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New Quality Management Implementation Guides Now Available
12-Jul-2021
Guides Provide a Pathway to a Robust, Effective Quality Management System
NEW YORK - The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) released two guides to help stakeholders implement its suite of quality management standards. The two-guide will help stakeholders understand the standards and properly implement the requirements in the manner intended:
First-time Implementation Guide for International Standard on Quality Management (ISQM) 1, Quality Management for Firms that Perform Audits or Reviews of Financial Statements, or Other Assurance or Related Services Engagements.
First-time Implementation Guide for ISQM 2, Engagement Quality Reviews.
The IAASB will also issue an implementation guide for International Standard on Auditing 220 (Revised), Quality Management for an Audit of Financial Statements, in Q3. The suite of quality management standards come into effect on December 15, 2022.
These publications do not amend or override the International Standards on Quality Management (ISQMs), the texts of which alone are authoritative. Reading the publications are not a substitute for reading the ISQMs.
The IAASB encourages all practitioners to plan early for appropriate implementation, given the potential impact of the changes to firms’ systems of quality management.
Source: www.ifac.org