Auditors’ Reporting to Those Charged with Governance

Abstract

For audits of Public-Interest Entities (PIEs), the PIE Regulation introduced important new requirements regarding auditors’ reporting to those charged with governance – more specifically, auditors’ reporting to the audit committee in an additional report. However, for audits of both PIEs and non-PIEs, there are also requirements regarding auditors’ reporting to those charged with governance in the International Standards on Auditing (ISAs). This article starts by answering two important questions: (1) ‘Those charged with governance – who are they?’ and (2) ‘PIEs – which entities are they?’. Next, auditors’ reporting to those charged with governance in non-PIEs and PIEs, respectively, is discussed. The article closes with a discussion on signing of auditors’ reporting to those charged with governance. Auditing Directive, Public-Interest Entities (PIEs), International Standards on Auditing (ISAs), European Model Companies Act (EMCA), Audit Committee