This Guidance responds to ten key stakeholder-identified challenges commonly encountered in applying International Standard on Assurance Engagements 3000 (Revised), Assurance Engagements Other than Audits or Reviews of Historical Financial Information. The guidance promotes consistent high-quality application of ISAE 3000 (Revised) in sustainability and other external reporting assurance engagements to:

This is the sixth 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. 

Visit the Anti-Money Laundering: The Basics series page to view all installments

This publication provides additional context to the Board’s recently proposed revisions to the definition of a public interest entity (PIE) and supplements the guidance material in the explanatory memorandum of the Exposure Draft Proposed Revisions to the Definitions of Listed Entity and Public Interest Entity in the Code (PIE ED), which was released in January.

This non-authoritative Frequently Asked Questions document helps auditors address the risk of overreliance on technology, whether it arises from using automated tools and techniques or from using information produced by an entity’s systems. 

This publication does not amend or override the International Standards on Auditing (ISAs), the texts of which alone are authoritative. Reading the publication is not a substitute for reading the ISAs.

The International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (including International Independence Standards) (the Code) sets out the fundamental principles of ethics for professional accountants (PAs), reflecting the profession’s public interest responsibility. The principles apply to all PAs irrespective of their roles and responsibilities. Together with the Code’s conceptual framework, the principles provide a strong foundation for ethical decision-making.