March 2020
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928 pages
29h 45m
English
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34AU-C 720 Other Information in Documents Containing Audited Financial Statements
SCOPE
AU-C 720 offers auditors guidance on their responsibilities related to other information in documents containing audited financial statements. If there are no separate requirements in the circumstances, the auditors have no responsibility for determining whether the other information is purposely stated. (AU-C 720.01)
Other information may include a report by management or those charged with governance on operations, financial summaries or highlights, employment data, planned capital expenditures, financial ratios, names of officers and directors, and selected quarterly data. Other information does not include a press release or similar memorandum or cover letter accompanying the document containing audited financial statements and the auditor’s report thereon, information contained in analyst briefings, or information contained on the entity’s website. (AU-C 720.A3–.A4)
DEFINITIONS OF TERMS
Source: AU-C 720.05. For definitions related to this standard, see Appendix A, “Definitions of Terms”: Inconsistency, Misstatement of fact, Other information.
OBJECTIVE OF AU-C SECTION 720
AU-C Section 720.04 states that:
… the objective of the auditor is to respond appropriately when the auditor becomes aware that documents ...
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