Audit Guidance Statements (AGSs)

 

AGSs are issued to promote best practices and provide practical assistance to professional accountants in public practice.

Professional accountants in public practice should consider the applicability of AGSs to their engagements. A professional accountant in public practice who has not applied the guidance included in a relevant AGS should be prepared to explain how:

  • the requirements in the SSAs; or
  • the basic principles and essential audit procedures in other auditing standards, addressed by the AGS, have been compiled with.
AGSDescription Last Update Date
 PrefaceDownloadMay 2006
1Sample Independent Auditor’s ReportsDownloadAug 2024
1
(Superseded)
Sample Independent Auditor’s ReportsDownloadJul 2023
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(Superseded)		Sample Independent Auditor’s ReportsDownloadApr 2023
1
(Superseded)
Sample Independent Auditor’s ReportsDownloadDec 2022
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Sample Independent Auditor’s ReportsDownloadJun 2022
1
(Superseded)

Sample Independent Auditor’s Reports DownloadMar 2022
1
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Sample Independent Auditor’s Reports DownloadJun 2021
2Verification of Debtor Balances – Confirmation by Direct Communication (Withdrawn on 6 October 2015)  
3Microfilm Records and their Audit Implications  (Withdrawn on 15 March 2010)  
4Existence and Valuation of Inventories in the Context of the Historical Cost SystemDownloadDec 2018
5Audits of Entities in Specific Industries, Professions or VocationsDownloadJul 2023
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(Superseded)		Audits of Entities in Specific Industries, Professions or VocationsDownloadApr 2023
5
(Superseded)
Audits of Entities in Specific Industries, Professions or VocationsDownloadJul 2022
5
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Audits of Entities in Specific Industries, Professions or Vocations1DownloadNov 2015
6Bank Reports for Audit Purposes DownloadMay 2006
7Value for Money Auditing In a Statutory Board  (Withdrawn on 4 June 2015)  
8Reports on the Internal Control Procedures of Service Organisations (Withdrawn on 25 February 2015)2 
 
9Opinion on Receipts, Expenditure, Investment of Moneys and the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets by Statutory BoardsDownloadJul 2023
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(Superseded)		Opinion on Receipts, Expenditure, Investment of Moneys and the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets by Statutory BoardsDownloadApr 2023
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Opinion on Receipts, Expenditure, Investment of Moneys and the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets by Statutory BoardsDownloadJul 2022
9
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Opinion on Receipts, Expenditure, Investment of Moneys and the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets by Statutory BoardsDownloadNov 2019
10Joint AuditsDownloadJul 2023
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(Superseded)		Joint AuditsDownloadApr 2023
10
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Joint AuditsDownloadDec 2022
10
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Joint AuditsDownloadJul 2022
10
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Joint AuditsDownloadNov 2015
11Comfort Letters and Due Diligence MeetingsDownloadJul 2023
11
(Superseded)		Comfort Letters and Due Diligence MeetingsDownloadApr 2023
11
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Comfort Letters and Due Diligence MeetingsDownloadJun 2022
11
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Comfort Letters and Due Diligence MeetingsDownloadDec 2018
12Group Audits - Inaccessibility of Component Auditors’ Work Papers and Other ConsiderationsDownloadDec 2022
12
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Group Audits - Inaccessibility of Component Auditors’ Work Papers and Other ConsiderationsDownloadFeb 2020
13Data Analytics in a Financial Statements Audit
DownloadDec 2022
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Data Analytics in a Financial Statements AuditDownloadAug 2021
  1. AGS 5 (Revised) is applicable with effect from 10 May 2014.

  2. Members should refer to SSAE 3402, Assurance Reports on Controls at a Service Organisation when issuing reports covering periods ending on or after 15 June 2012.