ASA 700 - The Auditor’s Report on a General Purpose Financial Report - April 2006
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Application.................................. 1
Operative Date................................ 2
Introduction.................................. 3-5
The Auditor’s Report on a Financial Report............. 6-12
Applicable Financial Reporting Framework............. 13-14
Forming an Opinion on the Financial Report............ 15-19
Rare Circumstances when Applying the Financial Reporting Framework Results in a Misleading Financial Report 20
Elements of the Auditor’s Report in an Audit Conducted in Accordance with Auditing Standards 21-22
Title....................................... 23-24
Addressee................................... 25-26
Introductory Paragraph.......................... 27-32
The Responsibility of Those Charged with Governance for the Financial Report 33-36
Auditor’s Responsibility.......................... 37-43
Auditor’s Opinion.............................. 44-49
Other Reporting Responsibilities.................... 50-52
Auditor’s Signature............................. 53
Date of the Auditor’s Report....................... 54-57
Auditor’s Address.............................. 58
Other...................................... 59-61
Auditor’s Reports for Audits Conducted in Accordance with both Australian Auditing Standards and International Standards on Auditing 62-63
Unaudited Supplementary Information Presented with an Audited Financial Report 64-68
Conformity with International Standards on Auditing...... 69
Appendix 1: Example of an Unmodified Auditor’s Report
Appendix 2: Summary of Audit Reporting Requirements Under the Corporations Act 2001