Communication between
predecessors auditor
and successor
auditor
Section 315
This section provide guidance on communication between
predecessors auditor and successor auditor when change of auditor
is in process and taken place. It also provide communication when
possible mis-statement are discovered in financial statement on
reported by predecessors auditor.
ANSWER IS
TRUE
This statement is true,the successor auditor should obtain
permission from prospective client to contact the predecessor
auditor.
Communication before
successor auditor
accept engagement
- Para 07predecessor auditor may be able to. provide information
that will assist the successor auditor in determining whether to
accept the engagement.
- The successor auditor should bear in mind that, among other
things, the predecessor auditor and the client may have disagreed
about accounting principles, auditing procedures, or similarly
significant matters.
08 The successor
auditor should
request permission
from the
prospective
client to make an inquiry of the
predecessor auditor prior to final acceptance of
the engagement.
- Except as permitted by the Rules of the Code of
ProfessionalConduct, an auditor is precluded from disclosing
confidential information ob-tained in the course of an engagement
unless the client specifically consents
- Thus, the successor auditor should ask the prospective client
to authorize the predecessor auditor to respond fully to the
successor auditor's inquiries
- If a prospective client refuses to permit the predecessor
auditor to respond or lim-its the response, the successor auditor
should inquire as to the reasons and. consider the implications of
that refusal in deciding whether to accept the engagement.