Auditing Standards
These current Auditing Standards issued by the XRB Board or the NZAuASB apply to all assurance practitioners adopting the XRB auditing & assurance standards.
NOTE: The Explanatory Guides at the base of this page have no legal status and we have issued them for explanatory purposes only.
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Standards
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XRB Au1 Application of Auditing and Assurance Standards
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NZ AS 1 The Audit of Service Performance Information
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ISA (NZ) 200 Overall Objective of the Independent Auditor and the Conduct of an Audit in Accordance with International Standards on Auditing (New Zealand)
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ISA (NZ) 210 Agreeing the Terms of Audit Engagements
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ISA (NZ) 220 Quality Control for an Audit of Financial Statements
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ISA (NZ) 230 Audit Documentation
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ISA (NZ) 240 The Auditor's Responsibilities Relating to Fraud in an Audit of Financial Statements
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ISA (NZ) 250 (Revised) Consideration of Laws and Regulations in an Audit of Financial Statements
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ISA (NZ) 260 (Revised) Communication with Those Charged with Governance
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ISA (NZ) 265 Communicating Deficiencies in Internal Control to those Charged with Governance and Management
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ISA (NZ) 300 Planning an Audit of Financial Statements
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ISA (NZ) 315 (Revised) Identifying and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement Through Understanding the Entity and Its Environment
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ISA (NZ) 320 Materiality in Planning and Performing an Audit
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ISA (NZ) 330 The Auditor’s Responses to Assessed Risks
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ISA (NZ) 402 Audit Considerations Relating to an Entity Using a Service Organisation
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ISA (NZ) 450 Evaluation of Misstatements Identified During the Audit
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ISA (NZ) 500 Audit Evidence
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ISA (NZ) 501 Audit Evidence – Specific Considerations for Selected Items
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ISA (NZ) 505 External Confirmations
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ISA (NZ) 510 Initial Audit Engagements – Opening Balances
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ISA (NZ) 520 Analytical Procedures
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ISA (NZ) 530 Audit Sampling
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ISA (NZ) 540 Auditing Accounting Estimates, Including Fair Value Accounting Estimates, and Related Disclosures
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ISA (NZ) 550 Related Parties
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ISA (NZ) 560 Subsequent Events
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ISA (NZ) 570 (Revised) Going Concern
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ISA (NZ) 580 Written Representations
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ISA (NZ) 600 Special Considerations – Audits of Group Financial Statements (Including the Work of Component Auditors)
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ISA (NZ) 610 (Revised) Using the Work of Internal Auditors
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ISA (NZ) 620 Using the Work of an Auditor’s Expert
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ISA (NZ) 700 (Revised) Forming an Opinion and Reporting on Financial Statements
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ISA (NZ) 701 Communicating Key Audit Matters in the Independent Auditor’s Report
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ISA (NZ) 705 (Revised) Modifications to the Opinion in the Independent Auditor's Report
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ISA (NZ) 706 (Revised) Emphasis of Matter Paragraphs and Other Matter Paragraphs in the Independent Auditor's Report
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ISA (NZ) 710 Comparative Information – Corresponding Figures and Comparative Financial Statements
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ISA (NZ) 720 (Revised) The Auditor's Responsibility Relating to Other Information
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ISA (NZ) 800 (Revised) Special Considerations – Audits of Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance with Special Purpose Frameworks
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ISA (NZ) 805 (Revised) Special Considerations – Audits of Single Financial Statements and Specific Elements, Accounts or Items of a Financial Statement
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ISA (NZ) 810 (Revised) Engagements to Report on Summary Financial Statements
Explanatory Guides
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Explanatory Guide (EG Au1) Overview of Auditing and Assurance Standards
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Explanatory Guide (EG Au1A) Framework for Assurance Engagements
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Explanatory Guide (EG Au2) Overview of Auditing and Assurance Standard Setting Process
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Explanatory Guide (EG Au3) Applying the Auditing Standards on Audits of Smaller Entities in Australia and New Zealand
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Explanatory Guide (EG Au4) Glossary of Terms
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Explanatory Guide (EG Au8) Audit Implications of the Use of Service Organisations for Investment Management Services
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Explanatory Guide (EG Au9) Guidance on the Audit or Review of the Performance Report of Tier 3 Not- For-Profit Public Benefit Entities
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Explanatory Guide (EG Au9.1) Supplementary illustrative examples – revised audit or reporting requirements
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Explanatory Guide (EG Au10) Evaluating the Appropriateness of a Management's Expert's Work