Guidance for the Audits of Public Procurement
These guidelines intend to help the auditor in understanding the specific subject matter of public procurement and in applying relevant ISSAIs in that context.
These guidelines intend to help the auditor in understanding the specific subject matter of public procurement and in applying relevant ISSAIs in that context.
There is a need for specific guidance in identifying regularity and/or propriety criteria in compliance audit. The ISSAIs define that compliance auditing may be concerned with regularity (adherence to formal criteria such as relevant laws, regulations and agreements that are binding for the auditee) and/or with propriety (observance of the general principles governing sound financial …
Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) have an important role in ensuring accountability and transparency in the way disasters are managed (when pre-disaster activities are put in place, when a disaster strikes and during post-disaster activities).
INTOSAI GUID 5250 on the audit of Public Debt covers the three audit types, namely, Financial Audit, Performance Audit, and Compliance Audit.
Defines public sector auditing and its elements and sets out its fundamental principles, both general and related to different phases of the audit process.
ISSAI 400 provides an overview of the nature, the elements and the principles of compliance auditing as conducted by SAIs and thus defines and expresses INTOSAI’s recognition of the principles for auditing of compliance with authorities – laws and regulations and principles of sound public sector financial management and conduct of public sector officials.
The document explains the authority of the guidelines and it shows the diversity in organizing and reporting on compliance audit and the relationship to other auditing standards.
The document provides guidance to SAIs on how to conduct environmental audits by applying financial and compliance auditing practices.