CA Raj has been appointed as the auditor of MARCO Pvt. Ltd., a private real estate company. During the audit, he requested information from the…

As per SA 540, “Auditing Accounting Estimates, Including Fair Value Accounting Estimates, and Related Disclosures", the auditor shall review the outcome of accounting estimates included in the prior period financial statements, or, where applicable, their subsequent re-estimation for the purpose of the current period. The nature and extent of the auditor's review takes account of the nature of the accounting estimates, and whether the information obtained from the review would be relevant to identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement of accounting estimates made in the current period financial statements. The outcome of an accounting estimate will often differ from the accounting estimate recognised in the prior period financial statements. By performing risk assessment procedures to identify and understand the reasons for such differences, the auditor may obtain: Information regarding the effectiveness of management's prior period estimation process, from which the auditor can judge the likely effectiveness of management's current process.Audit evidence that is pertinent to the re-estimation, in the current period, of prior period accounting estimates.Audit evidence of matters, such as estimation uncertainty, that may be required to be disclosed in the financial statements. The review of prior period accounting estimates may also assist the auditor, in the current period, in identifying circumstances or conditions that increase the susceptibility of accounting estimates to, or indicate the presence of, possible management bias. The auditor's professional skepticism assists in identifying such circumstances or conditions and in determining the nature, timing and extent of further audit procedures. However, the review is not intended to call into question the judgments made in the prior periods that were based on information available at that time. In the given case, the management is not correct in refusing the relevant information to the auditor.