PSA 700
(FORMING AN OPINION AND REPORTING ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
REPORT TITLE ADDRESSEE
:
“Independent
Auditor’s Report” ELEMENTS OF Shareholders,
Government,
PLACE OF SIGNING AUDITORS REPORT OPINION:
THE REPORT * Unqualified opinion- free from
material misstatements.
*Qualified Audit- given due to either
DATE limitation in the scope of the audit or
accounting method that did not follow
GAAP.
*Adverse Opinion- indicates that
SCOPE OF financial records are not in accordance
PARAGRAPH with GAAP and are grossly misstated.
Says the audit followed * Disclaimer Opinion- no opinion over
the rules of GAAP and the financial statements was able to
was designed to provide determined.
reasonable assurance.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTORY
Summary of audit findings PARAGRAPH
AUDITOR(S) States that the audit has been
carried out, identifies the
RESPONSIBILITY financial documents used to
The responsibility of the auditor is to perform the audit. Also,
report to the members. The report must determines the place and time
state whether, in the opinion of the
MANAGEMENT auditor, the financial statements give a
frame covered by the audit.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR true and fair view of the state of the
company’s affairs and whether they
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS followed accounting standards, standards
on auditing and other guidelines.
AUDITOR’S
Management is responsible for the integrity and