Tuesday 19 May 2015

What is Reasonable Assurance

What is Reasonable Assurance?

Reasonable assurance means that a high degree of assurance, but not absolute assurance, because due to inherent limitation of audit absolute assurance is not possible.

What are auditor responsibility, where reasonable assurance not possible?

In circumstances where reasonable assurance is not possible auditor will adopt following course of actions

1.    Express the Qualified opinion ( where qualified opinion is sufficient)


2.    Disclaim or Resign from the assignment ,if resign is possible under circumstances (where qualified opinion is not sufficient)