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Basis for Conclusions

The Basis for Conclusions provides information on how the Auditing and Assurance Standard Board (AASB) dealt with significant matters raised during the Exposure Draft process.

The Basis for Conclusions related to Canadian Auditing Standards (CASs) and to the Canadian Standard on Quality Control (CSQC) focus on how the Board dealt with comments related to possible amendments to the wording of the international standards in finalizing the Canadian standards. The Basis for Conclusions for these standards also provides a link to the corresponding documents developed by staff of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB).

Six Canadian Auditing Standards were developed and approved prior to the Board changing its policies and procedures to require a Basis for Conclusion for each approved standard. The Board decided that it was not practical to implement these policies and procedures retroactively. However, corresponding International Standards on Auditing (ISA) Basis for Conclusions are available on the IAASB website.

Basis for Conclusions

CSQC 1Quality Control for Firms that Perform Audits and Reviews of Financial Statements, and Other Assurance Engagements
CAS 200Overall Objectives of the Independent Auditor and the Conduct of an Audit in Accordance with Canadian Auditing Standards
CAS 210Agreeing the Terms of Audit Engagements
CAS 220Quality Control for an Audit of Financial Statements
CAS 250Consideration of Laws and Regulations in an Audit of Financial Statements
CAS 260Communication with Those Charged with Governance
CAS 265Communicating Deficiencies in Internal Control to Those Charged with Governance and Management
CAS 320
CAS 450
Materiality in Planning and Performing an Audit and
Evaluation of Misstatements Identified during the Audit
CAS 402Audit Considerations Relating to an Entity Using a Service Organization
CAS 500Audit Evidence
CAS 501Audit Evidence — Specific Considerations for Selected Items
CAS 505External Confirmations
CAS 510Initial Audit Engagements — Opening Balances
CAS 520Analytical Procedures
CAS 530Audit Sampling
CAS 540Auditing Accounting Estimates, Including Fair Value Accounting Estimates, and Related Disclosures
CAS 550Related Parties
CAS 560Subsequent Events
CAS 570Going Concern
CAS 580Written Representations
CAS 610Using the Work of Internal Auditors
CAS 620Using the Work of an Auditor’s Expert
CAS 700Forming an Opinion and Reporting on Financial Statements
CAS 705Modifications to the Opinion in the Independent Auditor’s Report
CAS 706Emphasis of Matter Paragraphs and Other Matter Paragraphs in the Independent Auditor’s Report
CAS 710Comparative Information — Corresponding Figures and Comparative Financial Statements
CAS 720The Auditor’s Responsibilities Relating to Other Information in Documents Containing Audited Financial Statements
CAS 800Special Considerations — Audits of Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance with Special Purpose Frameworks and
CAS 805Special Considerations — Audits of Single Financial Statements and Specific Elements, Accounts or Items of a Financial Statement
CAS 810Engagement to Report on a Summary Financial Statements

 

The Basis for Conclusions for the ISAs corresponding to the six CASs for which no AASB Basis for Conclusions were developed are available below.

ISA 230Audit Documentation
ISA 240The Auditor's Responsibilities Related to Fraud in an Audit of Financial Statements
ISA 300Planning an Audit of Financial Statements
ISA 315Identifying and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement Through Understanding the Entity and its Environment
ISA 330The Auditor's Responses to Assessed Risks
ISA 600Special Considerations — Audits of Group Financial Statements (Including the Work of Component Auditors