Standards on auditing

SA 620: Using the Work of an Auditor’s Expert

• If that expert’s work involves use of significant assumptions and methods, the relevance and reasonableness of those assumptions and methods in the circumstances; and
• If that expert’s work involves the use of source data that is significant to that expert’s work, the relevance, completeness, and accuracy of that source data
• The auditor shall not refer to the work of an auditor’s expert in an auditor’s report containing an unmodified opinion unless required by law or regulation to do so. If such reference is required by law or regulation, the auditor shall indicate in the auditor’s report that the reference does not reduce the auditor’s responsibility for the audit opinion

SA 700 (Revised): Forming an Opinion and Reporting on Financial Statements

• Auditor should form an opinion on the financial statements based on an evaluation of the conclusions drawn from the audit evidence obtained; and express clearly that opinion through a written report that also describes the basis for the opinion
• The auditor shall express an unmodified opinion when the auditor concludes that the financial statements are prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the applicable financial reporting framework
• If the auditor concludes that, based on the audit evidence obtained, the financial statements as a whole are not free from material misstatement; or is unable to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence to conclude that the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, the auditor shall modify the opinion in the auditor’s report in accordance with SA 705

SA 700 (Revised): Forming an Opinion and Reporting on Financial Statements

• Auditor’s report includes basic elements such as Title, Addressee, Opening or introductory paragraph, Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements, Auditor’s Responsibility, Auditor’s Opinion, Other Reporting Responsibilities, Signature of the Auditor, Date of the Auditor’s Report and Place of Signature. If the auditor is required by any law or regulation to use a specific layout or wording of the auditor’s report, the auditor’s report shall refer to SA only if the auditor’s report includes, at a minimum, each of the elements prescribed in this SA
• If an auditor is required to conduct an audit in accordance with the SAs issued by the ICAI, but may additionally have complied with the International Standards on Auditing (ISAs) in the conduct of the audit, the auditor’s report may refer to ISAs in addition to the national auditing standards only if conditions specified in this SA are complied with