224 definitions found.
ASA 620
Definition
6(b)
Expertise means skills, knowledge and experience in a particular field. …
ASA 620
Definition
6(c)
Management’s expert means an individual or organisation possessing expertise in a field other than accounting or auditing, whose work in that field is used by the entity to assist the entity in preparing the financial …
ASA 700
Definition
7(a)
General purpose financial report – a financial report prepared in accordance with a general purpose framework. …
ASA 700
Definition
7(b)
General purpose framework – A financial reporting framework designed to meet the common financial information needs of a wide range of users. The financial reporting framework may be a fair presentation framework or a compliance framework. The term “fair …
ASA 700
Definition
7(c)
Unmodified opinion – The opinion expressed by the auditor when the auditor concludes that the financial report is prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the applicable financial reporting framework. …
ASA 500
Definition
5(a)
Accounting records means the records of initial accounting entries and supporting records, such as cheques and records of electronic fund transfers; invoices; contracts; the general and subsidiary ledgers, journal entries and other adjustments to the …
ASA 500
Definition
5(b)
Appropriateness (of audit evidence) means the measure of the quality of audit evidence; that is, its relevance and its reliability in providing support for the conclusions on which the auditor’s opinion is …
ASA 500
Definition
5(c)
Audit evidence means information used by the auditor in arriving at the conclusions on which the auditor’s opinion is based. Audit evidence includes both information contained in the accounting records underlying the financial report and information …
ASA 500
Definition
5(d)
External information source means an external individual or organisation that provides information that has been used by the entity in preparing the financial report, or that has been obtained by the auditor as audit evidence, when such information is …
ASA 500
Definition
5(e)
Management’s expert means an individual or organisation possessing expertise in a field other than accounting or auditing, whose work in that field is used by the entity to assist the entity in preparing the financial …