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Wiley Practitioner's Guide to GAAS 2023, 2nd Edition
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Wiley Practitioner's Guide to GAAS 2023, 2nd Edition

by Joanne M. Flood
April 2023
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1056 pages
34h 59m
English
Wiley
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2AU-C 210 Terms of Engagement

TECHNICAL ALERT

Recently issued SAS 147 affects AU-C 210. The preface to this volume contains an overview of the SAS, and the changes are noted in this chapter.

SCOPE

This section states the requirements and provides application guidance on the auditor's responsibilities when agreeing upon terms of engagement with management and those charged with governance. It also establishes the vitally important preconditions for an audit, for which management is responsible. Engagement letters can also be the foundation of a defense in the event of a dispute with the client. AU-C 220, Quality Control for an Engagement Conducted in Accordance with Generally Accepted Auditing Standards, addresses those aspects of engagement acceptance that the auditor can control and the auditor's responsibilities regarding ethical requirements concerning acceptance of an engagement. (AU-C 210.01 and .A1)

DEFINITIONS OF TERMS

Source: AU-C 210.04. For definitions related to this standard, see Appendix A, “Definitions of Terms”: Preconditions for an audit, Recurring audit.

OBJECTIVES OF AU-C 210

AU-C Section 210.03 states that:

… the objective of the auditor is to accept an audit engagement for a new or existing audit client only when the basis upon which it is to be performed has been agreed upon through

  1. establishing whether the ...
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