Exposure Draft, International Standard on Quality Management 1, Quality Management for Firms that Perform Audits or Reviews of Financial Statements, or Other Assurance or Related Services Engagements
To ensure that firms’ systems continue to be robust and effectively support high-quality audits and other engagements, the IAASB has proposed various enhancements to address firms’ systems of quality management, previously known as systems of quality control. This Exposure Draft includes a new proactive risk-based approach to an effective system of quality management that establishes the foundation for consistent engagement quality.
Other enhancements include:
- Increasing firm leadership responsibilities and accountability, and improving firm governance;
- Modernizing the standard for an evolving and increasingly complex environment, including addressing the impact of technology, networks, and use of external service providers; and
- More rigorous monitoring of quality management systems and remediating deficiencies.
This memorandum should be read in conjunction with the overall explanatory memorandum, The IAASB’s Exposure Drafts for Quality Management at the Firm and Engagement Level, Including Engagement Quality Reviews.
Respondents are asked to respond separately to each of the exposure drafts and the overall explanatory memorandum. We request that comment letters do not include tables as they are incompatible with the software we use to help analyze respondents’ comments.
Exposure Drafts
- Overall Explanatory Memorandum, The IAASB’s Exposure Drafts for Quality Management at the Firm and Engagement Level, Including Engagement Quality Reviews
- Proposed International Standard on Quality Management 2, Engagement Quality Reviews
- Proposed International Standard on Auditing 220 (Revised), Quality Management for an Audit of Financial Statements
- Want to learn more? Visit our Quality Management homepage
Submitted Comment Letters
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Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (462.27 KB)()
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ISCA (615.63 KB)(Singapore)
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UNSW Sydney - Auditing and Assurance Research Network (226.09 KB)()
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (705.61 KB)(Sri Lanka)
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Office of the Auditor General of Canada (561.88 KB)(Canada)
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Canadian Public Accountability Board (131.79 KB)()
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PwC (609.37 KB)()
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Duncan & Toplis Limited (264.06 KB)(United Kingdom)
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MNP LLP (177.95 KB)()
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IFAC SMP Committee (162.37 KB)()
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FSR - Danish Auditors (148.1 KB)(Denmark)
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INTOSAI Professional Standards Committee (597.14 KB)()
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Accountancy Europe (3.11 MB)()
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Corporate Reporting Users' Forum(CRUF) (221.06 KB)()
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Royal NBA, the Netherlands Institute of Chartered Accountants (278.88 KB)(Netherlands)
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CPA Australia (220.64 KB)()
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Chartered Accountants Ireland (593.36 KB)(Ireland)
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NEXIA INTERNATIONAL (191.87 KB)()
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (4.4 MB)(Pakistan)
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Nexia Smith & Williamson (192.36 KB)(United Kingdom)
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AICPA (856.44 KB)()
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Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (187.64 KB)()
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Baker Tilly International (244.47 KB)()
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Shady Fouad Ahmed Mehelba (256.57 KB)(Saudi Arabia)
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Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (824.52 KB)(Uganda)
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CAS INTERNATIONAL (403.86 KB)(Malaysia)
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Consiglio Nazionale dei Dottori Commercialisti e degli Esperti Contabili (CNDCEC) (3.49 MB)(Italy)
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Center for Audit Quality (1.28 MB)()
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Auditor General of South Africa (314.64 KB)(South Africa)
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Nordic Federation of Public Accountants (883.75 KB)()
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IAASA (598.12 KB)(Ireland)
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Financial Reporting Council (578.66 KB)(United Kingdom)
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International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (180.58 KB)()
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Institut der Wirtschaftspruefer in Deutschland e.V. (IDW) (574.15 KB)(Germany)
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Kreston International (121.3 KB)()
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SRO AAS (260.49 KB)(Russian Federation)
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Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP (67.71 KB)(United States of America)
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Mazars USA LLP (276.52 KB)(United States of America)
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Office of the Auditor-General (New Zealand) (259.55 KB)(New Zealand)
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South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) (446.21 KB)(South Africa)
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International Corporate Governance Network (227.39 KB)()
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European Federation of Accountants and Auditors for SMEs (347.94 KB)()
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Compagnie Nationale des Commissaires aux Comptes (366.56 KB)(France)
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Swedish National Audit Office (150.75 KB)(Sweden)
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International Organization of Securities Commissions (3.15 MB)()
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Ibracon - Instituto dos Auditores Independentes do Brasil (263.24 KB)(Brazil)
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The Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (403.23 KB)(China)
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EXPERTsuisse (232.73 KB)()
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New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (345.06 KB)(United States of America)
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CEAOB (150.58 KB)()