Title
Issue Date
Comment date
Submitted comment letters
Section
An Invitation to Participate in a PSSC Survey on Guidance for Auditing in the Public Sector
24 May 2023
28 June 2024
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed Due Process Policy for the Development, Adoption and Issue of Quality Management, Auditing, Review, Other Assurance and Related Services Pronouncements
(Revised March 2024)
26 March 2024
31 May 2024
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed South African Auditing Practice Statement (SAAPS) 7, Transparency Reports of Firms that Audit Financial Statements of Publicly Traded Entities
14 March 2024
15 June 2024
Display Letters
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed International Standard on Auditing 240 (Revised), The Auditor's Responsibilities Relating to Fraud in an Audit Of Financial Statements
22 February 2024
05 June 2024
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed Narrow Scope Amendments to International Standards on Quality Management, International Standards on Auditing and International Standard on Review Engagements 2400 (Revised), Engagements to Review Historical Financial Statements as a Result of the Revisions to the Definitions of Listed Entity and Public Interest Entity in the IESBA Code
19 February 2024
08 March 2024
Standards
Exposure Draft on International Ethics Standards for Sustainability Assurance (including International Independence Standards) (IESSA)
Board Notice 570 of 2024
12 February 2024
19 April 2024
Standards
Exposure Draft on Using the Work of an External Expert
Board Notice 570 of 2024
12 February 2024
8 April 2024
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed Guide for Registered Auditors (Revised), Joint Audit Engagements
29 November 2023
29 February 2024
Display Letters
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed South African Auditing Practice Statement (SAAPS) 3 (Revised), Illustrative Reports
21 September 2023
30 November 2023 - Comment period closed
Display Letters
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed International Standard on Sustainability Assurance 5000 General Requirements for Sustainability Assurance Engagements and Proposed Conforming and Consequential Amendments to Other IAASB Standards
1 September 2023
3 November 2023 - Comment period closed
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed International Standard on Auditing 570 (Revised), Going Concern and Proposed Conforming and Consequential Amendments to Other ISAs
9 May 2023
28 July 2023 - Comment period closed
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed Revisions to the Code Addressing Tax Planning and Related Services
Board Notice 426 of 2023
28 March 2023
8 May 2023 - Comment period closed
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed Part 10, Audits of Group Financial Statements of the Proposed International Standard on Auditing for Audits of Financial Statements of Less Complex Entities (ISA for LCE) and Proposed Conforming Amendments
9 February 2023
2 May 2023 - Comment period closed
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed Amendments to the IRBA Code of Professional Conduct for Registered Auditors - Revisions to the Definitions of Listed Entity and Public Interest Entity in the IRBA Code
Board Notice 377 of 2022
7 December 2022
3 April 2023 - Comment period closed
Display Letters
Ethics
Exposure Draft: Proposed Due Process Policy for the Development, Adoption and Issue of Quality Management, Auditing, Review, Other Assurance, and Related Services Pronouncements (Revised November 2022)
30 November 2022
31 March 2023 - Comment period closed
Display Letters
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed Status and Authority of Quality Management, Auditing, Assurance and Related Services Pronouncements (Revised November 2022)
30 November 2022
31 March 2023 - Comment period closed
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed International Standard on Auditing 500 (Revised), Audit Evidence and Proposed Conforming and Consequential Amendments to Other ISAs
2 November 2022
24 March 2023 - Comment period closed
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed Narrow Scope Amendments to ISA 700 (Revised) and ISA 260 (Revised) as a Result of Revisions to the IESBA Code that Require a Firm to Publicly Disclose When a Firm Has Applied the Independence Requirements for Public Interest Entities (PIEs)
12 July 2022
