Financial Reporting Act 1993 (FRA) defines companies into two categories: Exempt companies and Reporting Entity.
Exempt Company audit requirements
Exempt companies need not to comply with the auditing requirements.
Section 6A of FRA defines exempt company:
Exempt company must not be an issuer or overseas company or the subsidiary of another body corporate and did not have any subsidiaries. Further more it must meet two of the following criteria:
• the value of the total assets of the company (including intangible assets) reported in the statement of financial position did not exceed $1,000,000
• the turnover of the company did not exceed $2,000,000
• the company has 5 or fewer full-time equivalent employees