Definitions

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For purposes of this Auditing Standard, the following terms have the meanings attributed below:

4(a)

Applied criteria – The criteria applied by management in the preparation of the summary financial statements.

4(b)

Audited financial report – Financial report[1] audited by the auditor in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards, and from which the summary financial statements are derived.

4(c)

Summary financial statements – Historical financial information that is derived from a financial report, or complete set of financial statements, but that contains less detail than the financial report, while still providing a structured representation consistent with that provided by the financial report of the entity’s economic resources or obligations at a point in time or the changes therein for a period of time.[2] Different jurisdictions may use different terminology to describe such historical financial information.

1

ASA 200, Overall Objectives of the Independent Auditor and the Conduct of an Audit in Accordance with Australian Auditing Standards, paragraph Aus 13.2, defines the term “financial report.”

2

See ASA 200, paragraph 13(f).