Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1 Smaller Entity Audits 1.1 The Issues 1.2 What the Regulators Say 1.3 What Practitioners Say 1.4 What the Standards Say 2 Materiality 2.1 The Issues 2.2 What the Regulators Say 2.3 What Practitioners Say 2.4 What the Standards Say 3 Related Parties 3.1 The Issues 3.2 What the Regulators Say 3.3 What Practitioners Say 3.4 What the Standards Say 4 Get This Right and the Rest Falls into Place: Understanding the Entity and Assessing Risk 4.1 The Issues 4.2 What the Regulators Say 4.3 What Practitioners Say 4.4 What the Standards Say 5 Really Efficient Audits: What Sort of Evidence Do I Really Need? 5.1 The Issues 5.2 What the Regulators Say 5.3 What Practitioners Say 5.4 What the Standards Say 6 Fraud 6.1 The Issues 6.2 What the Regulators Say 6.3 What Practitioners Say 6.4 What the Standard Says 7 Communications with Those Charged with Governance 7.1 The Issues 7.2 What the Regulators Say 7.3 What Practitioners Say 7.4 What the Standard Says 8 Group Audits 8.1 The Issues 8.2 What the Regulators Say 8.3 What Practitioners Say 8.4 What the Standards Say 9 Other Things Good Auditors Need to Know About ISAs 9.1 Other Good Things - The Issues 9.2 ISA 230 on Documentation - The Issues 9.3 Documentation - What the Regulators Say 9.4 Documentation - What Practitioners Say 9.5 Documentation - What the Standards Say 9.6 ISA 501 on Additional Considerations for Specific Items - The Issues 9.7 Inventory - What the Regulators Say 9.8 Inventory - What Practitioners Say 9.9 ISA 510 on Initial Engagements and Opening Balances - The Issues 9.10 Initial Engagements - What the Regulators Say 9.11 Initial Engagements - What Practitioners Say 9.12 Initial Engagements - What the Standards Say 9.13 ISA 530 on Audit Sampling - The Issues 9.14 Audit Sampling - What the Regulators Say 9.15 Audit Sampling - What Practitioners Say 9.16 Audit Sampling - What the Standards Say 9.17 ISA 540 on Accounting Estimates - The Issues 9.18 Accounting Estimates - What the Regulators Say 9.19 Accounting Estimates - What Practitioners Say 9.20 Accounting Estimates - What the Standards Say 9.21 ISA 560 on Subsequent Events - The Issues 9.22 Subsequent Events - What the Regulators Say 9.23 Subsequent Events - What Practitioners Say 9.24 Subsequent Events - What the Stand .

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