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Review Guide > Engagement Selection for Engagement Reviews
Selection Objective Selection Objective. The reviewer should select a limited sample of engagements from among the types of accounting and attestation engagements performed by the firm for the purpose of providing limited assurance on the sample selected.
Selection Guidelines. One engagement should be selected from each of the
following areas of service performed by the firm: Review of historical financial statements Compilation of historical financial statements, with
disclosures One engagement should be selected from each partner of
the firm responsible for the issuance of reports listed in item a above. Ordinarily, at least two engagements should be
selected for review. Scope Expansion. It is generally not appropriate to expand a scope in an engagement review. Here's why. The scope of an engagement review is intended to report matters related to only on the engagements selected for review and would not extend to engagement beyond that scope. If deficiencies that meet the threshold for reporting are observed, then the matters should be included, at a minimum, in the letter of comments. Expanding the scope, for example, to determine if a deficiency is isolated would not mitigate the obligation to include the original matter in the letter of comments. Likewise, if a significant engagement deficiency was noted, then that matter would be included as a modifier in the reviewer's report, whether or not the matter was treated correctly in other engagements. Peer Review Guide > Engagement Selection - Engagement Copyright © 1997-2001, Duane
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