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Are you a Canadian private enterprise, an advisor to one, or a user of private enterprises’ financial reports? Interested in the amendments to the accounting for retractable or mandatorily redeemable shares and other financial instruments? Watch an on-demand webinar on this topic, jointly presented with CPA Canada.

The IAASB released its Proposed Strategy for 2020-2023 and Work Plan for 2020-2021. The Work Plan highlights the IAASB’s commitment to completing significant projects currently underway, while balancing the needs of all stakeholders. Stakeholders are encouraged to respond to the IAASB by June 4, 2019.

The IAASB issued an interim Consultation Paper, including the first part of draft guidance for practitioners applying ISAE 3000 (Revised), Assurance Engagements Other than Audits of Reviews of Historical Financial Information to EER assurance engagements. This interim paper will assist the IAASB to develop guidance that they are working to publish in the second phase of this project. Stakeholders are encouraged to respond to the IAASB by July 21, 2019.

The Board discussed several topics during this two-day meeting, including Identifying and Assessing the Risk of Material Misstatement, Public Sector Auditing Standards, Compilation Engagements, and the AASB’s 2019-2020 Annual Plan. Read the Decision Summary for full details.

This At-a-Glance provides an overview of the changes the IAASB made to ISA 540, Auditing Accounting Estimates and Related Disclosures, and related conforming and consequential amendments.

At its recent meeting in Toronto, the Council discussed the activities of the AcSB, PSAB, and other related matters. The Council also heard an update on the activities of its Performance Review Committee and its Nominating and Governance Committee. Read the full report for more information.

At its December 20, 2018 meeting, AASOC approved a revised AASB Terms of Reference and ratified the AASB’s new Statement of Operating Procedures, to align with both the AcSB and PSAB.

The Board discussed several topics during this two-day meeting including Quality Management, Public Sector Auditing Standards, Compilation Engagements and the AASB’s 2019-2020 Annual Plan. Read the Decision Summary for full details.

The purpose of this publication is to promote consistency in the form and content of practitioners' reports by providing guidance with respect to commonly occurring circumstances. This guide does not amend or override auditing or review standards, the texts of which alone are authoritative, nor does it necessarily address all audit reporting changes resulting from the Canadian Auditing Standards.

We are proud to share that Eric Turner, Director, AASB was appointed to the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB), effective January 1, 2019. Eric has previously acted as technical advisor to the IAASB’s current Canadian representative, Ron Salole.