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3.50 CPE Hours (Category 1, Category 2, Category 3, Category 4Category 5, Others)
Live Webinar

Programme Objective

This session aims to discuss the latest amendments and updates to auditing standards, changes to audit quality management and the implication of climate risk to audit engagements.

Programme Outline

Amendments to FRS 1 and FRS Practice Statement 2: Disclosure of Accounting Policies And the Implications on Auditor’s Report (SSA 700 and SSA 705)
 

  • Amendment to FRS 1 in relation to disclosure of accounting policies
  • Implications on auditor’s report

 
 SSA 315 (Revised 2021) - Identifying and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement
 

  • SSA 315 (Revised 2021) deals with the auditor’s responsibility to identify and assess the risks of material misstatement in the financial statements. The amendments, which include enhancing the application of professional scepticism in audits, encourage a more robust risk assessment and thereby more focused responses to identified risks. Effective for audits of financial statements for periods beginning on or after 15 December 2021.


Addressing Climate-Related Risks in Financial Statements and Audits of such Financial Statements
 

  • What are climate-related risks?
  • Which entities may be most affected?
  • What are management’s responsibilities?
  • What are the auditor’s responsibilities?
  • Climate-related Risks – Illustrative Example
  • Accounting and Auditing Considerations


Quality Management Standards at the Firm and Engagement Level, including Engagement Quality Reviews
 

  • ISCA issues three interrelated standards that address quality management, namely:
  • Singapore Standard on Quality Management (SSQM) 1, Quality Management for Firms that Perform Audits or Reviews of Financial Statements, or Other Assurance or Related Services Engagements (previously SSQC 1)
  • SSQM 2, Engagement Quality Reviews
  • Singapore Standard on Auditing (SSA) 220 (Revised), Quality Management for an Audit of Financial Statements.

Training Methodology

Lecture style with exercises / case studies

Closing Date for Registration

1 week before programme or until full enrolment.

Intended For

Practising and Non-Practising Accountants and Auditors.

Schedule & Fees

Testimonial

Funding

No funding Available!

Programme Facilitator(s)

Programme Objective

This session aims to discuss the latest amendments and updates to auditing standards, changes to audit quality management and the implication of climate risk to audit engagements.

Programme Outline

Amendments to FRS 1 and FRS Practice Statement 2: Disclosure of Accounting Policies And the Implications on Auditor’s Report (SSA 700 and SSA 705)
 

  • Amendment to FRS 1 in relation to disclosure of accounting policies
  • Implications on auditor’s report

 
 SSA 315 (Revised 2021) - Identifying and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement
 

  • SSA 315 (Revised 2021) deals with the auditor’s responsibility to identify and assess the risks of material misstatement in the financial statements. The amendments, which include enhancing the application of professional scepticism in audits, encourage a more robust risk assessment and thereby more focused responses to identified risks. Effective for audits of financial statements for periods beginning on or after 15 December 2021.


Addressing Climate-Related Risks in Financial Statements and Audits of such Financial Statements
 

  • What are climate-related risks?
  • Which entities may be most affected?
  • What are management’s responsibilities?
  • What are the auditor’s responsibilities?
  • Climate-related Risks – Illustrative Example
  • Accounting and Auditing Considerations


Quality Management Standards at the Firm and Engagement Level, including Engagement Quality Reviews
 

  • ISCA issues three interrelated standards that address quality management, namely:
  • Singapore Standard on Quality Management (SSQM) 1, Quality Management for Firms that Perform Audits or Reviews of Financial Statements, or Other Assurance or Related Services Engagements (previously SSQC 1)
  • SSQM 2, Engagement Quality Reviews
  • Singapore Standard on Auditing (SSA) 220 (Revised), Quality Management for an Audit of Financial Statements.

Training Methodology

Lecture style with exercises / case studies

Closing Date for Registration

1 week before programme or until full enrolment.

Intended For

Practising and Non-Practising Accountants and Auditors.

Programme Facilitator(s)


No course instances or course instance sessions available.