Significant deficiency in internal control means a deficiency or combination of deficiencies in internal control that, in the auditor’s professional judgement, is of sufficient importance to merit the attention of those charged with governance.  …

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

Substantive procedure means an audit procedure designed to detect material misstatements at the assertion level.  Substantive procedures comprise: Tests of details (of classes of transactions, account balances, and disclosures); and Substantive analytical …

Test of controls means an audit procedure designed to evaluate the operating effectiveness of controls in preventing, or detecting and correcting, material misstatements at the assertion …

An interim financial report means a financial report that is prepared in accordance with an applicable financial reporting framework [1]  for a period that is shorter than the entity’s financial …

A financial report means a complete set of financial statements including the related notes and an assertion statement by those responsible for the financial report. The related notes ordinarily comprise a summary of significant accounting policies and …

An applicable financial reporting framework means a financial reporting framework adopted by management, and where appropriate, those charged with governance, in the preparation of the financial report that is acceptable in view of the nature of the …

Misstatement means a difference between the reported amount, classification, presentation, or disclosure of a financial report item and the amount, classification, presentation, or disclosure that is required for the item to be in accordance with the …

Uncorrected misstatements means misstatements that the auditor has accumulated during the audit and that have not been corrected. …

Emphasis of Matter paragraph – A paragraph included in the auditor’s report that refers to a matter appropriately presented or disclosed in the financial report that, in the auditor’s judgement, is of such importance that it is fundamental to users’ …