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ASA 540 - Auditing Accounting Estimates, Including Fair Value Accounting Estimates, and Related Disclosures - October 2009
Changes in Methods for Making AccountingChanges in Methods for Making Accounting Estimates (Ref: Para. 8(c)(v))
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Changes in Methods for Making Accounting Estimates (Ref: Para. 8(c)(v))
- In evaluating how management makes the accounting estimates, the auditor is required to understand whether there has been or ought to have been a change from the prior period in the methods for making the accounting estimates. A specific estimation method may need to be changed in response to changes in the environment or circumstances affecting the entity or in the requirements of the applicable financial reporting framework. If management has changed the method for making an accounting estimate, it is important that management can demonstrate that the new method is more appropriate, or is itself a response to such changes. For example, if management changes the basis of making an accounting estimate from a mark‑to‑market approach to using a model, the auditor challenges whether management’s assumptions about the marketplace are reasonable in light of economic circumstances.