Engagement to report on Summary of Financial statement.


Standard on Auditing -810 | Engagement to report on summary of financial statement.

Engagement Activates: -  

     1.Auditor must be same as appointed for Financial statement.

     2.Before accepting, Auditor shall

·      Determine applied criteria are acceptable.

·      Agreement from management for its responsibility.

a)    Prepare summary financial statement as per applied criteria.

b)    Available audited financial statement to the intended user of summary financial statement without any difficulty.

c)    Include auditors report on summary financial statements in any document.

d)    Form an opinion-Agree with management.


Summary of Financial Statements :-


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Auditor shall apply audit procedure and to report on the summary of financial statement .

   Audit Procedure: - 

     1.Evaluate whether the summary financial statements adequately disclose their summarized nature and identify the audited financial statements.

2. When summary financial statements are not   accompanied by the audited financial statements, evaluate whether they describe clearly:

                        I.         From whom or where the audited financial statements are available; or

                      II.         The law or regulation that specifies that the audited financial statements need not be made available to the intended users of the summary financial statements and establishes the criteria for the preparation of the summary financial statements.

     3.Evaluate whether the summary financial statements adequately disclose the applied criteria.

     4.Compare the summary financial statements with the related information in the audited financial statements to determine whether the summary financial statements agree with or can be re-calculated from the related information in the audited financial statement.

     5. Evaluate whether the summary financial statements are prepared in accordance with the applied criteria. 

     6. Evaluate, in view of the purpose of the summary financial statements, whether the summary financial statements contain the information necessary, and are at an appropriate level of aggregation, so as not to be misleading in the circumstances. 

     7. Evaluate whether the audited financial statements are available to the intended users of the summary financial statements without undue difficulty, unless law or regulation provides that they need not be made available and establishes the criteria for the preparation of the summary financial statements.


Form of Opinion: -

*    Unmodified opinion-When the auditor has concluded that an unmodified opinion on the summary financial statements is appropriate, the auditor’s opinion shall, unless otherwise required by law or regulation, use one of the following phrases:

(a) The accompanying summary financial statements are consistent, in all material respects, with the audited financial statements, in accordance with the applied criteria

(b) The accompanying summary financial statements are a fair summary of the audited financial statements, in accordance with the applied criteria.

 

*    Modified opinion- When the auditor has concluded that a modified opinion on the summary financial statements is appropriate, the auditor’s opinion shall, unless otherwise required by law or regulation, use one of the following phrases:

(a) The accompanying summary financial statements are not consistent, in all material respects, with the audited financial statements, in accordance with the applied criteria

(b) The accompanying summary financial statements are a not fair summary of the audited financial statements, in accordance with the applied criteria.

If management does not agree to make the necessary changes, the auditor shall express an adverse opinion on the summary financial statements


 

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