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IRBA Adopts the International Standard on Auditing 240 (Revised)

2025-12-09T14:22:33+02:00

LATEST UPDATE IRBA Adopts the International Standard on Auditing 240 (Revised) The Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA) announced the adoption, issue and prescription of the International Standard on Auditing (ISA) 240 (Revised), The Auditor’s Responsibilities Relating to Fraud in an Audit of Financial Statements (ISA 240 (Revised)), for use by registered auditors in South Africa. This follows the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board’s (IAASB) release of ISA 240 (Revised) in July 2025. Recent high-profile corporate failures have intensified the public scrutiny of auditors’ responsibilities relating to fraud. As a result, the IAASB undertook [...]

IRBA Adopts the International Standard on Auditing 240 (Revised)2025-12-09T14:22:33+02:00

Anti-Fraud Collaboration Publication: The Role of the Auditor: Exercising and Maintaining Professional Scepticism

2025-11-28T14:16:44+02:00

LATEST UPDATE Anti-Fraud Collaboration Publication: The Role of the Auditor: Exercising and Maintaining Professional Scepticism This publication provides insights into practices, guides and considerations that can help external auditors exercise, and maintain their professional scepticism effectively during the audit. It discusses the auditor’s responsibilities to exercise professional scepticism as required by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) standards in the US. The publication is available on: https://antifraudcollaboration.org/rota-fraud-exercising-and-maintaining-professional-skepticism/ more LEAFQuest Advance Your Knowledge in Auditing Enroll in Our Latest Courses! Quests List [...]

Anti-Fraud Collaboration Publication: The Role of the Auditor: Exercising and Maintaining Professional Scepticism2025-11-28T14:16:44+02:00

Audit Procedures – Related Parties

2022-06-30T16:03:01+02:00

Audit procedures - Related Parties In certain sections of our monthly newsletters, we may address audit procedures to provide guidance in a format that provides easy reference on engagements. The guidance provided is not exhaustive, and is intended to share observations from real cases of deficiencies on engagement files. Background Over the years, Related Parties has developed as a section of the audit that requires detailed attention. As the required procedures have been modified over time, I believe that the real objective of testing related parties has become unclear. Dependent on the risk and circumstances [...]

Audit Procedures – Related Parties2022-06-30T16:03:01+02:00

Group audits 2 of 3 – Procedures Excluding Consolidation Procedure

2022-01-24T08:06:29+02:00

Group audits 2 of 3 – Procedures Excluding Consolidation Procedure Group audits represent some of the most risky audits to undertake, as most public interest audits comprise the audit of groups of companies. However, the standards and audit principles relevant to group audits do not always receive the detailed attention they deserve. In the discussion of audit procedures, this article EXCLUDES the consolidation process, and should be read in conjunction with parts 1 and 3 to reach an understanding of group audits as a whole. It addresses key requirements which auditors would be wise to include [...]

Group audits 2 of 3 – Procedures Excluding Consolidation Procedure2022-01-24T08:06:29+02:00

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