Amar Projects Pvt. Ltd., a company involved in turnkey infrastructure projects, is in discussions for a strategic joint venture with a foreign…
CA Final · Advanced Auditing, Assurance and Professional Ethics · RTP · September 2025
Amar Projects Pvt. Ltd., a company involved in turnkey infrastructure projects, is in discussions for a strategic joint venture with a foreign company. As part of the due diligence process, the foreign entity has requested a review of Amar Projects' interim financial statements for the six-month period ending 30 th September 2024, instead of a full audit. To comply with this request, the management appoints CA Tanvi, a practicing Chartered Accountant, to conduct the review and issue a report under the applicable Standards on Review Engagements (SRE). Before accepting the engagement, CA Tanvi is evaluating the scope of the review, the nature of assurance, and the appropriate format of her review report. What kind of assurance is given in a review engagement? How is it different from an audit?
Suggested Answer and Working Notes:
A review engagement under SRE 2410 provides limited assurance, which is lower in scope than the reasonable assurance obtained in an audit. A review consists of making inquiries, primarily of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters, and applying analytical and other review procedures. A review may bring significant matters affecting the interim financial information to the auditor's attention, but it does not provide all of the evidence that would be required in an audit. Overview of distinctive areas between Audit and Review Audit Review Audit is a type of reasonable assurance engagement providing reasonable level of assurance. Review is a type of limited assurance engagement providing a lower level of assurance than reasonable assurance engagement. It performs elaborate and extensive procedures including tests of controls and substantive procedures. It performs fewer procedures primarily focusing on inquiry and analytical procedures. It draws reasonable conclusions on the basis of sufficient appropriate evidence. It draws limited conclusions on the basis of sufficient appropriate evidence. It provides an assurance opinion. The language of assurance opinion is positively worded. It provides an assurance conclusion. The language of assurance conclusion is negatively worded.
Topics: Standard on Auditing (SA)
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