SRA Handbook

Completion of checklist

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Rule 43: Completion of checklist

43.1

The accountant should exercise his or her professional judgment in adopting a suitable "audit" programme, but must also complete and sign a checklist in the form published from time to time by the SRA. You must obtain the completed checklist, retain it for at least three years from the date of signature and produce it to the SRA on request.

Guidance notes

(i)

The current checklist appears at Appendix 4. It is issued by the SRA to firms at the appropriate time for completion by their reporting accountants.

(ii)

The letter of engagement required by rule 35 imposes a duty on the accountant to hand the completed checklist to the firm, to keep a copy for three years and to produce the copy to the SRA on request.