Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
discuss assurance services provided with respect to behaviour, such as…
discuss assurance services provided with respect to behaviour, such as compliance with laws and regulations
-
-
Compliance engagements
In a compliance engagement, the assurance practitioner provides a conclusion stating whether subject matter information has been prepared in accordance with applicable law or regulations.
There are two main forms of compliance auditing—the difference between them is related to whether the auditing mandate requires the auditor to:
• express an opinion on whether an entity has complied with specific requirements, such as legislation, regulations or directives; or
• report instances of non-compliance with relevant requirements observed during the course of discharging other audit responsibilities (usually will report on an exceptions basis)
objective
When conducting a compliance engagement, the objectives of the assurance practitioner are to obtain assurance about whether the entity has complied in all material respects with these requirements; and to communicate through a written assurance report that expresses either a reasonable or limited assurance conclusion
standard
stralia has recently revised one of its Standards on Assurance Engagements, ASAE 3100
Compliance assurance engagements can be either attestation engagements or direct engagements. The differences between these are that:
In an attestation engagement on compliance,
the evaluation on compliance is conducted
by a responsible party, (usually the entity, or representatives of the entity), and presented
in a Statement which addresses whether the compliance requirements have been met.
The objective of the assurance practitioner is to obtain reasonable or limited assurance
about whether the Statement is free from material misstatement, (although the assurance
practitioner’s conclusion may be expressed in terms of whether the compliance requirements
have been met);
In a direct engagement on compliance,
the evaluation on compliance is conducted by the
assurance practitioner and presented in the assurance conclusion, therefore, no Statement
is prepared by the responsible party. The objective of the assurance practitioner is to obtain
reasonable or limited assurance about whether the compliance requirements have been met
(ASAE 3100, para. 16). MODULE 7
-
Opinion
Where an engagement is conducted to express an opinion on compliance with specified requirements, the auditor must clearly determine the scope of the engagement. This is done by:
• identifying the entity, or part thereof, being reported on
• specifying the legislation or other regulations that form the criteria against which compliance is being reported.
Where instances of non-compliance with the requirements are discovered, a modified auditor’s report will be issued.
Materiality
The assurance practitioner is required to consider materiality, consistent with the consideration of materiality as required by ASAE 3000 when determining the nature, timing and extent
of procedures (ASAE 3100, para. 31).
-
Both quantitative and qualitative factors are considered, including
-
the nature and extent of the effect of these factors on the evaluation of compliance with the compliance requirements
-