Archive for June 29th, 2011

29 June 2011: Latest batch of editorial corrections to IFRSs released by the IASB

This item was filled under Accounting

The IASB has posted to its website a new batch of ‘Editorial Corrections to IFRSs’.

Continue reading...

Raising the audit exemption threshold

This item was filled under Accounting

The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills announced that the government will amend the Companies Act to bring small company audit rules in line with the EU minimum in 2012 and to relax the audit and accounting rules for medium-sized businesses …

Continue reading...

Tagged with:

Making use of ES-PASE

This item was filled under Accounting

An area where we commonly see problems when reviewing files is the provision of non-audit services and the documenting of the safeguards applied under APB Ethical Standards.

Continue reading...

Tagged with:

Enter FRSME: What’s the difference?

This item was filled under Accounting

The proposed overhaul of UK GAAP is considered to be the most dramatic change for decades. There is no doubt that the proposals would have a significant effect on businesses, which currently apply UK FRSs. This article sets out the main areas of impact…

Continue reading...

Tagged with:

Audit Quality Forum activities

This item was filled under Accounting

The Forum met in March 2011 and, along with a progress report on the EC Green Paper on Audit Policy: Lessons from the Crisis and the FRC consultation on effective company stewardship, it discussed two issues: progress on the project on What makes finan…

Continue reading...

Tagged with: