Tasmanian Audit Office:

Guide to Using our Reports

• Guide to the Auditor-General’s Report on the Financial Statements of State Entities

Audit Service Provider Information:

• Contracting audits to Audit Service Providers

Client Reference Information:

Change to Submission of Financial Statement Requirements

• Management Certification To Be Provided by Those Responsible for Financial Reporting At The Time of Submission Of Financial Statements.pdf
• Management Certification To Be Provided by Those Responsible for Financial Reporting At The Time of Submission Of Financial Statements.docx
• Financial Statements Submissions Checklist

COVID-19 Financial Reporting Impacts

• Impact of COVID-19 on financial statement audit reports
• Impact of COVID-19 on valuations of non-financial assets
• COVID-19 Impacts on Financial Statements

Other Client Information

• AASB 119 Employee Entitlements 30 June 2021 – (Updated to May)
• AASB 124 Related Parties for Councils February 2017
• AASB 124 Related Party Disclosures – Your Questions Answered
• Guidance to Local Government Councils on calculating Underlying Result (revised June 2017)
• Guidelines for Tas Gov Businesses – Director & Executive Remuneration – Disclosure Template (Updated May 2019)
• Local Government Model Financial Report 30 June 2021 (Excel)
• Reporting by Tasmanian Public Sector Entities

Presentations, Seminars and Information Sessions:

Client Seminar 2019

• Client Seminar Presentation 2019 – Hobart – Handouts
• Accounting Standards Update – Slides
• Pilot Project – Slides
• Audit Update – Slides
• Recently Tabled Performance Audits – Slides
• Client Seminar Presentation (TAO Presentation Slides Only) 2019 – Handout

Client Seminar 2018

• Accounting Issues – Slides
• Accounting for Property, Plant and Equipment – Slides
• New Standards (AASB 16 Leases) – Slides
• Changes for 30 June 2018 and New Standards – Slides
• Client Seminar Presentation 2018 – Handout

Client Seminar 2017

• Audit Update – Slides
• 2017 Accounting Standards Update – Slides
• AASB 124 Disclosure of Related Party Transactions – Slides
• Recent Performance Audits – Slides
• Client Information Session 2017 – Handout

Information Session for Senior Management and Members of Audit Committees 2019

• Accounting Standards and Audit Update – Jeff Tongs and Stephen Morrison
• Pilot Project – Rod Whitehead
• 2019 Information Session for Senior Management and Members of Audit Committees – Handout
• 2019 Information Session for Senior Management and Members of Audit Committees – Program

Information Session for Senior Management and Members of Audit Committees 2018

• Managing Conflicts of Interest – Richard Bingham, Integrity Commission
• Standards Update and Audit Findings – Jeff Tongs and Stephen Morrison
• Case studies about public sector corruption – Mark Eady, Derwent Valley Council
• Contentious Accounting Issues and Tasmanian Audit Office Matters – Rod Whitehead
• 2018 Information Session for Senior Management and Members of Audit Committees – Handout 
• 2018 Information Session for Senior Management and Members of Audit Committees – Program

Information Session for Members of Audit Committees and Senior Management 2017

• Accounting and Auditing Developments – Ric De Santi
• Financial Risk – Deloitte
• Ethical leadership & culture – Dr Eva Tsahuridu
• Risk Culture and Conduct – KPMG
• Audit Committees and Senior Management session 2017 – Handout

Information Session for Members of Audit Committees and Senior Management 2016

• Audit Findings and Technical Update – Audit Committee Information Session June 2016
• Fair Value Measurement – Deloitte – 27 June 2016
• Cyber Risk – A Different Perspective
• Info Session Client Information Session 2016 – Handout 

Past Newsletters:

Accounting & Auditing Developments

• Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter December 2020
• Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter July 2020
• Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter December 2019
• Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter July 2019
• Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter December 2018
• Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter October 2018
• Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter August 2018
• Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter June 2018
• Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter August 2017
• Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter February 2017
• Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter December 2016
• Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter September 2016
• Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter June 2016
• Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter May 2016
• Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter April 2016
• Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter Mar 2016

Useful Links:

Australian & New Zealand Auditor-General Offices

• Australasian Council of Auditors-General
• Australian National Auditor-General
  
• Australian Capital Territory Auditor-General
• New South Wales Auditor-General
• Northern Territory Auditor-General
• Queensland Auditor-General
• South Australian Auditor-General
• Victorian Auditor-General
• Western Australian Auditor-General
• New Zealand Auditor-General

Other Auditor-General Offices

• Office of the Auditor-General, Fiji (Formal Twinning arrangement between Office’s)
• Papua New Guinea Auditor-General

Other Useful Links

• Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB)
  
• Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB)
• Financial Reporting Council (FRC)
• Accounting Professional & Ethical Standards Board Ltd (APESB)
• CPA Australia
• National Institute of Accountants
• Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA)
• Institute of Internal Auditors – Australia (IIA)
• Accounting & Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ)
• Australasian Evaluation Society (AES)
• International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)
• International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IASB)
• International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB)
• International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA)
• Financial Reporting Standards Board (New Zealand) (ICANZ)
• International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI)
• Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI)