Auditing and Assurance in Hong Kong, 6th Edition

Structure of the Book

The 54 chapters of this book are structured into the following eight parts:

Part I: Introduction to Auditing and Assurance (Chapter 1) provides an overview of auditing, especially on how auditing is different from accounting and why there is a great demand of auditing.

Part II: The Legal Framework of Auditing (Chapters 2-4) discusses independent auditors’ professional liability, their responsibility in relation to fraud and their role in the prevention, detection and reporting of fraud, and the relevant provisions in relation to independent auditors under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.

Part III: The Professional Framework of Auditing and Assurance (Chapters 5-11) briefly describes auditing and assurance standards as well as the relevance of financial reporting standards. This part also presents the latest Code of Professional Ethics and covers the topics of terms of engagement, quality management and practice review.

Part IV: The Audit Process (Chapters 12-29) provides a review of the whole audit process from planning, risk assessment, the auditor’s response to assessed risks to the issuance of the auditor’s report. This part also provides a comprehensive coverage of the audit of major accounting cycles and selected items of the statement of financial position, including financial instruments.

Part V: The Reporting Framework of Auditing (Chapters 30-35) discusses audit reporting and related issues on subsequent events, going concern, opening balances, comparatives, and communication with those charged with governance.

Part VI: Special Audit Situations (Chapters 36-41) covers the audit of group financial statements, the first audit engagement, the audit of small companies, the audit of summary financial statements, the audit of special purpose financial statements, and the audit of a single financial statement or of a specific element, account or item of a financial statement.

Part VII: Special Audit Topics (Chapters 42-50) examines the audit of accounting estimates and related disclosures, the auditor’s responsibilities relating other information, related parties, consideration of laws and regulations, using the work of an audit’s expert service organization and outsourcing. Using the work of internal auditors, corporate governance and audit committees.

Part VIII: Non-Audit Engagements (Chapter 51-54) discusses compilation and agreed-upon procedures engagements, review and other assurance engagements, prospectus reports and letters, and report on the compilation of pro forma financial information included in a prospectus.

Dr. Peter Tze Yiu Lau  Ph. D, MBA, B. COMM, ATIHK, CTA, CMA (Canada), CA (Canada), CPA (Canada), FCPA   

Dr. Peter Lau is Associate Dean of the School of Business and BBA Programme Director at the Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) where he has been a faculty member since 1987. He is an independent Non-executive Director of Hanison Construction Holdings Limited, a publicly-listed entity on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. He received a Bachelor of Commerce (Summa Cum Laude) in accounting from Saint Mary's University, an M.B.A. from Dalhousie University, and a Ph. D. in accounting from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Dr. Lau is also a Chartered Accountant (Canada), a Certified Management Accountant (Canada), a Chartered Professional Accountant (Canada), a Certified Tax Advisor (Hong Kong), a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA), and an Associate of the Taxation Institute of Hong Kong.

Dr. Lau has more than 27 years of experience in teaching both graduate and undergraduate degree courses and conducting workshops, revision courses and examination assistance seminars for various auditing papers of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and HKICPA examinations. He has conducted Final Examination (FE) revision courses and marked the FE of HKICPA's Qualification Programme (QP) for many years. He has been serving, or previously served, as external examiner for various accounting programmes of the University of Hong Kong, the Open University of Hong Kong and the United International College of the Beijing Normal University and HKBU (UIC). He was also an examiner of Module C of HKICPA’s Qualification Programme. Dr. Lau has published over 30 journal articles and he is the co-author of Hong Kong Auditing, Intermediate Financial Reporting: An IFRS Perspective and Financial Accounting: Including International Financial Reporting Standards.
     
Mr. Nelson Chi Yuen Lam  BBA(Hons), MBA, MSc, ACA, ACIS, ACS, CFA, CPA(US), CTA, FCCA, FCPA (AUST.), FCPA(Practising), FHKIoD, FTIHK, MHKSI, MSCA

Mr. Nelson Lam is named as one of the most popular consultants and speakers in International and HK auditing and financial reporting standards and is a practising accountant with his own professional firms in providing assurance, financial reporting, tax and consultancy services. Since 2005, he has been involved in over 600 consultancy projects, seminars and conferences relating to auditing and financial reporting standards in HK and other Asian cities. With MBA degree from the HK University of Science and Technology, MSc degree in finance from the CUHK and BBA (Hons) degree in accounting from the HKBU, he is also a member of several HK, UK and US professional bodies. He actively serves the profession and community and is currently the Chairman of Accounting Development Foundation Limited, the Past President and Council Member of the Society of Chinese Accountants and Auditors, the Council Member of the HKICPA, and Non-executive Director of Urban Renewal Authority.

Mr. Lam was External Assessor and Master Workshop Facilitator in the examination papers of the HKIPCA's Qualification Programme for many years. In recognition of his contribution to the professional examination, HKICPA presented him with awards in 2004, 2007 and 2009. One of his real-life cases won the Championship in an accounting case competition with entries from university professors in 2001, and was collected in the book, Accounting Cases in Hong Kong. He is also the co-author of several books, including Financial Accounting: Including International Financial Reporting Standards and Intermediate Financial Reporting: An IFRS Perspective which are published in Singapore and widely used by university faculty members and industry professionals in Greater China and Asian regions.