12 September 2022 - Comment period closed
Display Letters
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed IRBA Rule on Enhanced Auditor Reporting for the Audit of Financial Statements
Board Notice 309 of 2022
7 July 2022
5 October 2022 - Comment period closed
Display Letters
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed IRBA Rules Arising from the International Standards on Quality Management
Board Notice 302 of 2022
14 June 2022
19 August 2022 - Comment period closed
Display Letters
Standards
IESBA Strategy Survey 2022
26 April 2022
8 July 2022 - Comment period closed
Ethics
Exposure Draft: Proposed Revisions to the IESBA Code Relating to the Definition of Engagement Team and Group Audits
Board Notice 229 of 2022
10 March 2022
10 May 2022 - Comment period closed
Ethics
Exposure Draft: Proposed International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants Proposed Technology-related Revisions to the Code
Board Notice 229 of 2022
7 March 2022
23 May 2022 - Comment period closed
Ethics
Proposed Quality Management-related Conforming Amendments to the Code Exposure Draft
Board Notice 124 of 2021
30 August 2021
17 October 2021 - Comment period closed
Ethics
Exposure Draft: Proposed International Standard on Auditing for Audits of Financial Statements of Less Complex Entities (ISA for LCE)
12 August 2021
30 November 2021 - Comment period closed
Standards
Consultation Paper – Enhancing Disclosures in the Auditor's Reports in South Africa: Addressing the Needs of Users of Financial Statements
Submit comments via Microsoft Forms (Click this link )
Response template (to be used when submitting comments via a comment letter)
17 June 2021
15 September 2021 - Comment period closed
Display Letters
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed Conforming and Consequential Amendments to IRBA Pronouncements arising from the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board’s (IAASB) Quality Management Standards
4 June 2021
4 August 2021 - Comment period closed
Display Letters
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed Guide for Registered Auditors: Guidance on Performing Audits on behalf of the AGSA (Revised May 2021)
24 May 2021
8 July 2021 - Comment period closed
Standards
Long Association Post-Implementation Review (Phase 1) Stakeholder Questionnaire
23 April 2021
19 May 2021 - Comment period closed
Ethics
Exposure Draft: Proposed Amendments to the IAASB’s International Standards: Conforming and Consequential Amendments to the IAASB’s Other Standards as a Result of the New and Revised Quality Management Standards
25 February 2021
10 May 2021 - Comment period closed
Standards
Board Notice 15 of 2021
Exposure Draft: Proposed Revisions to the Definitions of Listed Entity and Public Interest Entity in the Code
9 February 2021
19 April 2021 - Comment period closed
Ethics
IAASB Discussion Paper: Fraud and Going Concern in an Audit of Financial Statements: Exploring the Differences Between Public Perceptions About the Role of the Auditor and the Auditor’s Responsibilities in a Financial Statement Audit
7 October 2020
30 November 2020 - Comment period closed
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed Guide for Registered Auditors: Guidance on Performing Audits where the AGSA has Opted Not to Perform the Audit (Revised August 2020)
31 August 2020
15 October 2020 - Comment period closed
Standards
Board Notice 96 of 2020
Exposure Draft: Proposed Amendments to Subsection 115, Professional Behaviour: Signing Conventions for Reports or Certificates, of the IRBA Code of Professional Conduct for Registered Auditors (Revised November 2018): Electronic Signatures
18 August 2020
21 September 2020 - Comment period closed
Ethics
Exposure Draft: Proposed International Standard on Auditing 600 (Revised) Special Considerations – Audits of Group Financial Statements (Including the Work of Component Auditors)
4 May 2020
4 September 2020 - Comment period closed
Standards
IAASB Consults on Extended External Reporting Assurance
25 March 2020
13 July 2020 - Comment period closed
Standards
Board Notice 9 of 2020
IESBA Proposed Revision to the Code Addressing the Objectivity of Engagement Quality Reviewers
4 February 2020
16 March 2020 - Comment period closed
Ethics
Board Notice 9 of 2020
IESBA Proposed Revisions to the Non-Assurance Services Provisions of the Code
IESBA Proposed Revisions to the Non-Assurance Services Provisions of the Code – Mapping Table
29 January 2020
