536 definitions found.
ASAE 3450
Definition
15(l)
Historical financial information means information expressed in financial terms in relation to a particular entity, which is derived primarily from that entity’s accounting system and relates to events occurring in past time periods or about conditions or …
ASAE 3450
Definition
15(m)
Hypothetical assumptions [7] means assumptions made by the responsible party in preparing prospective financial information in the form of a projection about future events and management actions which may not necessarily be expected to take place or that …
ASAE 3450
Definition
15(n)
Limited assurance engagement means an assurance engagement in which the assurance practitioner reduces the assurance engagement risk to a level that is acceptable in the circumstances of the assurance engagement, but where the risk is greater than for a …
ASAE 3450
Definition
15(o)
Management means the person(s) with executive responsibility for the conduct of the operations or individual business units of the entity. For some entities, in some circumstances, management includes some or all of those charged with governance, for …
ASAE 3450
Definition
15(p)
Materiality means in relation to information, that if certain information is omitted, misstated, or not disclosed, that information has the potential to affect the economic decisions of users of the document, or the discharge of accountability by …
ASAE 3450
Definition
15(q)
Material inconsistency means information within the document that materially contradicts the financial information that is the subject of the assurance report. …
ASAE 3450
Definition
15(r)
Misstatement of fact means information that is incorrectly stated or presented in the document. A material misstatement of fact may undermine the credibility of financial information that is the subject of the assurance report. …
ASAE 3420
Definition
11
For the purposes of this Standard on Assurance Engagements, the following terms have the meanings attributed below: …
ASAE 3420
Definition
11(a)
Applicable criteria – The criteria used by the responsible party when compiling the pro forma financial information. Criteria may be established by applicable law or regulation or in the absence of established criteria, be developed by the responsible …
ASAE 3420
Definition
11(b)
Pro forma adjustments – In relation to unadjusted financial information, these include: Adjustments to unadjusted financial information that illustrate the impact of a significant event(s) or transaction(s) (“events” or “transactions”) as if the event had …