Manage your Practice: ISA 220 (Revised): Quality Management for an Audit of Financial Statements

ISQM 11, ISQM 22 and ISA 220 (Revised)3 come into effect on 15 December 2022. These standards are expected to have a significant impact on all firms that perform engagements in accordance with the IAASB standards. The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), in collaboration with the Pan African Federation of Accountants (PAFA) and…

Recommend: A beginner’s guide: International Standard

‘‘Sustainability reporting’ and ‘assurance of sustainability reporting’ are certainly not new concepts, especially in South Africa: ‘triple bottom ’line’ reporting was introduced in the King Report on Corporate Governance, 2002 (King II) and the King Report has advocated for assurance of sustainability information for many years. The landscapes of sustainability reporting and assurance thereof are…

Recommend: Modernising public procurement management

Service delivery lies at the centre of all the spheres of government South Africa. Municipalities in particular are considered to be closest to citizens, providing key basic services. They achieve this obligation through the procuring of goods and services from suppliers in the private sector using practices that are guided by the Municipal Financial Management…