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CAQ: External Auditor Assessment Tool: A Tool for Audit Committees logo

The Centre for Audit Quality (CAQ) has issued a questionnaire on External Auditor Assessment – which...


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IESBA_2025 Handbook edition

The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) today released the 2025 Handbook of...


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IRBA: Revised Illustrative Auditor’s Reports on Financial Statements (ISA 700 (Revised) Reports) of Medical Schemes logo

IRBA’s CFAS has approved revised illustrative ISA 700 auditor’s reports for medical schemes, issued...


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IRBA: Revised Illustrative Banks Act Regulatory Auditor’s Reports logo

IRBA’s CFAS has approved revised illustrative Banks Act auditor’s reports for use by auditors of ban...


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IRBA Adopts ISA 570 (Revised 2024) Going Concern logo

The Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors’ (IRBA) Board has approved the International Standard...


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IRBA: SAAPS 3 (Revised September 2025), Illustrative Reports: Incorporating the IAASB’s Narrow Scope Amendments to ISA 700 (Revised) logo

IRBA’s CFAS has approved SAAPS 3 (Revised September 2025), Illustrative Reports, for publication.


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IAASB: new 2025 Handbook

The IAASB has published the 2025 Handbook, including a new volume with ISSA 5000 on sustainability a...


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IESBA: New guidance re External Experts and Sustainability Assurance logo

The IESBA has issued two staff publications to support adoption of its standards on Using the Work o...


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IAASB: New Publicly Traded Entity Definition Aligned with the IESBA Code of Ethics logo

The IAASB has issued narrow-scope amendments revising the definition of a listed entity to align wit...


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CMS: Circular 22 of 2025 – Audit Quality Indicators (AQIs) logo

The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) invited comments on proposed Audit Quality Indicators (AQIs) f...


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PCAOB: Audit Focus: Auditing Accounting Estimates logo

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has published an edition of the Audit Focus se...


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PCAOB: Audit Focus – Engagement acceptance logo

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has published their latest edition of the Audi...


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IAASB: Professional Skepticism in the Revised Fraud & Going Concern Standards logo

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) has released a new non-authoritativ...


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ISA 570 (Revised 2024) Going Concern: Fact Sheet logo

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) has published a Fact Sheet on the n...


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IAASB: Newly Revised ISA 240 – The Auditor’s Responsibilities Relating to Fraud in an Audit of Financial Statements logo

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) has released the newly revised Inte...


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Proposed ISA 240_auditor’s responsibilities relating to fraud logo

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) has proposed a significant strength...


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Reminder: Effective date of ISA 600 (Revised): Special Considerations - Audits of Group Financial Statements (Including the Work of Component Auditors) logo

Registered auditors and others are reminded that ISA 600 (Revised) and the related Conforming and Co...


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IRBA: 4 QM rules gazetted logo

IRBA: 4 QM rules gazetted

The Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA) has published (gazetted) Four Rules arising fro...


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IRBA: Proposed Guide for RAs (Revised) – Joint Audit Engagements logo

The Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA) Committee for Auditing Standards (CFAS) has app...


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IESBA: Staff Q&A: Revisions to the Code Relating to the Definition of Engagement Team and Group Audit logo

The Staff of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) has released a questio...


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IAASB: New PIE standard re-enhanced auditor reporting logo

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) has released narrow-scope amendment...


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