The NAO has issued a Supplementary Guidance Note (SGN) 04 on behalf of the Comptroller and Auditor General following the announcement of the general election on 4 July 2024. SGN 04 provides statutory guidance to external auditors of local public bodies covered by the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and the Code of Audit […]
The ICAEW alongside the CIPFA-affiliated journal Public Money & Management are calling for papers describing ways in which local government accounts can be better used to improve accountability and effectiveness. The deadline for submitting a paper is 3 September 2024.
In April the LGA published ten key questions for audit committees to ask of management, internal and external auditors, and themselves. The guide provides information and guidance as well as good practice.
PSAA has published its Contract Monitoring Data Pack: Quarter 4 for 2023/24. We produce quarterly reports on our contracted firms, building up information as the year progresses. The data pack covers audit opinions, approved fee variations and electors’ objections as of 31 March 2024. The timeliness of audit delivery remains a matter of major concern […]
The Procurement Bill, which will reform the existing Procurement Rules, received Royal Assent last year. You can view the new Procurement Act on the UK legislation website. The Procurement Act will come into effect on Monday 28 October 2024. The Government has published a series of guidance documents to cover all aspects of the Procurement Act […]
We have published updates to our auditor appointment directories following our April updates from our audit suppliers: You can also visit our pages that list all directories for 2018/19 to 2022/23 and 2023/24 to 2027/28.
On 9 January 2024 new Global Internal Audit Standards were issued, which will become effective from 9 January 2025. They will replace the International Professional Practice Framework, the mandatory elements of which are the basis for the current UK public sector internal auditing standards. The UK Public Sector Internal Audit Standard Advisory Board (IASAB) issued […]
This edition of our quarterly e-bulletin includes news of our new Chair, our response to consultations to address the audit backlog, an update relating to fee variation proposals for the revised ISA 315, and a summary of local audit news from elsewhere. We hope that you continue to find our e-bulletin to be useful. We […]
The updated ISA 315 applies to all audited bodies from 2022/23 audits onwards, however the impact for each body type is expected to be variable. The significant changes in ISA 315 result in additional audit requirements that auditors must deliver to meet the Code of Audit Practice. When we published the 2023/24 scale fees in […]
Our revised contractual mechanics were set in 2022 to encourage all firms to complete and deliver audits on as timely a basis as possible. When we developed them the Auditor’s Annual Report (AAR) was expected to be the final piece of the annual audit jigsaw (unless there was a change in auditor between 2022/23 and […]