9 April 2020 - Comment period closed
Ethics
Board Notice 9 of 2020
IESBA Proposed Revisions to the Fee-Related Provisions of the Code
29 January 2020
9 April 2020 - Comment period closed
Ethics
Exposure Draft: Proposed Guide for Registered Auditors: Joint Audit Engagements
4 December 2019
6 March 2020 - Comment period closed
Display Letters
Standards
Exposure Draft, Conforming Amendments to the IAASB’s International Standards as a Result of the Revised IESBA Code
27 November 2019
10 January 2020 - Comment period closed
Standards
Proposed Guide for Registered Auditors: Engagements on Legal Practitioners’ Trust Accounts (Revised November 2019)
22 November 2019
5 February 2020 - Comment period closed
Standards
Board Notice 158 of 2019
Proposed Amendments to the IRBA Code of Professional Conduct relating to Registered Candidate Auditors
28 August 2019
31 October 2019 - Comment period closed
Ethics
Board Notice 160 of 2019
IESBA Proposes Changes to Promote Role and Mindset Expectations of Professional Accountants
31 July 2019
17 October 2019 - Comment period closed
Ethics
IAASB Discussion Paper: Audits of Less Complex Entities - Exploring Possible Options to Address the Challenges in Applying the ISAs
13 May 2019
29 August 2019 - Comment period closed
Standards
Board Notice 76 of 2019
IESBA Proposes Revisions to Part 4B of the Code to Reflect Terms and Concepts Used in ISAE 3000 (Revised)
29 April 2019
26 June 2019 - Comment period closed
Ethics
Proposed Revised Guide for Registered Auditors: Auditing in the Public Sector
08 April 2019
07 June 2019 - Comment period closed
Standards
IAASB Consultation Paper: Extended External Reporting (EER) Assurance
02 April 2019
31 May 2019 - Comment period closed
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed SAAPS 4, Letters of Specific Inquiry to the Entity’s External Legal Practitioner Regarding Litigation and Claims Involving the Entity
11 March 2019
14 June 2019 - Comment period closed
Standards
Board Notice 30 of 2019
Proposed Amendments to IRBA Rules Regarding Improper Conduct
08 March 2019
15 April 2019 - Comment period closed
Ethics
Exposure Drafts for Quality Management at the Firm and Engagement Level, Including Engagement Quality Reviews
22 February 2019
06 June 2019 - Comment period closed
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed Strategy for 2020–2023 and Work Plan for 2020–2021
22 February 2019
21 May 2019 - Comment period closed
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed Guide for Registered Auditors: Assurance Engagements on Fresh Produce Agents’ Trust Accounts
11 December 2018
15 March 2019 - Comment period closed
Display Letters
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed Revised Guide for Registered Auditors Assurance Engagements on Financial Service Providers’ Separate Accounts (Section 19(3)) and Reporting Requirements (Section 19(4)) of the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act
07 December 2018
07 March 2019 - Comment period closed
Standards
Board Notice 179 of 2018
Exposure Draft: Proposed Amendments to Section 321 of the IRBA Code of Professional Conduct for Registered Auditors (Revised November 2018): Second Opinions
07 December 2018
05 February 2019 - Comment period closed
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed South African Auditing Practice Statement (SAAPS) 3 (Revised 2019), Illustrative Reports
29 November 2018
28 February 2019 - Comment period closed
Display Letters
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed International Standard on Related Services 4400 (Revised) Agreed-Upon Procedures Engagements
23 November 2018
27 February 2019 - Comment period closed
Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed International Standard on Auditing 315 (Revised), Identifying and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement
16 July 2018
05 October 2018 - Comment period closed
Standards
Proposed Revised Guide for Registered Auditors: Assurance Engagements on the Annual Financial Statements and Annual Statutory Returns of a Medical Scheme
06 June 2018
10 August 2018 - Comment period closed
Display Letters
Standards
Envisioning the Future - Survey on the IAASB’s Future Strategy
04 June 2018
24 July 2018 - Comment period closed
Standards
Board Notice 73 of 2018
Proposed Revised and Restructured IRBA Code of Professional Conduct
The Mapping Table may be used as a supplement to the Proposed Revised and Restructured IRBA Code of Professional Conduct.
