ISA 220 (Revised) First-Time Implementation Guide

This non-authoritative First-time Implementation Guide may help stakeholders understand the requirements of the International Standard on Auditing (ISA) 220 (Revised), Quality Management for an Audit of Financial Statements, and implement the standard in the manner intended.

Practitioners are required to have quality management systems designed and implemented in accordance with ISA 220 by December 15, 2022.

This publication does not amend or override ISA 220 or the International Standard on Quality Management (ISQM) 1 or 2, the text of which alone are authoritative. Reading the publication is not a substitute for reading the standards.

Learn more about the IAASB’s suite of quality management standards.