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Who should attend
This course was recorded on April 2023 and is suitable for accountants,
auditors, and other business professionals, both from small and mid-sized
practices and in business, from across the island of Ireland.
Course overview
The key auditing related issues that will be covered during this session will
include:
- Audit Planning, including how recent key changes to ISA 315 (Risk of
Material Misstatement) will impact your work in this area, as well as your
Controls Testing,
- Recent changes to Audit Quality Management under ISQM, how to ensure you
meet these requirements in 2023 and beyond,
- Going Concern requirements under ISA 570,
- Auditing Accounting Estimates under ISA 540 and increased level of
uncertainties,
- The new and increased Audit Risks that you face at this time, such as
fraud and how ISA 240 changes impacts your work,
- Impairments of Assets (Including Stocks and Debtors) and Investment
Property,
- Enhanced Audit Completion Procedures/documentation, including the Letter
of Representation,
- Typical areas for improvement in the audit of SMEs, as identified by both
the Institute Professional Standards and Practice Consulting teams;
- Reporting to Regulatory bodies should the need arise (e.g., Anti-Money
Laundering or Company Law issues); and
- Meeting enhanced audit related CPD requirements for those on the Irish
Audit Register.
While Spring 2023 enhancements to the Institute PQAs will be referenced
during this session, the key audit issues covered throughout the course will
make it also highly relevant to non-PQA users
Key Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, participans will be able to appreciate the key
auditing issues for micro, small and medium sized companies that have arisen
over recent months and how to address these.
Understand the Spring 2023 updates to the Institute PQAs and how best to
employ these in your audits/practice.
Speaker Bios
Conal Kennedy - Conal is Head of Practice Consulting in
Chartered Accountants Ireland. He and his team provide advice and support to
practices throughout Ireland, and publish a range of practice toolkits covering
audit, accounting and compliance. Over a 16 year period in Practice Consulting,
Conal has coached and advised many practices through major change events such as
mergers, acquisitions and retirements. He has also advised on practice
development and marketing.
Jeremy Twomey-Jeremy in his role as Practice Consulting Manager works
to support our member practitioners across our service areas, with a particular
focus on compliance support, training and our associated advisory services.
Jeremy is a Fellow of the Institute, having trained with Ernst & Young; he
has held senior management positions across both financial and professional
services, as well as the public sector.
Contact us
If you have any questions regarding this or any other CPD course or
requirements, please feel free to contact the team here or call us at (+353) 01 523
3930