Still, ACRA notes that the industry is on track to achieve its audit quality target of cutting by 25% the proportion of inspected audits of listed entity engagements with at least one finding.
SINGAPORE (Aug 2): Auditors using the search engine Google to screen clients as part of due diligence; senior auditors not spending enough time reviewing or supervising client audits; spouses of audit partners violating the firms’ policies on independence…
These are just some of the findings that the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore notes in the 2018 public edition of its Practice Monitoring Programme (PMP). In these annual reports, ACRA, which oversees public accountants, highlights areas for improvement after inspecting auditors, their practices and processes, and compliance with Ethics Pronouncement 200 requirements, which governs anti-money laundering and terrorism financing.
