Auditing Standard ASA 2021-2 Amendments to Australian Auditing Standard ASA 560 Subsequent Events
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This Auditing Standard makes amendments to the requirements and application and other explanatory material of the following Auditing Standard:
ASA 560 Subsequent Events (Issued October 2009 and amended to December 2015)
This Auditing Standard is being amended to achieve harmonisation with ISA (NZ) 560 Subsequent Events which was amended in February 2020. This Auditing Standard makes amendments to Australian Auditing Standard ASA 560 Subsequent Events made under Section 336 of the Corporations Act 2001 to clarify the timing of communications and possible actions the auditor may take when facts become known to the auditor after the financial report has been issued that, had it been known to the auditor at the date of the auditor’s report, may have caused the auditor to amend the auditor’s report.
AUTHORITY STATEMENT
The Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB) makes this Auditing Standard ASA 2021-2 Amendments to Australian Auditing Standard ASA 560 Subsequent Events pursuant to section 227B of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 and section 336 of the Corporations Act 2001.
Dated: 7 September 2021 W R Edge
Chair - AUASB
Conformity with International Standards on Auditing
This Auditing Standard has been made for Australian legislative purposes and accordingly there is no equivalent International Standard on Auditing (ISA) issued by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB), an independent standard‑setting board of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC).