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CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT


ADVANCED LEVEL

ADVANCED AUDITING AND ASSURANCE



STUDY TEXT


Revised: September 2021




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,CONTENT

Assurance and non-assurance

 The concept of assurance and non-assurance engagements
 Agreed upon procedures
 Compilation engagements
 Assurance reports

Audit framework and regulations

 Objective and general principles
 Legal framework
 International, regulatory framework for audit and assurance services
 Auditors’ professional liability and legal responsibilities

Professional and ethical considerations

 Code of ethics for professional accountants
 Fundamental principles, threats and safeguards
 Advertising, publicity, obtaining professional work and fees and money laundering
 Professional skepticism (in the context of errors and fraud)

Management of audit practice

 Client acceptance and retention
 Tendering for audit services
 Professional appointments
 Planning, materiality and assessing risk of misstatement (audit risk)
 Methods and techniques of auditing high risk areas
 Use and evaluation of internal control system by auditors
 Preparation of audit working papers

Audit evaluation and reviews

 Financial statement assertions and audit procedures
 Subsequent events
 Going concern
 Related parties management representation
 Group audit/joint/component audit
 Analytical review
 The company audit
 Audit of consolidated financial statements
 Audit of banks and non banking financial institutions
 Audit of general insurance companies
 Audit of cooperatives societies



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,  Audit under taxation laws
 Other special audit assignments

Audit related assurance services

 Prospective financial information,
 Investigations and due diligence
 Special audit assignments (social and environment audit)
 Audit committee and corporate governance
 Operations and internal audit management
 Audit under computerised information systems
 Audit of public sector undertakings

Forensic accounting

 Conduct of forensic investigations: accepting the investigation, planning, evidence
gathering, reporting
 Rules of evidence in court proceedings
 Regulations and standards on forensic accounting
 Applicable codes of ethics


Audit clearance and reporting

 Quality control and peer review
 Reports to those charged with governance
 Reporting on compliance and other information (Chairman’s statement and directors
report)
 Auditors report on financial statements

Emerging issues and trends




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TOPICS PAGE NUMBER

Topic 1: Assurance and non- assurance. ..........................................................................5

Topic 2: Audit framework and regulations .................................................................... 13

Topic 3: Professional and ethical consideration. ........................................................... 22

Topic 4: Management of audit practice. ........................................................................ 29

Topic 5: Audit evaluation and reviews. ....................................................................... 108

Topic 6: Audit related and assurance services. ............................................................. 173

Topic 7: Forensic accounting. ........................................................................................216

Topic 8: Audit clearance and reporting ..........................................................................224




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