Initial audit engagement means an engagement in which either: The financial report for the prior period was not audited; or The financial report for the prior period was audited by a predecessor …

Opening balances means those account balances that exist at the beginning of the period.  Opening balances are based upon the closing balances of the prior period and reflect the effects of transactions and events of prior periods and accounting policies …

Predecessor auditor means the auditor from a different audit firm, who audited the financial report of an entity in the prior period and who has been replaced by the current …

Component means an entity or business activity for which group or component management prepares financial information that should be included in the group financial report. (Ref: Para. …

Component auditor means an auditor who, at the request of the group engagement team, performs work on financial information related to a component for the group audit. (Ref: Para. …

Component management means management, or those charged with governance, responsible for the preparation of the financial information of a …

Component materiality means the materiality for a component determined by the group engagement team. …

Group means all the components whose financial information is included in the group financial report. A group always has more than one …

Group audit means the audit of a group financial report. …

Group audit opinion means the audit opinion on the group financial report. …