Singapore Standards on Auditing (SSAs)
SSAs are written in the context of an audit of financial statements (i.e. historical financial information) by an independent auditor. Users are to adapt the SSAs, where appropriate, when applying to other audit engagements.
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SSA 200 - SSA 265
SSA | Description | Effective Date | |
200
| Overall Objectives of the Independent Auditor and the Conduct of an Audit in Accordance with Singapore Standards on Auditing | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2022 |
210 | Agreeing the Terms of Audit Engagements | Download | Periods beginning on or after 1 January 2023 |
220 (Revised) | Quality Management for an Audit of Financial Statements | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2023 |
230 | Audit Documentation | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2023 |
240 | The Auditor’s Responsibilities Relating to Fraud in an Audit of Financial Statements | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2023 |
250 (Revised) | Consideration of Laws and Regulations in an Audit of Financial Statements | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2023 |
260 (Revised) | Communication with Those Charged with Governance | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2024 |
265 | Communicating Deficiencies in Internal Control to those Charged with Governance and Management | Download | Periods beginning on or after 1 January 2023 |
SSA 300 - SSA 330
SSA | Description | Effective Date | |
300
| Planning an Audit of Financial Statements | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2023 |
315 (Revised 2021) | Identifying and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2023 |
320 | Materiality in Planning and Performing an Audit | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2023 |
330 | The Auditor’s Responses To Assessed Risks | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2021 |
SSA 402 - SSA 450
SSA | Description | Effective Date | |
402 | Audit Considerations Relating to an Entity Using a Service Organisation | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2023 |
450 | Evaluation of Misstatements Identified during the Audit | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2020 |
SSA 500 - SSA 580
SSA | Description | Effective Date | |
500
| Audit Evidence | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2022 |
501 | Audit Evidence – Specific Considerations for Selected Items | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2023 |
505 | External Confirmations | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2021 |
510 | Initial Audit Engagements – Opening Balances | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2023 |
520 | Analytical Procedures | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2021 |
530 | Audit Sampling | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2021 |
540 (Revised) | Auditing Accounting Estimates and Related Disclosures | Download | Periods beginning on or after 1 January 2023 |
550 | Related Parties | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2023 |
560 | Subsequent Events | Download | Periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018 |
570 (Revised) | Going Concern | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2023 |
580 | Written Representations | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2019 |
SSA 600 - SSA 620
SSA | Description | Effective Date | |
600 (Revised) | Special Considerations – Audits of Group Financial Statements (Including the Work of Component Auditors) Summary of Conforming and Consequential Amendments – SSA 600 (Revised) | Download Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2023 |
610 (Revised 2013)
| Using the Work of Internal Auditors | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2023 |
620
| Using the Work of an Auditor’s Expert | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2022 |
SSA 700 - SSA 720
SSA | Description | Effective Date | |
700 (Revised) | Forming an Opinion and Reporting on Financial Statements | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2024 |
701 | Communicating Key Audit Matters in the Independent Auditor’s Report | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2023 |
705 (Revised) | Modifications to the Opinion in the Independent Auditor’s Report | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2023 |
706 (Revised) | Emphasis of Matter Paragraphs and Other Matter Paragraphs in the Independent Auditor’s Report | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2023 |
710 | Comparative Information – Corresponding Figures and Comparative Financial Statements | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2023 |
720 (Revised) | The Auditor’s Responsibilities Relating to Other Information | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2023 |
SSA 800 - SSA 810
SSA | Description | Effective Date | |
800 (Revised) | Special Considerations – Audits of Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance with Special Purpose Frameworks | Download | Periods beginning on or after 1 January 2023 |
805 (Revised) | Special Considerations─Audits of Single Financial Statements and Specific Elements, Accounts or Items of a Financial Statement | Download | Periods beginning on or after 15 December 2023 |
810 (Revised) (Updated in Jul 2022) | Engagements To Report On Summary Financial Statements | Download | Periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018 |