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AU-C 560 Subsequent Events and Subsequently Discovered Facts

AU-C ORIGINAL PRONOUNCEMENT

Original Pronouncement

Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) 122.

DEFINITIONS OF TERMS

Source: AU-C 560.07

Date of the auditor's report. The date that the auditor dates the report on the financial statements, in accordance with Section 700 (Ref: par. .A14).

Date of the financial statements. The date of the end of the latest period covered by the financial statements.

Subsequent events. Events occurring between the date of the financial statements and the date of the auditor's report.

Subsequently discovered facts. Facts that become known to the auditor after the date of the auditor's report that, had they been known to the auditor at that date, may have caused the auditor to revise the auditor's report.

OBJECTIVES OF AU-C SECTION 560

AU-C Section 560.05 states that:

… the objectives of the auditor are to

1. obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence about whether events occurring between the date of the financial statements and the date of the auditor's report that require adjustment of, or disclosure in, the financial statements are appropriately reflected in those financial statements in accordance with the applicable financial reporting framework and
2. respond appropriately to facts that become known to the auditor after the date of the auditor's report that, had they been known to the auditor at that date, may have caused the auditor to revise the auditor's report.

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