IRBA issues an exposure draft guide for registered auditors on medical scheme assurance engagements. Comments are due by 27 August 2026.
Understanding the revised fraud standard and its impact on audit engagements Overview Although auditors are not forensic investigators, they have a fundamental responsibility to apply professional scepticism throughout every audit engagement. High-profile corporate failures across the globe have intensified public scrutiny of auditors' responsibilities relating to fraud, leading to increased expectations from regulators, investors, and other stakeholders. To address evolving fraud risks, changing public expectations, and increasingly complex business environments, the revised ISA 240 introduces enhanced requirements for identifying, assessing, and responding to fraud risks during an audit. This practical course provides participants with a [...]
Understanding the revised fraud standard and its impact on audit engagements Overview Although auditors are not forensic investigators, they have a fundamental responsibility to apply professional scepticism throughout every audit engagement. High-profile corporate failures across the globe have intensified public scrutiny of auditors' responsibilities relating to fraud, leading to increased expectations from regulators, investors, and other stakeholders. To address evolving fraud risks, changing public expectations, and increasingly complex business environments, the revised ISA 240 introduces enhanced requirements for identifying, assessing, and responding to fraud risks during an audit. This practical course provides participants with a [...]
Practical guidance for efficient and compliant trust account assurance engagements Overview Performing an audit of a legal practitioner trust account can be particularly challenging due to the highly regulated environment, strict deadlines, and constrained budgets often associated with these engagements. While efficiency remains important, auditors must still apply the fundamental principles of auditing and maintain appropriate documentation to ensure compliance and audit quality. A sound understanding of the relevant laws, regulations, and assurance requirements is essential when performing legal practitioner trust account engagements. However, equally important is the development and implementation of a practical and [...]
LATEST UPDATE Highlights from the March 2026 IAASB Meeting During the IAASB quarterly board meeting, available on: https://www.iaasb.org/meetings/iaasb-quarterly-board-meeting-0, the following was approved: The exposure draft of ISRE 2410 (Revised), available on: https://www.iaasb.org/consultations-projects/review-interim-financial-information-isre-2410 This will be published for public consultation in early May, with a 120-day comment period. The Technology Quality Management Workstream Action Plan to Develop Non-Authoritative Material, available on: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.iaasb.org/_flysystem/azure-private/2026-03/0260316-Agenda-Item-3F-Approved-Tech-QM-Action-Plan.pdf This sets out the scope, approach, governance, and timeline for developing non-authoritative materials to support consistent and effective application of our quality management standards when technological tools enabled by emerging technologies are used in [...]
LATEST UPDATE SAICA Communication – Auditor Opinions in terms of Management Rule 26(5)(c) of the Sectional Titles Schemes Management Regulations, 2016 In December 2025, SAICA updated its guidance document for sectional title audits. A new clarifying sentence was added to the illustrative report explaining that an auditor’s inability to accept an assurance engagement was not caused by any actions or inactions of the trustees in managing the body corporate’s financial affairs. Readers may refer to P. 18 for the exact wording. The updated guidance document is available on: www.saica.org.za/resources/89141 more [...]
LATEST UPDATE IAASB Issues Narrow-Scope Amendments Related to IESBA’s Using the Work of Experts The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) has published narrow-scope amendments to its standards arising from the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants’ (IESBA) Using the Work of an External Expert project. These narrow-scope amendments are available on: https://www.iaasb.org/publications/narrow-scope-amendments-iaasb-standards-arising-iesba-s-using-work-external-expert-project They respond to the IESBA’s recently approved revisions to its International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (including International Independence Standards), which introduced, among others, explicit ethical requirements for using the work of external experts in audit, assurance, and non-assurance engagements. The IAASB’s updates [...]
LATEST UPDATE IAASB Publishes New Illustrative Reports to Support ISSA 5000 Implementation The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) has published a new set of illustrative practitioners’ assurance reports, available on: https://www.iaasb.org/publications/sustainability-assurance-illustrative-reports These illustrative reports aim to further support the implementation of International Standard on Sustainability Assurance (ISSA) 5000, General Requirements for Sustainability Assurance Engagements. While ISSA 5000 includes four illustrative reports that reflect the baseline requirements of the standard, this new publication provides more specific examples to help practitioners apply the standard across a range of engagements. Together, these illustrative reports demonstrate how [...]
LATEST UPDATE New ISSA 5000 Webinar Series for Sustainability Assurance Engagements The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board is hosting a three-part global webinar series designed to assist sustainability assurance practitioners, firms, jurisdictional standard setters, and professional organisations as they adopt, implement, or apply International Standard on Sustainability Assurance (ISSA) 5000, General Requirements for Sustainability Assurance Engagements (ISSA 5000), available on: www.iaasb.org/focus-areas/understanding-international-standard-sustainability-assurance This series, ISSA 5000 in Focus, is available on: www.iaasb.org/events/issa-5000-focus-webinar-series-sustainability-assurance-engagements Each webinar includes an explanation of ISSA 5000 requirements with practical implementation insights, real-world examples, and solutions to common challenges. Webinar #1: Foundational [...]
LATEST UPDATE IFRS Foundation News Alert: IASB Issues Amendments to IFRS 19 to Complete Catch-up Work The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has issued amendments to IFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures. IFRS 19, issued in May 2024, allows eligible subsidiaries to apply IFRS Accounting Standards with reduced disclosures. It includes reduced disclosure requirements for other standards or amendments issued up to February 2021. The newly issued amendments to IFRS 19 help eligible subsidiaries by reducing disclosure requirements for standards and amendments issued between February 2021 and May 2024. With these amendments, IFRS 19 reflects [...]
