Audit engagement letter

Audit engagement letter

1. AUDIT ENGAGEMENT LETTER

To: Mr. Sheridan
Managing Director
Sheridan Audio Visual Ltd

Dear Mr. Sheridan

You have requested that we audit the financial statements of Sheridan Audio Visual Ltd, which
comprise balance sheet, related statements of income and cash flows for the year then ended. We
are pleased to confirm our acceptance and our understanding of this audit engagement by means
of this letter. Our audit will be conducted with the objective of our expressing an opinion on the
financial statements.

We will conduct our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (ISAs). These
standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatements.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements. These procedures include assessing the accounting the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating
the overall financial statement presentation. However, we will provide you a separate letter
concerning any significant deficiencies in internal control relevant to the audit of the financial
statements that we have identified during the audit.

Based on the inherent limitations of an audit, together with the inherent limitations of internal
control, there is an unavoidable risk that even some material misstatements may remain
undiscovered, even though the audit is properly planned and performed in accordance with ISAs.

In making our risk assessments, we consider internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation of
the financial statements in order to understand the entity and its environment, including the entity’s
internal control, thereby providing a basis for designing and implementing responses to the
assessed risks of material misstatement.

2. Our audit will be conducted on the basis that management acknowledge and understand that they
have responsibility:
1. For the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance
with the International Financial Reporting Standards
2. For such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the
preparation of the financial statements that are free from material misstatement,
whether due to fraud or error; and
3. To provide us with:
(i) Access to all information of which [management] is aware that is relevant to the
preparation of the financial statements such as records, documentation and other matters;
(ii) Additional information that we may request from [management] for the purpose of the
audit; and
(iii) Unrestricted access to persons within the entity from whom we determine it necessary
to obtain audit evidence.

As part of our audit process, we will request from management, written confirmation concerning
representations made to us in connection with the audit.

We look forward to full cooperation from your staff during our audit. We trust that they will make
available to us whatever records, documentation and other information are requested in connection
with our audit. Our fees, which will be billed as work progress, are based on the time required by
the individuals assigned to the engagement plus related expenses. Individual hourly rates vary
according to the degree of responsibility involved and the experience and skill required.

Please sign and return the attached copy of this letter to indicate your acknowledgement of, and
agreement with, the arrangements for our audit of the financial statements including our respective
responsibilities.

Alex Gold

Acknowledged and agreed on behalf of Sheridan Audio Visual Ltd
by

3. (signed)
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Name and Title
Date