General News

IRBA 2024 Public Inspections Report Highlights Steady Improvement in Audit Quality

April 03, 2025

IRBA 2024 Public Inspections Report.

April 02, 2025

Section 8 of the Auditing Profession Act No. 26 of 2005, as amended, gives the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA) the power to determine the fees that are payable to it, in respect of the performance of its legislated functions and other related services.

April 02, 2025

The 2025 Individual Annual Return documents, including the Explanatory Memorandum, are now available for RAs to complete and submit.

March 18, 2025

Call for nominations to serve on EDCOM.

February 05, 2025

Firm annual returns are open for 2025.

February 04, 2025

Request for Public Comments.

January 31, 2025

Request for public comments. Board Notice 714 of 2025 is withdrawn.

January 31, 2025

Request for public comments.

2024

December 06, 2024	Memorial Tribute: Imran Vanker
December 02, 2024	Call for Nominations for an Individual with Senior-Level AGSA Experience to Serve on the Monitoring Committee
November 26, 2024	IRBA Mourns the Sad Passing of Imran Vanker, Director - Standards
November 22, 2024	Call for the Nomination of Registered Auditors to Serve on the Committee for Auditing Standards
November 15, 2024	IRBA Issues Its First Reportable Irregularities Report in Efforts to Enhance Transparency and Bolster Stakeholder Confidence in the Audit Product
November 01, 2024	Public Comments for proposed IRBA Fees with Effect from 1 April 2025
October 07, 2024	Disciplinary Hearing Schedule
June 20, 2024	2024/2025 Assurance Fees Payable to the IRBA as of 1 June 2024
June 13, 2024	Disciplinary Hearing Schedule
May 07, 2024	Disciplinary Hearing Schedule
April 09, 2024	Disciplinary Hearing Schedule
April 03, 2024	Annual Renewal 2024
March 18, 2024	AUDIT DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OF THE IRBA CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
February 23, 2024	Nominations to the Inspections Committee
February 19, 2024	Firm Annual Returns: Firm Assurance Work Declaration and Public Practice Questionnaire with Firm-related Information 2024

2023

November 30, 2023	Notification of a data breach
November 22, 2023	DISCIPLINARY HEARING SCHEDULE
October 19, 2023	Disciplinary Hearing Schedule
September 15, 2023	Disciplinary Hearing Schedule
September 01, 2023	MONITORING COMMITTEE OF THE IRBA CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
August 16, 2023	University of Johannesburg Public Lecture - Imre Nagy
August 10, 2023	DISCIPLINARY HEARING SCHEDULE
June 15, 2023	Assurance Fees Payable to the IRBA with Effect from 1 June 2023
April 21, 2023	DISCIPLINARY HEARING SCHEDULE
April 21, 2023	Fees payable to the IRBA with effect from 1 April 2023
April 03, 2023	2023 ANNUAL RENEWAL
March 28, 2023	Stakeholder Webinar Event
March 15, 2023	TENDER: PANEL OF EXTERNAL INVESTIGATORS
March 08, 2023	REMINDER: Online submission of firm assurance work declaration and firm related information 2023
February 10, 2023	DISCIPLINARY HEARING SCHEDULE
February 01, 2023	ONLINE SUBMISSION: FIRM ASSURANCE WORK DECLARATION AND FIRM RELATED INFORMATION 2023
January 13, 2023	DISCIPLINARY HEARING SCHEDULE

2022

November 30, 2022	MONITORING COMMITTEE OF THE IRBA - CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
October 19, 2022	DISCIPLINARY HEARING SCHEDULE
September 22, 2022	DISCIPLINARY HEARING SCHEDULE
September 21, 2022	MAXIMUM MONETARY FINES IN TERMS OF AUDITING PROFESSION ACT, 2005 - CALL FOR COMMENTS
August 03, 2022	DISCIPLINARY HEARING SCHEDULE
July 01, 2022	Call for Nominations/Applications of persons to serve on the board of the IRBA
June 14, 2022	2022/2023 ASSURANCE FEES PAYABLE TO THE IRBA WITH EFFECT FROM 10 JUNE 2022
May 27, 2022	IRBA Announces New Telephone Contact Details
May 06, 2022	IRBA Appeals High Court Judgement on IRBA Fees
April 08, 2022	INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE OF THE IRBA: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
March 28, 2022	FEES PAYABLE TO THE IRBA WITH EFFECT FROM 1 APRIL 2022
March 28, 2022	IRBA PUBLISHES NEW DISCIPLINARY RULES FOR REGISTERED AUDITORS
March 16, 2022	PRESCRIPTION OF REVISED REGISTRATION, RE-REGISTRATION AND ANNUAL RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS, IN TERMS OF THE AUDITING PROFESSION ACT 26 OF 2005
February 21, 2022	Call for Nominations to Serve on the IRBA's Monitoring Committee: Academic vacancies
February 18, 2022	Call for Nominations to serve on the IRBA's Accreditation Committee: Senior Academic
February 05, 2022	ONLINE SUBMISSION OF ASSURANCE WORK DECLARATION AND FIRM RELATED INFORMATION 2022

2021

November 15, 2021	CALL FOR NOMINATIONS TO SERVE ON THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE
September 21, 2021	CALL FOR NOMINATIONS TO SERVE ON THE EDUCATION, TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (EDCOM)
August 03, 2021	CALL FOR NOMINATION OF PERSONS TO SERVE ON THE INSPECTIONS COMMITTEE (INSCOM) OF THE INDEPENDENT REGULATORY BOARD FOR AUDITORS (IRBA)
July 30, 2021	ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE OF THE IRBA AND PANEL OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
July 06, 2021	ASSURANCE FEES PAYABLE TO THE IRBA WITH EFFECT FROM 1 APRIL 2021
July 02, 2021	IRBA IMPLEMENTS THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ACT, 4 OF 2013 (POPIA)
June 18, 2021	CEO update on the new IRBA Board
June 14, 2021	MEDIA STATEMENT: IRBA BOARD
June 09, 2021	INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE OF THE IRBA CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
May 04, 2021	DISCIPLINARY HEARING SCHEDULE
April 07, 2021	ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE OF THE IRBA: SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
March 12, 2021	FEES PAYABLE TO THE IRBA WITH EFFECT FROM 1 APRIL 2021
March 09, 2021	INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE OF THE IRBA CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
February 01, 2021	ONLINE SUBMISSION OF ASSURANCE WORK DECLARATION AND FIRM RELATED INFORMATION 2021
January 28, 2021	THE INDEPENDENT REGULATORY BOARD FOR AUDITORS BOARD OF DIRECTORS DISSOLVED

2020

December 11, 2020	Disciplinary Committee's Sanction Ruling: IRBA vs M Jordan
November 19, 2020	Disciplinary Committee's merits ruling in the African Bank matter
August 28, 2020	AUDIT DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (ADCOM) OF THE IRBA: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
July 15, 2020	ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE OF THE IRBA: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS
June 30, 2020	INSPECTIONS COMMITTEE OF THE IRBA CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
May 29, 2020	ASSURANCE FEES PAYABLE TO THE IRBA WITH EFFECT FROM 1 APRIL 2020
May 22, 2020	DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE IRBA CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
May 22, 2020	EDUCATION, TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OF THE IRBA CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
May 15, 2020	INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE IRBA: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
May 11, 2020	DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE IRBA: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
April 23, 2020	AUDIT DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OF THE IRBA CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
April 03, 2020	MONITORING COMMITTEE OF THE IRBA CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
April 02, 2020	INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE IRBA CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
February 07, 2020	Update on CEO Recruitment Process
February 05, 2020	Change to Practice on Sanctions for Improper Conduct
February 01, 2020	NEW PROCESS: ONLINE SUBMISSION OF ASSURANCE WORK DECLARATION AND FIRM RELATED INFORMATION 2020

