Responsible party of the entity means those charged with governance of the entity (ordinarily the Board of Directors) who are responsible for the preparation of the offering document, and who engage the auditor to issue a comfort letter to the requesting …

Underwriter means any person or their agent who has purchased, or intends to purchase securities from an issuer with a view to, or offers or sells for an issuer in connection with, the distribution of any security, or participates or has a direct or …

Underwriting agreement means a formal agreement between the underwriter(s) and the responsible party of the entity with respect to the entity’s offering document.  It may specify the form and content of the comfort letter to be requested of the auditor, …

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

Accounting estimate – A monetary amount for which the measurement, in accordance with the requirements of the applicable financial reporting framework, is subject to estimation uncertainty. (Ref: Para.  A14 …

Auditor’s point estimate or auditor’s range – An amount, or range of amounts, respectively, developed by the auditor in evaluating management’s point estimate. (Ref: Para.  A15 …

Estimation uncertainty – Susceptibility to an inherent lack of precision in measurement. (Ref: Para.  A16 , Appendix 1 ) …

Management bias – A lack of neutrality by management in the preparation of information. (Ref: Para.  A17 ) …

Management’s point estimate – The amount selected by management for recognition or disclosure in the financial report as an accounting …

Outcome of an accounting estimate – The actual monetary amount that results from the resolution of the transaction(s), event(s) or condition(s) addressed by an accounting estimate. (Ref: Para.  A18 …