2025-26 Update: Audit

by Steve Collings

Auditors need to stay on top of changes that affect the audit process. This course covers key updates on going concern, ISQM 1, cash flow statements, and journal audits.

price £100+vat
cpd hours 4 CPD hours
access 120 days' access

This course will enable you to

  • Implement the revised requirements of ISA 570 relating to going concern
  • Develop a strategy to avoid common issues connected to implementing ISQM 1
  • Give the cash flow statement equal audit importance as other primary financial statements
  • Plan how to audit journals, considering how the system works, who controls it, and how technology can help

About the course

Audit standards continue to evolve, and staying current is essential for avoiding regulatory risk, maintaining audit quality, and addressing the growing threat of fraud.

This course explores the key updates impacting auditors in 2025/26. It covers the revised requirements of ISA 570 on going concern, the implementation of ISQM 1 and its quality management components, and the audit treatment of cash flow statements. It also examines risks associated with journal entries and how technology and analytical procedures can support fraud prevention.

By the end of the course, you’ll be better equipped to apply recent audit standards with confidence, strengthen your approach to quality management, and sharpen your awareness of audit areas that are most vulnerable to risk and error.

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Contents

  • Going concern
    • The concept of going concern
    • Time to align
    • Management’s assessment
    • Important indicators
    • A matter of material uncertainty
    • Changes to ISA 570 Going Concern
    • Reporting on going concern
  • ISQM update
    • ISQM 1
    • Roadblocks to implementation
    • Establishing quality objectives
    • An issue of quality
    • Monitoring, remediation and review
    • Annual evaluation
  • Cash flow statements
    • Cash flow statements: an overview
    • Why audit the cash flow statement?
    • Reporting operating cash flows
    • Audit procedures
    • Cash flow statement considerations
    • Common problems
  • Auditing journals
    • Fraud risk
    • Auditing journals
    • Testing journals
    • It's all in the details
    • FRC thematic review

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Author

Steve Collings

Steve is Director at Leavitt Walmsley Associates, a firm of Certified Chartered Accountants. He is an internationally recognised speaker, writer and commentator on all matters to do with financial reporting and auditing. Steve is a prolific author, having written over 25 books and currently represents the North West of England on ACCA’s Practice Network Panel.

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