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The Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA), formerly known as Public Accountants and Auditors Board (PAAB), is a statutory body controlling public accountancy in the Republic of South Africa. The designation conferred by IRBA is Registered Auditor (RA).
Because a company can do certain things—it can acquire rights and duties and assets and liabilities—albeit only through the actions of human beings who are authorised to act on its behalf, the company is itself regarded as a juristic person. It has rights and duties, but not the body, of a natural person.
The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), South Africa’s pre-eminent body for accountants. The institute provides a wide range of support services to more than 48,000 members and associates who are chartered accountants (CAs(SA)), as well as associate general accountants (AGAs(SA)) and accounting technicians (ATs(SA)).
The South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA) is a professional association of accountants based in South Africa. As of 2019, the institute claims to have more than 10,000 members. [1] SAIPA represents qualified Professional Accountants (SA) in practice, commerce and industry, academia and the public sector.
The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) is an agency of the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition in South Africa. [1] The CIPC was established by the Companies Act, 2008 (Act No. 71 of 2008) [2] as a juristic person to function as an organ of state within the public administration, but as an institution outside the public service.
Although ACCA holds recognition for statutory tax purposes, [56] it has no agreement with any accountancy body in South Africa, while ICAEW, ICAS and CA Ireland have agreements with South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.On the 6th of July 2023, the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors, formally accredited the ACCA as an ...
However, the AP Act does not prohibit non-RAs from using the description 'internal auditor' or 'accountant', or from auditing a not-for-profit club, institution or association if they receive no fee for such audit. [27] In South Africa the Companies Act was replaced, with effect in July 2010, to allow companies without a public interest to ...
External auditors may also be engaged to perform other agreed-upon procedures, related or unrelated to financial statements. Most importantly, external auditors, though engaged and paid by the company being audited, should be regarded as independent. Internal Auditors are employed by the organizations they audit. They work for government ...