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The PCAOB urges firms to review systems and procedures.
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The PCAOB is urging audit firms to review their systems and procedures to promote compliance with the board’s Risk Assessment Standards.
The Risk Assessment Standards—Auditing Standards (AS) No. 8 through No. 15—were adopted in 2010. The standards address the auditor’s assessment of and response to risk of material misstatements and the auditor’s evaluation of the results of procedures performed in the audit. The standards include:
- AS No. 8, Audit Risk.
- AS No. 9, Audit Planning.
- AS No. 10, Supervision of the Audit Engagement.
- AS No. 11, Consideration of Materiality in Planning and Performing an Audit.
- AS No. 12, Identifying and Assessing Risks of Material Misstatement.
- AS No. 13, The Auditor’s Responses to the Risks of Material Misstatement.
- AS No. 14, Evaluating Audit Results.
- AS No. 15, Audit Evidence.
The PCAOB expressed concern over the number and significance of deficiencies in compliance with these standards found in inspections from 2012 through 2014.
The PCAOB encouraged audit firms to review the report and consider the compliance of their practices related to the Risk Assessment Standards.
