Preparation and Planning. Roger Buckland was recently appointed auditor of Waterfield, Ltd, a public company. He had communicated with the company’s previous auditor before accepting the audit. Buckland attended the company’s shareholders meeting at which he was appointed but he has not yet visited the company’s offices.

Required:

List the matters that Buckland should attend to between the time of his appointment and the commencement of his audit work in order to effectively plan the audit.