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This would mean the audit firm would be dependent on the directors and they would no longer be working with independence. The AICPA defines a covered member as the following: “an individual on the attest engagement team. an individual in a position to influence the attest engagement.
SSAE 18 also identifies other relevant roles not directly engaged in the audit: [18] AICPA, which publishes the audit standards and code of ethics that the responsible or engaged parties are expected to follow; Subservice organization, A service organization used by a service organization that is the responsible party; and
The lower the audit risk, the higher the materiality will be set. In terms of the Conceptual Framework (see "materiality in accounting" above), materiality also has a qualitative aspect. This means that, even if a misstatement is not material in "Dollar" (or other denomination) terms, it may still be material because of its nature.
An ISAE 3000 report generally consists of a description of the scope, the norm against which the report is tested, a description of the control framework and a detailed description of the risk management system and a control matrix consisting of the risks, the related control objectives and the related controls.
Performing Audit Procedures in Response to Assessed Risks and Evaluating the Audit Evidence Obtained full-text: February 2006 111: Amendment to Statement on Auditing Standards No. 39: Audit Sampling full-text: February 2006 112: Communicating Internal Control Related Matters Identified in an Audit full-text: May 2006 113: Omnibus 2006 full-text ...
In audit engagements, CPAs are (and have always been) required by professional standards and federal and state laws to maintain independence (both in fact and in appearance) from the entity for which they are conducting an attestation (audit and review) engagement.
An ISAE 3402 attestation including an audit report is regarded as a quality criterion for service providers that distinguishes them from competitors. [ 3 ] It also pays for a customer to contract with a service provider that holds an ISAE 3402 attestation: the auditor of the customer can rely on the attestation of the service organization ...
The COSO definition relates to the aggregate control system of the organization, which is composed of many individual control procedures. Discrete control procedures, or controls are defined by the SEC as: "...a specific set of policies, procedures, and activities designed to meet an objective. A control may exist within a designated function ...