Engaging party ―The party(ies) that engages the assurance practitioner to perform the assurance engagement. (Ref: Para. A15 ) …

Engagement team ―All assurance practitioners and staff performing the engagement, and any individuals engaged by the firm or a network firm who perform procedures on the engagement. This excludes an assurance practitioner’s external expert engaged by the …

Evidence ―Information used by the assurance practitioner in arriving at the assurance practitioner’s conclusion. Evidence includes both information contained in relevant information systems, if any, and other information. For purposes of the ASAEs: (Ref: …

Firm ―A sole assurance practitioner, partnership or corporation or other entity of individual assurance practitioners. “Firm” should be read as referring to its public sector equivalents where …

Historical financial information ―Information expressed in financial terms in relation to a particular entity, derived primarily from that entity’s accounting system, about economic events occurring in past time periods or about economic conditions or …

Internal audit function ―A function of an entity that performs assurance and consulting activities designed to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of the entity’s governance, risk management and internal control …

Intended users ―The individual(s) or organisation(s), or group(s) thereof that the assurance practitioner expects will use the assurance report. In some cases, there may be intended users other than those to whom the assurance report is addressed. (Ref: …

Lead assurance practitioner ―The person in the firm who is responsible for the engagement and its performance, and for the assurance report that is issued on behalf of the firm, and who, where required, has the appropriate authority from a professional, …

Measurer or evaluator ―The party(ies) who measures or evaluates the underlying subject matter against the criteria. The measurer or evaluator possesses expertise in the underlying subject matter. (Ref: Para. A37 , A39 …

Misstatement ―A difference between the subject matter information and the appropriate measurement or evaluation of the underlying subject matter in accordance with the criteria. Misstatements can be intentional or unintentional, qualitative or …