AUDITING PROFESSION: QUALITY MANAGEMENT RULES PUBLISHED BUT NOT IMMEDIATELY EFFECTIVE

The Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors has published four rules arising from international standards on quality management but not effective for some time:

  • Rule 1: ‘ultimate responsibility and accountability for the system of quality management’
  • Rule 2: transparency reports
  • Rule 3: engagement quality reviewer and assistant
  • Rule 4: audit documentation assembly and retention

Rule 4 will be ‘effective for the audits of financial statements for periods beginning on or after 15 December 2024’. Rules 1-3 will be ‘effective for audits of financial statements for periods beginning on or after 15 December 2025’. The early adoption of each rule is nevertheless ‘permitted’.

Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch

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