Companies Act 2014
F984[Organisation of work of statutory auditors and audit firms - audit files
1543. (1) A statutory auditor or audit firm shall maintain a client account record that includes the following data for each audit client:
(a) the name, address and place of business;
(b) in the case of an audit firm, the name of the key audit partner;
(c) the fees charged for the statutory audit and the fees charged for other services in any financial year.
(2) A statutory auditor or audit firm shall create an audit file for each statutory audit which shall be closed not later than 60 days after the date of signature of the statutory auditors’ report concerned and, where applicable, the reports referred to in Articles 10 and 11 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014.
(3) A statutory auditor or audit firm shall document and retain at least the data recorded pursuant to section 1538, and, where applicable, Articles 6 to 8 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 for a period of at least 6 years.
(4) A statutory auditor or audit firm shall retain any other data and documents that are of importance in support of the statutory auditors’ report and, where applicable, the reports referred to in Articles 10 and 11 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 and for monitoring compliance with the relevant provisions and other applicable legal requirements.
(5) A statutory auditor or audit firm shall keep records of any complaints made in writing about the performance of the statutory audits carried out by him or her.]
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F984
Inserted (21.09.2018) by Companies (Statutory Audits) Act 2018 (22/2018), s. 51, S.I. No. 366 of 2018.