ASA 800 - Special Considerations - Audits of Financial Reports Prepared in Accordance with Special Purpose Frameworks - October 2009
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Auditing Standard ASA 800
The Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB) made Auditing Standard ASA 800 Special Considerations‑Audits of Financial Reports Prepared in Accordance with Special Purpose Frameworks pursuant to section 227B of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 and section 336 of the Corporations Act 2001, on 27 October 2009.
This compiled version of ASA 800 incorporates subsequent amendments contained in other Auditing Standards made by the AUASB up to and including 1 December 2015 (see Compilation Details).
Auditing Standard ASA 800
Special Considerations‑Audits of Financial Reports Prepared in Accordance with Special Purpose Frameworks
Application
Aus 0.1 This Auditing Standard applies to:
(a) an audit of a financial report for a financial year, or an audit of a financial report for a half-year, in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001; and
(b) an audit of a financial report, or a complete set of financial statements, for any other purpose.
Aus 0.2 This Auditing Standard also applies, as appropriate, to an audit of other historical financial information.
Operative Date
Aus 0.3 This Auditing Standard is operative for financial reporting periods commencing on or after 1 January 2010. [Note: For operative dates of paragraphs changed or added by an Amending Standard, see Compilation Details.]
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Scope of this Auditing Standard
- The Australian Auditing Standards in the ASA 100 – ASA 700 series apply to an audit of a financial report. This Auditing Standard deals with special considerations in the application of those Australian Auditing Standards to an audit of a financial report prepared in accordance with a special purpose framework.
- This Auditing Standard is written in the context of a financial report prepared in accordance with a special purpose framework. ASA 805[1] deals with special considerations relevant to an audit of a single financial statement or of a specific element, account, or item of a financial statement.