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[3] [4] Financial statement assertions provide a framework to assess the risk of material misstatement in each significant account balance or class of transactions. [5] Both United States and International auditing standards include guidance related to financial statement assertions, although the specific assertions differ.
Financial statement assertions [ edit ] It is stated in ISA 315 (paragraph A.124) that the auditor should use assertions for classes of transactions, account balances, and presentation and disclosures in sufficient detail to form a basis for the assessment of risks of material misstatement and the design and performance of further audit procedures.
Substantive procedures (or substantive tests) are those activities performed by the auditor to detect material misstatement at the assertion level. [1]Management implicitly assert that account balances and disclosures and underlying classes of transactions do not contain any material misstatements: in other words, that they are materially complete, valid and accurate.
The auditor must state in the auditor's report whether the financial statements are presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The auditor must identify in the auditor's report those circumstances in which such principles have not been consistently observed in the current period in relation to the preceding period.
Prospective financial information, including financial forecasts and projections, is the focus of AT-C section 305. [28] Pro forma financial information is the focus of AT-C section 310. [29] Compliance or an assertion of compliance regarding laws, regulations, rules, contracts, or grants, is the focus of AT-C section 315. [30]
The objective of an audit of financial statements is to enable the auditor to express an opinion on whether the financial statements are prepared, in all material respects, in conformity with an identified financial reporting framework, such as the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) which is the accounting standard adopted by the U ...
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Audit of internal control over financial reporting that is integrated with an audit of financial statements: October 2015: In effect 131: Amendment to Statement on auditing standards no. 122, Section 700, Forming an opinion and reporting on financial statements: January 2016: In effect 132