{"id":1714,"date":"2024-01-17T15:39:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T15:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rnm.in\/blog\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2025-01-30T10:55:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T10:55:40","slug":"matters-in-the-independent-auditors-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rnm.in\/blog\/matters-in-the-independent-auditors-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Matters in the Independent Auditor\u2019s Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SA 701 deals with the responsibilities of an auditor to communicate the key audit matters in his\/her audit report.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introduction<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SA 701 is intended for addressing both the judgment of an auditor as to what is required to be communicated in his\/her audit report and the content and form of such communication. The purpose of communicating key audit matters is:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enhancing the communicative value of the report of the auditor by offering better transparency about the audit which was executed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It offers additional information to users of such financial statements in assisting them to understand those matters which in the professional judgment of the auditor, were of critical importance in the audit of financial statements of the relevant period.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It might also assist the users of such financial statements to understand the entity and also help in understanding the areas of crucial management judgment in such audited financial statements.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communicating the key audit matters in the report of the auditor is with respect to an auditor having formed his\/her opinion on financial statements overall. However, communicating the key audit matters in auditor\u2019s report is:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not a substitute for the disclosures in financial statements that relevant financial reporting framework necessitates management to make, or which are otherwise essential for achieving fair presentation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not a substitute for an auditor expressing his\/her modified opinion when circumstances of any specific audit engagement require such expression as per SA 705 (Revised)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not a substitute to report as per SA 570 (Revised) when any material uncertainty exists with respect to conditions or events which might bring substantial doubt on the ability of the entity in continuing as a going concern<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not a separate opinion on the individual matters<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communicating Key Audit Matters<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An auditor should describe each of the key audit matter, with the help of a suitable subheading, in the separate section of his\/her audit report under\u00a0<\/span><b><i>\u201cKey Audit Matters\u201d.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b><i> Key Audit Matters aren\u2019t a substitute to express a modified opinion<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An auditor shouldn\u2019t communicate the matter in Key Audit Matters part of his\/her report when he\/she would require modifying the opinion as per SA 705 (Revised) as an end result of the matter.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><i> Descriptions of Individual Key Audit Matters<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The descriptions of each of the key audit matter in Key Audit 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400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In very rare scenarios, the auditor considers that such matter shouldn\u2019t be communicated in his\/her report since the adverse outcome of doing that would reasonably outweigh the benefits of public interest with such communication.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li><b><i> Form and Content of the Key Audit Matters Section in Other Circumstances<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In case the auditor considers, based on the circumstances and facts of the audit and entity, that there aren\u2019t key audit matters for communicating, the auditor should provide a statement separately in a section to this effect in his\/her report under\u00a0<\/span><b>\u201cKey Audit Matters\u201d.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communication with Person(s) Charged with Governance<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An auditor should communicate with the person(s) charged with governance:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matters which the auditor considers key audit matters<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In case applicable, based on the circumstances and facts of the entity and the audit, the determination of the auditor that there aren\u2019t any key audit matters for the purpose of communicating in his\/her report<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Documentation<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An auditor should include in his\/her audit documentation:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matters which required his\/her significant attention as determined as per point 2, and the basis for his\/her determination whether such matter is a key audit matter<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where applicable, the basis for the auditor in determining that there aren\u2019t key audit matters for the purpose of communicating with him\/her<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where applicable, the basis for the auditor in determining not to communicate in his\/her report a matter which was considered to be a key audit matter\n<p><\/span><b>To read more:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnm.in\/blog\/finding-the-right-chartered-accountant-near-you-navigating-financial-success\/\">Chartered Accountant Firm Near You<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SA 701 deals with the responsibilities of an auditor to communicate the key audit matters in his\/her audit report. 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