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This is the fifth installment of a 6-month publication series titled Anti-Money Laundering, The Basics. The series provides professional accountants with a better understanding of how money laundering works, the risks they face, and what they can do to mitigate these risks and make a positive contribution to the public interest.  To be globally relevant, the…

ISA 220 (Revised) deals with the engagement partner and engagement team’s responsibilities for quality management for an audit of financial statements. The revised standard modernizes the approach to quality management through improved and requires the engagement partner and engagement team to be proactive in managing and achieving quality. ISA 220 (Revised) is effective for audits…

Climate change is increasingly front of mind for investors and other IAASB stakeholders as its effects are increasingly visible. Given climate change’s potential to impact most, if not all entities, directly or indirectly, the IAASB issued this Staff Audit Practice Alert, which assists auditors in understanding what already exists in the International Standards on Auditing…

This is the first installment of a 6-month publication series titled Anti-Money Laundering, The Basics. The series provides professional accountants with a better understanding of how money laundering works, the risks they face, and what they can do to mitigate these risks and make a positive contribution to the public interest.  To be globally relevant, the…

All IFAC member organizations are required to adopt and implement the International Education Standards, or support their adoption and implementation. This IES self-assessment checklist will help professional accountancy organizations: Facilitate a high-level assessment of the educational requirements for professional accountants in their jurisdictions against the IESs, with a view to further develop roadmaps for IES…