2019

December 03, 2019	ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE OF THE IRBA: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
November 21, 2019	INSITITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS Launch of State of Governance Report
October 16, 2019	DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE IRBA: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
September 09, 2019	CALL FOR NOMINATIONS TO SERVE ON THE STATUTORY COMMITTEES OF THE IRBA
June 12, 2019	ASSURANCE FEES PAYABLE TO THE IRBA WITH EFFECT FROM 1 APRIL 2019
May 16, 2019	CALL FOR PERSONS TO SERVE ON THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE INDEPENDENT REGULATORY BOARD FOR AUDITORS
March 15, 2019	DISCLOSURE OF ASSURANCE STATUS ON IRBA WEBSITE AND HOW TO CHANGE YOUR STATUS
March 05, 2019	FEES PAYABLE TO THE IRBA WITH EFFECT FROM 1 APRIL 2019
February 04, 2019	Comments on the Financial Matters Amendment Bill
January 31, 2019	CALL FOR NOMINATION OF PERSONS TO SERVE ON THE BOARD AND STATUTORY COMMITTEES OF THE INDEPENDENT REGULATORY BOARD FOR AUDITORS (IRBA)

2018

December 10, 2018	CALL FOR NOMINATION OF PERSONS TO SERVE ON THE BOARD AND STATUTORY COMMITTEES OF THE INDEPENDENT REGULATORY BOARD FOR AUDITORS (IRBA)
December 10, 2018	NITASHA NAICKER APPOINTED DIRECTOR OPERATIONS
September 17, 2018	Auditing Profession Act Amendments 2018 Continued regulatory improvement for public protection
June 19, 2018	Firm Fees Payable to the IRBA with Effect from 01 April 2018
March 12, 2018	FEES PAYABLE TO THE IRBA WITH EFFECT FROM 1 APRIL 2018

2017

June 12, 2017	RULE ON MANDATORY AUDIT FIRM ROTATION
June 02, 2017	Inspection Fees Payable to the IRBA with Effect from 01 April 2017
May 05, 2017	TENDER IRBA017/2017
April 10, 2017	ANNUAL RENEWAL DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE ON WEBSITE
March 10, 2017	FEES PAYABLE TO THE IRBA WITH EFFECT FROM 1 APRIL 2017
February 13, 2017	NEW PROCESS FOR UPDATING PERSONAL AND FIRM DETAILS AND ANNUAL RENEWAL

2016

December 13, 2016	COMMITTEE MEMBERS REQUIRED
November 18, 2016	Call for the Nomination of Members to Serve on the Committee for Auditor Ethics
August 30, 2016	CALL FOR NOMINATION OF PERSONS TO SERVE ON THE INDEPENDENT REGULATORY BOARD FOR AUDITORS (IRBA)
June 14, 2016	Fees on Assurance engagements Payable to the IRBA with effect from 01 April 2016
April 21, 2016	Fees Payable to the IRBA - 01 April 2016
April 01, 2016	The IRBA turns 10
February 01, 2016	IRBA Language Policy 2015

2015

December 11, 2015	Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE)
December 10, 2015	Further Clarification: IRBA Strengthens Auditor Independence By Mandating Disclosure Of Audit Tenure
December 04, 2015	IRBA Strengthens Auditor Independence by Mandating Disclosure of Audit Tenure
December 03, 2015	The IRBA issues its Public Inspections Report for 2015

General News

IRBA 2024 Public Inspections Report Highlights Steady Improvement in Audit Quality

Fees Payable to the IRBA with Effect from 1 April 2025

2025 ANNUAL RENEWAL

Call for nominations to serve on the IRBA's Education, Training and Professional Development Committee (EDCOM)

Firm Annual Returns: Firm Assurance Work Declaration and Public Practice Questionnaire with Firm-related Information 2025

Request for Public Comments on the Proposed Decisions Relating to the Retention of Various Fees Prescribed for the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 Financial Years