Auditor's report on LLP's annual accounts495

1

An LLP's auditor must make a report to the LLP's members on all annual accounts of the LLP of which copies are, during his tenure of office to be sent out to members under section 423.

2

The auditor's report must include—

a

an introduction identifying the annual accounts that are the subject of the audit and the financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation, and

b

a description of the scope of the audit identifying the auditing standards in accordance with which the audit was conducted.

3

The report must state clearly whether, in the auditor's opinion, the annual accounts—

a

give a true and fair view—

i

in the case of an individual balance sheet, of the state of affairs of the LLP as at the end of the financial year,

ii

in the case of an individual profit and loss account, of the profit or loss of the LLP for the financial year,

iii

in the case of group accounts, of the state of affairs as at the end of the financial year and of the profit or loss for the financial year of the undertakings included in the consolidation as a whole, so far as concerns members of the LLP;

b

have been properly prepared in accordance with the relevant financial reporting framework; and

c

have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of this Act.

Expressions used in this subsection F1or subsection (3A) that are defined for the purposes of Part 15 (see F2sections 464, 471 and 474) have the same meaning as in that Part.

F33A

Subsection (3B) applies to the auditors of an LLP which qualifies as a micro-entity in relation to a financial year (see sections 384A and 384B) in their consideration of whether the non-IAS individual accounts of the LLP for that year give a true and fair view as mentioned in subsection (3)(a).

3B

Where the accounts contain an item of information additional to the micro-entity minimum accounting items, the auditors must have regard to any provision of an accounting standard which relates to that item.

4

The auditor's report—

a

must be either unqualified or qualified, and

b

must include a reference to any matters to which the auditor wishes to draw attention by way of emphasis without qualifying the report.