ICAI Issues New Quality Management Standards: SQM 1 and SQM 2 for Auditing and Assurance



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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has issued two new standards focused on quality management for firms conducting audits, reviews, and other assurance services. These are SQM 1, which covers quality management for firms performing audits or reviews of financial statements, and SQM 2, which deals with engagement quality reviews. The exact effective dates for these new standards are detailed within the standards themselves.

Auditing and Assurance Standards Board
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
14th October 2024

Issuance of SQM 1, SQM 2

ICAI Issues New Quality Management Standards SQM 1 and SQM 2

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is issuing the following standards:

S. No. Standards
1. SQM 1, Quality Management for Firms that Perform Audits or Reviews of Financial Statements, or Other Assurance or Related Services Engagements
2. SQM 2, Engagement Quality Reviews


The effective date of these standards is given in respective standards under the heading: "Effective Date".

Please note that the extant corresponding standard i.e. SQC 1 will continue to be applicable till these standards become applicable. SQC 1 is available on ICAI's website at the following link:
https://resource.cdn.icai.org/15366Link1.pdf

Please also note that these standards contain conforming amendments to various other standards which would be applicable from the date of applicability of these standards.

Please click below to download these standards

FAQ :

The ICAI has issued two new standards: SQM 1, Quality Management for Firms that Perform Audits or Reviews of Financial Statements, or Other Assurance or Related Services Engagements, and SQM 2, Engagement Quality Reviews.

SQM 1 focuses on quality management for firms that perform audits or reviews of financial statements, or other assurance or related services engagements.

SQM 2 deals with engagement quality reviews.

The effective date for these standards is specified within each respective standard under the heading 'Effective Date'.

The extant corresponding standard, SQC 1, will continue to be applicable until the new SQM 1 and SQM 2 standards become applicable.




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