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ASA 620 - Using the Work of an Auditor’s Expert - October 2009
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Scope of this Auditing Standard
- This Auditing Standard deals with the auditor’s responsibilities relating to the work of an individual or organisation in a field of expertise other than accounting or auditing, when that work is used to assist the auditor in obtaining sufficient appropriate audit evidence.
- This Auditing Standard does not deal with:
- Situations where the engagement team includes a member, or consults an individual or organisation, with expertise in a specialised area of accounting or auditing, which are dealt with in ASA 220;[1] or
- The auditor’s use of the work of an individual or organisation possessing expertise in a field other than accounting or auditing, whose work in that field is used by the entity to assist the entity in preparing the financial report (a management’s expert), which is dealt with in ASA 500.[2]