CPABC in Focus September/October 2014 | Page 37

Standards Update Events CPABC recently hosted two roundtables with staff of the Auditing and Assurance Standards (AASB) and Accounting Standards Boards (AcSB), as well as a free, “sold-out” PD session covering recently passed and proposed standards. About the AASB L to R: Jan Sampson, CPA, FCA, Linda Mezon, FCPA, FCA, CPA (MI), Peter Martin, CPA, CA, and Nicky Lahner, CPA, CA. AcSB Strategic Initiative Roundtable on June 23, 2014. Roundtable Discussion on “Other Information”: On June 20, 2014, Chi Ho Ng, CPA, CA, CPA (IL), a principal with the AASB, led a roundtable discussion to gather stakeholder views on the International Standard on Auditing (ISA) 720 (revised) – The Auditor’s Responsibilities Relating to Other Information. In recent years, there have been significant developments in corporate reporting, particularly in relation to companies’ annual reports, as well as the importance ascribed by users to information contained in annual reports. The proposed ISA 720 specifies the responsibilities of the auditor relating to the range of other information in