Areas where professional judgement is required (In sequence of audit process)
 

• Materiality and Audit Risk.
• The nature, timing, and extent of audit procedures used to meet the requirements of the SAs and gather audit evidence.
• Evaluating whether sufficient appropriate audit evidence has been obtained, and whether more needs to be done to achieve the objectives of the SAs and thereby, the overall objectives of the auditor.
• The evaluation of management’s judgments in applying the entity’s applicable financial reporting framework.
• The drawing of conclusions based on the audit evidence obtained, for example, assessing the reasonableness of the estimates made by management in preparing the financial statements.