Decision details

External Audit Plan 2017-18

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decisions:

Leigh Lloyd-Thomas and Nick Bernstein from BDO, the Council’s External Auditor, presented their External Audit Plan for 2017/18. 

 

The Committee noted that BDO and officers were in the process of finalising the additional fee arising from the additional work undertaken by BDO at the end of the 2016/17 financial year relating to the closure of the Statement of Accounts, but that this was expected to be in the region of £50K.

 

RESOLVED that:

 

1.    The Committee note BDO’s Audit Plan for 2017/18.

 

2.    The Committee note the fee of £170,025 for the 2017/18 audit and the fee of £21,000 for certification of the housing benefits subsidy return, as set out in paragraph 6.8 of the report.

 

Publication date: 11/05/2018

Date of decision: 19/04/2018

Decided at meeting: 19/04/2018 - Audit Committee

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