ASA 220 - Quality Control for Audits of Historical Financial Information - April 2006
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Main changes from AUS 206 (June 2004) Quality Control for Audits of Historical Financial Information
The main differences between this Auditing Standard and the Auditing Standard issued by the Auditing & Assurance Standards Board of the Australian Accounting Research Foundation, AUS 206 (June 2004) Quality Control for Audits of Historical Financial Information, are that in this Auditing Standard:
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The word ‘shall’, in the bold-type paragraphs, is the terminology used to describe an auditor’s mandatory requirements, whereas an auditor’s degree of responsibility is described in AUS 206 by the word ‘should’.
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The explanatory guidance paragraphs provide guidance and illustrative examples to assist the auditor in fulfilling the mandatory requirements, whereas in AUS 206 some obligations are implied within certain explanatory paragraphs. Accordingly, such paragraphs have been redrafted to clarify that the matter forms part of the explanatory guidance.
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The following implied obligation in AUS 206 has been elevated and re-stated as a specific mandatory requirement:
(a) for other audit engagements, where an engagement quality control review is performed, the engagement partner shall follow the requirements set out in subparagraphs (a) to (c) (paragraph 40).
AUTHORITY STATEMENT
The Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB) makes Auditing Standard ASA 220 Quality Control for Audits of Historical Financial Information as set out in paragraphs 1 to 47, pursuant to section 227B of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 and section 336 of the Corporations Act 2001.
This Auditing Standard is to be read in conjunction with the Preamble to AUASB Standards which sets out the intentions of the AUASB on how the Auditing Standards are to be understood, interpreted and applied.
The mandatory requirements of this Auditing Standard are set out in bold-type paragraphs.
Dated 28 April 2006 M H Kelsall
Chairman - AUASB