Practitioner’s expert – An individual or organisation possessing expertise in a field other than assurance and related services, whose work in that field is used to assist the practitioner in fulfilling the practitioner’s responsibilities for the …

Professional judgement – The application of relevant training, knowledge and experience, within the context provided by this ASRS and relevant ethical requirements, in making informed decisions about the courses of action that are appropriate in the …

Relevant ethical requirements – Principles of professional ethics and ethical requirements that are applicable to the engagement team when undertaking agreed-upon procedures engagements. Relevant ethical requirements ordinarily comprise the provisions of …

Responsible party – The party(ies) responsible for the subject matter on which the agreed-upon procedures are performed. …

For the purposes of this Standard on Assurance Engagements, the following terms have the meanings attributed below: …

Assumptions mean expectations made by the responsible party as to future events and actions expected to take place as at the date the prospective financial information is prepared and exclude hypothetical assumptions, unless otherwise stated [3] . …

Assurance report means a written report prepared by an independent assurance practitioner that provides assurance on a single type of financial information (individual assurance report) or on multiple types of financial information (either a composite …

AUASB Standards means standards issued by the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB) comprising: Australian Auditing Standards; Standards on Review Engagements; Standards on Assurance Engagements; and Standards on Related …

Base financial information means financial information that is used as the starting point for the application of pro forma adjustments [4] by the responsible party.  Base financial information is ordinarily historical in nature, however, it can also be …

Corporate fundraising (“fundraising”) means any transaction involving shares, debentures, units or interests in a management investment scheme undertaken to raise debt or equity funds, or issue equity, and/or offer and/or respond to an offer of, cash …