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Example Auditor's Report: General Purpose Financial Report–Qualified Opinion The group engagement team is not ale to otain sufficient appropriate audit e!idence on "hich to ase the group audit opinion  Illustration 1: Circumstances include the following:  Audit of a g eneral purp ose financia l report prepare d by manag ement of the entity–the financial statements are prepared in accordance with Australian  Accounting Standards. The financial report is not prepared under the Corporations Act 2001. In this example the group engagement team is unable to obtain sufficient appropriate audit e!idence relating to a significant component accounted for by the e"uity method #recognised at $1% million in the balance sheet which reflects total assets of $&' million( because the group engagement team did not ha!e access to the accounting records management or auditor of the component. The group engagement team has read the audited financial report of the component as of )' *une +',1 including the auditor-s report thereon and considered related financial information ept by group management in relation to the component. In the group engagement partner-s /udgement the effect on the group financial report of this inability to obtain sufficient appropriate audit e!idence is material but not per!asi!e. I0232020T A4IT56-S 62356T 7Appropriate Addressee8 Report on the Financial Report 1  9e ha!e audited the accompanying financial report of AC 2ntity which comprises the statements of financial position as at )' *une +',1 the statements of comprehensi!e income the statements of changes in e"uity and the statements of cash flows for the year then ended notes comprising a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information and management-s assertion statement; +  of the entity and the consolidated enti ty comprising the entity and the entities it controlled at the year-s end or from time to time during the financial year. Management's 3  Responsibility for the Financial Report  <anagement is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial report in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and 7rele!ant reporting framewor8 =  and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of the financial report that is free from material misstatement whether due to fraud or error.  Auditor's Res ponsibility  5ur responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial report based on our audit. 9e conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Those standards re"uire that we comply with rele!ant ethical re"uirements relating to audit engage ments and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial report is free from material misstatement.  An audit in!ol!es performin g procedures to obtain audit e!idence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial report. The procedures selected depend on the auditor-s  /udgemen t including th e assessment of the riss of material misstatement of the financial report whether due to fraud or error. In maing those ris assessments the auditor considers internal control rele!ant to the entity-s preparation and fair presentation %  of the financial report in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effecti!eness of the entity-s internal control. &   An au dit also includes e!aluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the

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reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management as well as e!aluating theo!erall presentation of the financial report.

9e belie!e that the audit e!idence we ha!e obtained is sufficient and appropriate to pro!ide abasis for our "ualified audit opinion.

Basis for ualified !pinion 

 AC 2ntity-s in!estment in ,>? 2ntity a foreign associate ac"uired during the year andaccounted for by the e"uity method is carried at $1% million on the consolidated statement offinancial position as at )' *une +',1 and AC-s share of ,>?-s profit of $1 million is includedin the consolidated statement of comprehensi!e income for the year then ended. 9e wereunable to obtain sufficient appropriate audit e!idence about the carrying amount of AC-sin!estment in ,>? as at )' *une +',1 and AC-s share of ,>?-s profit for the year becausewe were denied access to the financial information management and the auditors of ,>?.Conse"uently we were unable to determine whether any ad/ustments to these amounts werenecessary.

ualified !pinion 

In our opinion except for the possible effects of the matter described in the asis for @ualified5pinion paragraph the financial report presents fairly in all material respects #or gi"es a

true and fair "ie#  of( the financial position of AC 2ntity and its subsidiaries as at )' *une+',1 and #of ( their financial performance and cash flows for the year then ended inaccordance with Australian Accounting Standards and 7rele!ant reporting framewor8.

Report on Other #egal and Regulator$ Re%uirements 

7Borm and content of this section of the auditor-s report will !ary depending on the nature ofthe auditor-s other reporting responsibilities.8

7Auditor-s signature8 

7ate of the auditor-s report8D 

7Auditor-s address8

If in the group engagement partner-s /udgement the effect on the group financial report of the

inability to obtain sufficient appropriate audit e!idence is material and per!asi!e the groupengagement partner would disclaim an opinion in accordance with ASA '%.

1 The subEtitle 6eport on the Binancial 6eport is unnecessary in circumstances when the second subEtitle 6eport on 5ther Fegal and 6egulatory 6e"uirements or other appropriate subEtitle is notapplicable.

+ 5r other appropriate term.

) 5r other term that is appropriate in the context of the legal framewor in the particular /urisdiction.

= 9here management-s responsibility is to prepare a financial report that gi!es a true and fair !iew thismay read: <anagement is responsible for the preparation and presentation of the financial report thatgi!es a true and fair !iew in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and for suchG

% In the case of footnote + this may read: In maing those ris assessments the auditor considersinternal control rele!ant to the entity-s preparation of the financial report that gi!es a true and fair !iew inorder to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances but not for the purpose ofexpressing an opinion on the effecti!eness of the entity-s internal control.

& In circumstances when the auditor also has responsibility to express an opinion on the effecti!eness of internal control in con/unction with the audit of the financial report this sentence would be worded asfollows: In maing those ris assessments the auditor considers internal control rele!ant to theentity-7618s preparation and fair presentation of the financial report in order to design audit procedures

that are appropriate in the circumstances. In the case of footnote + this may read: In maing thoseris assessments the auditor considers internal control rele!ant to the entity-76+8s preparation of the

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financial report that gi!es a true and fair !iew in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate inthe circumstances.

 The auditor-s report needs to be signed in one or more of the following ways: name of the audit firmthe name of the audit company or the personal name of the auditor as appropriate.

D The date of the auditor-s report is the date the auditor signs the report.