Abstract:
Climate change is an area of increasing
concern and priority for investors and affects
how investors perceive climate-related risks
in the entity’s fiancial statements. Climate
change is a topic which is increasingly in front
of mind for investors and other stakeholders as
the effects of climate change are increasingly
visible because climate change has the
potential to impact an increasing number of
entities of all nature and sizes. Today climate
change affects businesses in various industries
as global and local policy actions around
climate change continue to evolve and given
the growing demand by investors for climaterelated information for their economic decision
making. The writer highlights areas of focus
related to the consideration of climate-related
risks when conducting an audit of fiancial
statements in accordance with the International
Standards on Auditing (ISA).
Money laundering has a corrosive effect on a
country’s economy, government, and social
well-being. It has potentially devastating
economic, security, and social consequences.
It provides the fuel for drug dealers, terrorists,
illegal arms dealers, corrupt public offiials,
and others to operate and expand their criminal
enterprises. Crime has become increasingly
international in scope, and the fiancial
aspects of crime have become more complex
due to rapid advances in technology and the
globalisation of the fiancial services industry.
The writer highlights the devastating effects of
illicit fund flws to an economy and suggests
what can be done stop this menace from the
society.
The idea behind taxing windfall income is
greatly inflenced by Wealth Creation and the
concept of Income. Income Tax is based on
Income but Parliament all over the world, when
making tax laws fail to defie clearly what is
Income, and instead, left the word to judicial
and administrative branches of government to
thrash out the
meaning of Income. Maybe the word does not
lend itself for easy defiition and any attempt to
defie income will lead to so many things being
left out (to defie something means to set the
precise boundaries of the thing). Accountants,
economist, and lawyers normally disagree on
what exactly constitute income. But in spite of
the unclear defiition of Income, we can know it
when we see it. The article talks about windfall
income and how it can be taxed to raise enough
money to support the developmental agenda of
the government.
Welfare fund for ICAG Members are increasingly
becoming important. As the main drivers that
ensure proper functioning of the country’s
fiances, our welfare is equally paramount,
to enable us perform these functions with
the needed integrity. Professions which have
welfare benefis for their members, people use
it as a source of respite to work fearlessly with
no threat of intimidation. Irrespective of how it
is conceptualised and contextualised, without
the Members taking and performing the key
roles and responsibilities, ICAG would be short
lived. We must remember that Members keep
the Institute running by giving time and skills
to its development. It is therefore time for us to
seek Members welfare. We need a welfare fund
to promote solidarity and mutual cooperation
among members, assist and support members
who later turn vulnerable whether through
retrenchment, dismissal or inability to work,
sometimes due to natural factors. This
development of welfare is indeed a watershed
in the evolution of many professions, of which
the accountancy profession cannot be left out.
The writer suggests that welfare of Members
is essential and it is incumbent on Council to
come out with a welfare fund so that we will
contribute into it for our own benefis.
Description:
The International Auditing and Assurance
Standards Board (IAASB) approved three
quality management standards in September
2020, subject to the fial approval of the Public
Interest Oversight Board. The standards raise
the bar for fims by incorporating a proactive
and risk-based approach to how fims
enable the consistent performance of quality
engagements through their systems of quality
management. The standards also deepen the
engagement partner’s responsibility for audit
quality at the engagement level, and include
improvements related to engagement quality
reviews.