Mapping Table – Proposed South African Amendments
31 May 2018
02 July 2018 - Comment period closed
Auditor Ethics
Professional Skepticism - Meeting Public Expectations
29 May 2018
01 August 2018 - Comment period closed
Auditor Ethics
Proposed IESBA Strategy and Work Plan 2019-2023
23 April 2018
16 July 2018 - Comment period closed
Auditor Ethics
IESBA Fees Questionnaire
08 January 2018
01 March 2018 - Comment period closed
Auditor Ethics
Proposed Revised Guide for Registered Auditors: Access to Working Papers
30 November 2017
28 February 2018 - Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Exposure Draft: Proposed SAAEPS 1
29 November 2017
29 March 2018 - Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Board Notice 167 of 2017
IESBA's Proposed Revisions to the Code Pertaining to the Offering and Accepting of Inducements
14 September 2017
Comment period closed
Auditor Ethics
Proposed SAAPS 2 (Revised 2017), Financial Reporting Frameworks and the Auditor’s Report
31 August 2017
Comment period closed
Display Letters
Auditing Standards
Board Notice 107 of 2017
IESBA’s Proposed New Guidance for Professional Skepticism and Professional Judgment
24 May 2017
Comment period closed
No comment letters received
Auditor Ethics
Exposure Draft: Proposed International Standard on Auditing 540 (Revised), Auditing Accounting Estimates and Related Disclosures
20 April 2017
Comment period closed
No comment letters received
Auditing Standards
Board Notice 18 of 2017
IESBA’s Proposed Revisions Pertaining to Safeguards in the Code - Phase 2 and Related Conforming Amendments
Comment period closed
No comment letters received
Auditor Ethics
IESBA’s Exposure Draft on Improving the Structure of the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants—Phase 2
Additional Information:
Comment period closed
No comment letters received
Auditor Ethics
Exploring the Demand for Agreed-Upon Procedures Engagements and Other Services, and the Implications for the IAASB’s International Standards
Comment period closed
No comment letters received
Auditing Standards
Exploring the Growing Use of Technology in the Audit, with a Focus on Data Analytics
Comment period closed
No comment letters received
Auditing Standards
Proposed Revised Guide for Registered Auditors: Engagements on Attorneys’ Trust Accounts
Comment period closed
Display Letters
Auditing Standards
Board Notice 153 of 2016
Proposed amendments to the IRBA Code of Professional Conduct responding to Non-compliance with Laws and regulations (Noclar) (Final amendment made to the IESBA Code of Ethics)
Comment period closed
Display Letters
Auditor Ethics
Proposed Guide for Registered Auditors: Considerations for an Auditor or a Reviewer of a Company which is Factually Insolvent
Comment period closed
Display Letters
Auditing Standards
Board Notice - 11 of 2016
IESBA's Exposure Draft Improving the Structure of the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants - Phase 1
IESBA Mapping Table Structure of Code Exposure Draft Phase 1
Comment period closed
No comment letters received
Auditor Ethics
Board Notice - 11 of 2016
IESBA's Exposure Draft on Proposed Revisions Pertaining to Safeguards in the Code - Phase 1
Proposed Revisions Pertaining to Safeguards in the Code - Phase 1 Mapping Table
Comment period closed
No comment letters received
Auditor Ethics
Board Notice – 2 of 2016
IESBA's Limited Re-exposure of Proposed changes to the Code Addressing the Long Association of Personnel with an Audit Client
Comment period closed
Display Letters
Auditor Ethics
Board Notice – 55 of 2016
Proposed Amendment to the Code of Professional Conduct for Registered Auditors relating to Custody of Client Assets
Comment period closed
Display Letters
Invitation to comment, Enhancing Audit Quality in the Public Interest: A Focus on Professional Skepticism, Quality Control and Group Audits
Comment period closed
No comment letters received
Proposed ISA 810 (Revised): Engagements to Report on Summary Financial Statements
Comment period closed
Proposed Guide for Registered Auditors: Reporting Responsibilities of the Reporting Accountant Related to Property Entities in Terms of the JSE Listings Requirements
Comment period closed
Display Letters
Proposed Amendments to the IAASB’s International Standards—Responding to Non-Compliance or Suspected Non-Compliance with Laws and Regulations
Comment period closed
Proposed SAAPS3 (Revised 2015) Illustrative Reports
Comment period closed
Display Letters
Proposed ISA 800 (Revised), Special Considerations—Audits of Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance with Special Purpose Frameworks and Proposed ISA 805 (Revised), Special Considerations—Audits of Single Financial Statements and Specific Elements, Accounts or Items of a Financial Statement
Comment period closed
Proposed Guide for Registered Auditors: Engagements on the Annual Financial Statements and Annual Statutory Returns of a Medical Scheme
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Proposed Changes to International Standards on Auditing (ISAs): Addressing Disclosures in the Audit of Financial Statements
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Proposed Guide for Registered Auditors: Engagements on the Annual Financial Statements and Annual Statutory Returns of a Medical Scheme
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Proposed Changes to International Standards on Auditing (ISAs), Addressing Disclosures in the Audit of Financial Statements
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Proposed ISA 720 (Revised), The Auditor's Responsibilities Relating to Other Information and Proposed Consequential Amendments to Other ISA's
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Proposed Guide for Registered Auditors: Engagements on Attorneys’ Trust Accounts
