Required Pre-Course Reading

Important Notes To Participants

This course is demanding and challenging. To optimize the benefits of this course, please do the following:

• Thoroughly complete the pre-course work (a free introductory e-learning course and assigned readings) prior to coming to the course; and
• Inform your manager or partner that you will likely have to work, in your study group, beyond the 5:15 p.m. time to enable completion of the classroom assignment; hence, your overtime responsibilities (if any) at the office should be arranged accordingly.

Participants’ Requirements
Equipment and Materials
-Pencils and/or pens – various colours (black/blue, green, red)
-Laptop computer (strongly recommended)
-Calculator, battery or solar powered

Reference Materials
-CICA Accounting Handbooks (best if electronic version on your laptop)

-Students should have access to an auditing textbook required by a university for Advanced Auditing during days 1 through 4 of the course.  If a student does not have access to a text, students in the same group can share, as the text is used during group work.

Required Pre-Course Work

A Free Introductory E-Learning Course entitled, “Introduction to New Auditing Standards in Canada”

Required Pre-Course Readings
1. ICAO Member’s Handbook: “Rules of Professional Conduct” – 100 –– 306 inclusive
2. Article: “The New Quality Control Standard - Your Firm’s Top Five ‘To-Do’ List”
3. Article: “CSQC 1- Transition Issues”
4. Article: “Auditing Considerations in the Current Economic Environment”
5. Article: “Tips for Cost-Effective CAS Application”
6. Article: “Implementing the New Canadian Auditing Standards- What You Need to Do Now for a Successful Transition”
7. Article: “How Much is Enough?”
8. Report: “Reporting on Financial Statements under Canadian Auditing Standards”
9. Report: "Practice Inspection Findings Letter to All Offices June 2011"

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