Engagement risk ―The risk that the assurance practitioner expresses an inappropriate conclusion when the subject matter information is materially misstated. (Ref: Para. A11–A14 …

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 other individuals who perform procedures on the engagement excluding an assurance practitioner’s external …

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 …

For the purposes of this Auditing Standard, the following terms have the meanings attributed below: …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …