CHANGES TO PLANNING DECISIONS DURING THE COURSE OF AUDIT

CHANGES TO PLANNING DECISIONS DURING THE COURSE OF THE AUDIT

• The auditor shall update and change the overall audit strategy and the audit plan as necessary during the course of the audit. 
• As a result of unexpected events, changes in conditions, or the audit evidence obtained from the results of audit procedures, the auditor may need to modify the overall audit strategy and audit plan and thereby the resulting planned nature, timing and extent of further audit procedures, based on the revised consideration of assessed risks. 
• This may be the case when information comes to the auditor’s attention that differs significantly from the information available when the auditor planned the audit procedures.
•  For example, audit evidence obtained through the performance of substantive procedures may contradict the audit evidence obtained through tests of controls.