ASA 580 - Management Representations - April 2006
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PREFACE
AUTHORITY STATEMENT
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Application.................................. 1-2
Operative Date................................ 3
Introduction.................................. 4-6
Acknowledgement by Management of its Responsibility for the Financial Report 7-8
Representations by Management as Audit Evidence........ 9-16
Documentation of Representations by Management........ 17-18
Basic Elements of a Management Representation Letter..... 19-21
Action if Management Refuses to Provide Representations... 22-23
Conformity with International Standards on Auditing...... 24
Appendix 1: Example of a Management Representation Letter