IAASA publishes its AAPA Report for 2022. The Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority (IAASA) has published its 2022 Annual Audit Programme and Activity Report. This report provides a summary of the activities performed by IAASA during 2022 to oversee the audit profession in Ireland. The report outlines the outcome of IAASA’s quality assurance review … Continued

Settlement Agreements have been reached with Mr Brian Hughes and Mr John O’Callaghan The investigations concerned the audit of the financial statements Greenlight Reinsurance Ireland DAC for the year end 2018. The Authority has decided to impose a Reprimand and a Fine of €10,500 on Mr Brian Hughes.   In respect of Mr John O Callaghan … Continued

Settlement Agreements have been reached in respect of Mr Tony Kelly and Ms Alison Gray. The investigations concerned the audit of the financial statements of Wirecard UK and Ireland Limited. The Authority has decided to impose a Severe Reprimand and a Fine of €19,500 on Mr Tony Kelly.   In respect of Ms Alison Gray the … Continued

IAASA has published its annual Profile of the Profession for 2022. This contains statistical data provided by the six Prescribed Accountancy Bodies (‘PABs’) within IAASA’s supervisory remit. The Profile of the Profession presents an overview of the PABs’ members and students and includes statistics about the PABs’ regulatory and monitoring activities. The full report is available … Continued

The full Settlement Agreement is available here.

IAASA, Ireland’s accounting enforcer, has today published a Paper “IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement – information requests”. IFRS 13 defines fair value, sets out a framework for measuring fair value, and requires disclosures about fair value measurements in financial statements. This Paper lists the fair value information requests that IAASA has made to entities during … Continued

Today, the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority (IAASA) has published a summary of the outcomes of its examinations of financial reports completed in 2022. This summary outlines the findings from financial statement examinations completed by IAASA’s Financial Reporting Supervision Unit in 2022. The summary shows that the level of compliance by companies with financial … Continued

IAASA has published the 2022 quality assurance review reports in respect of seven firms that perform statutory audits of public-interest entities. In Ireland, public-interest entities include listed companies and companies that operate in the banking and insurance sectors. The reports can be accessed here