (revised and redrafted) Communication with Those Charged with Governance 6911 ISA 265 Communicating Deficiencies in Internal Control to Those Charged with Governance and Management 7912 ISA 300 (redrafted) Planning an Audit of Financial Statements 8513 ISA 315 (redrafted) Identifying and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement Through Understanding the Entity and itsEnvironment 9114 ISA 320 (revised and redrafted) Materiality in Planning and Performing anAudit 12115 ISA 330 (redrafted) The Auditor’s Responses to Assessed Risks 12716 ISA 402 (revised and redrafted) Audit Considerations Relating to an Entity Using a Service Organisation 13517 ISA 450 (revised and redrafted) Evaluation of Misstatements Identified duringtheAudit 14118 ISA 500 (redrafted) Audit Evidence 14519 ISA 501 (redrafted) Audit Evidence — Specific Considerations for SelectedItems 15720 ISA 505 (revised and redrafted) External Confirmations 16521 ISA 510 (redrafted) Initial Audit Engagements — Opening Balances 16922 ISA 520 (redrafted) Analytical Procedures 17323 ISA530(redrafted)AuditSampling 18124 ISA 540 (revised and redrafted) Auditing Accounting Estimates, Including Fair Value Accounting Estimates, and Related Disclosures 19125 ISA550(revisedandredrafted)RelatedParties 20326 ISA 560 (redrafted) Subsequent Events 21327 ISA 570 (redrafted) Going Concern 22128 ISA 580 (revised and redrafted) Management Representations 23129 ISA 600 (revised and redrafted) Special Considerations — Audits of Group Financial Statements (Including the Work of Component Auditors) 23930 ISA610(redrafted)UsingtheWorkofInternalAuditors 24931 ISA 620 (revised and redrafted) Using the Work of an Auditor’s Expert 25332 ISA 700 (revised) Forming an Opinion on the Financial Statements 25733 ISA 705 (revised and redrafted) Modifications to the Opinion in the Independent Auditor’s Report 26534 ISA 706 (revised and redrafted) Emphasis of Matter Paragraphs and Other Matter(s) Paragraphs in the Independent Auditors’ Report 26935 ISA 710 (redrafted) Comparative Information — Corresponding Figures and Comparative Financial Statements 27336 ISA 720 (redrafted) The Auditor’s Responsibilities Relating to Other Information in Documents Containing Audited Financial Statements 27937 ISA 800 (revised and redrafted) Special Considerations — Audits of Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance with Special Purpose Frameworks 28338 ISA 805 (revised and redrafted) Special Considerations — Audits of Single Financial Statements and Specific Elements, Accounts or Items of a Financial Statement 28739 ISA 810 (revised and redrafted) Engagements to Report on Summary Financial Statements 29140 The Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements 29941 IFRS for Small and Medium Entities (SMEs) 30742 ISQC 1 ‘Quality Control for Firms that Perform Audits and Reviews of Financial Statements, and Other Assurance and Related Services Engagements’ 321Appendix 1: Overview of IFRS and IAS 335Appendix 2: Illustrative Audit Tests 433Appendix 3: Illustrative Financial Statements 445Appendix 4: Illustrative Auditor Report (UK and Ireland) 607Index 617