536 definitions found.
ASA 450
Definition
4(a)
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 …
ASA 450
Definition
4(b)
Uncorrected misstatements means misstatements that the auditor has accumulated during the audit and that have not been corrected. …
ASA 500
Definition
5
For the purposes of this Auditing Standard, the following terms have the meanings attributed below: …
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 …
ASA 500
Definition
5(f)
Sufficiency (of audit evidence) means the measure of the quantity of audit evidence. The quantity of the audit evidence needed is affected by the auditor’s assessment of the risks of material misstatement and also by the quality of such audit …
ASA 540
Definition
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For the purposes of this Auditing Standard, the following terms have the meanings attributed below: …