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Proposed Guide for Registered Auditors – Guidance on Performing Audits on behalf of the AGSA
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Proposed Guide for Registered Auditors – Guidance on Performing Audits where the AGSA has opted not to perform the audit
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
IAASB's Proposed New and Revised ISAs Reporting on Audited Financial Statements
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Proposed SASAE 3501, Assurance Engagements on eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL)
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Proposed SAAPS 6 (Revised), External Confirmations from Financial Institutions
Comment period closed
Display Letters
Auditing Standards
Proposed Guide for Registered Auditors: Reporting on Financial Information Contained in Interim, Preliminary, Provisional and Abridged Reports
Comment period closed
Display Letters
Auditing Standards
Proposed ISA 720 (Revised), The Auditor's Responsibilities Relating to other information in Documents Containing or Accompanying Audited Financial Statements and the Auditors Report Thereon
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Proposed Due Process Policy for the Development, Adoption and Implementation of South African Quality Control, Auditing, Assurance and Related Services Pronouncements
Comment period closed
Display Letters
Auditing Standards
Proposed South African Preface to the Standards on Quality Control, Auditing, Assurance and Related Services Pronouncements
Comment period closed
Display Letters
Auditing Standards
Invitation to Comment: Improving the Auditor's Report
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Proposed SAAPS 3 (revised) Illustrative Reports
Comment period closed
Display Letters
Auditing Standards
A Proposed Guide for Registered Auditors: Audit of Predetermined Objectives
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
A Proposed Guide for Registered Auditors: Auditing in the Public Sector
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Consultation paper, Enhancing the Value of Auditor Reporting: Exploring Options for Change
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Proposed ISAE 3000 (Revised), Assurance Engagements Other Than Audits or Reviews of Historical Financial Information
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Proposed ISAE 3410, Assurance Engagements on Greenhouse Gas Statements
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Discussion paper, The Evolving Nature of Financial Reporting: Disclosure and Its Audit Implications
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Proposed ISRE 2400 (Revised), Engagements to Review Historical Financial Information
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Consultation paper, Proposed IAASB Strategy and Work Program for 2012 – 2014
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Proposed ISRS 4410, Compilation Engagements
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Proposals relating to IAPSs:
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Proposed Revised SAAPS 2, Financial Reporting Frameworks and the Auditor's Report
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Proposed ISA 610 (Revised), Using the Work of Internal Auditors and related enhancements to ISA 315 (Revised) Identifying and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatements through Understanding the Entity and its Environment
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Proposed ISAE 3420, Assurance reports on the process to compile pro forma Financial Information included in a Prospectus
Comment period closed
Auditing Standards
Proposed South African Standard on Assurance Engagements 3502 : Assurance Engagements on Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Verification Certificates
Comment period closed
B-BBEE Assurance
IESBA's Exposure Draft on Proposed Standard on Responding to Non-Compliance with Laws and Regulations (NoCLAR)
IESBA's At a Glance Summary
Comment period closed on 14 August 2015
Auditor Ethics
Board notice No. 88 of 2015
Proposed Amendments to the IRBA Code of Professional Conduct relating to the Definition of Public Interest Entity (PIE)
Comment period closed on 15 May 2015
Auditor Ethics
IESBA's Exposure Draft on Proposed Changes to Certain Provisions of the Code Addressing the Long Association of Personnel with an Audit or Assurance Client
Comment period closed on 31 October 2014
Auditor Ethics
IESBA's Exposure Draft on Proposed Changes to Certain Provisions of the Code Addressing Non-Assurance Services for Audit Clients
Comment period closed on 4 August 2014
Auditor Ethics
Board Notice - 208 of 2013
Exposure Draft: Proposed Amendments to the Code of Professional Conduct for Registered Auditiors
Comment period closed on 18 November 2013
Auditor Ethics
IESBA's Exposure Draft on Proposed Changes to the Code for Professional Accountants to Address Illegal Acts
Comment period closed on 30 November 2012
Auditor Ethics
IESBA's Exposure Draft on Proposed Changes to the Code for Professional Accountants on the Definition of Those Charged with Governance
Comment period closed on 15 October 2012
Auditor Ethics
IESBA's Exposure Draft on Proposed Changes to the Code for Professional Accountants on the Definition of Engagement Team
Comment period closed on 18 May 2012
Auditor Ethics
IESBA's Exposure Draft on Proposed Changes to the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants Addressing Conflicts of Interest
Comment period closed on 23 March 2012
Auditor Ethics
IESBA's Exposure Draft on Proposed Changes to the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants Related to Provisions Addressing a Breach of a Requirement of the Code
Comment period closed on 16 January 2012
Auditor Ethics
Board Notice No. 157 of 2009