SIA 220 covers the entity-wide internal audit plan, usually for a year. The plan has to line up with the charter and objectives, rest on a risk assessment, have its scope, methodology and coverage agreed with those charged with governance, and be resourced with enough skilled people.
This page covers SIA 220 as it stands in ICAI’s October 2022 compendium. ICAI’s February 2026 compendium, applicable from 1 April 2026, renumbers the standards, so check the current number and text in that compendium before citing it in a report.
Paragraph numbers refer to SIA 220 as it appears in ICAI’s Compendium of Standards on Internal Audit (as on 1 October 2022). The points below are close paraphrases, not quotations.
The file checklist and the mistakes above are practice points drawn from the requirements of the standard. They are not text from the standard.
The IIA's Global Internal Audit Standards (effective 9 January 2025) are a separate set from a different body, and there is no paragraph-for-paragraph match. The closest IIA principle is Plan Strategically.
This standard is described here as it stands in the October 2022 compendium, which is the earlier set. ICAI's Internal Audit Standards Board lists its Compendium of Standards on Internal Audit (as on February 2026) as applicable from 1 April 2026 (source: the Board's compendium page, checked on 1 October 2026). That compendium renumbers the standards, so check the current number and text there before citing this standard in a report. ICAI's compendium page does not say whether the standards are mandatory or recommendatory, so we do not describe any standard as mandatory. The effective-date clause in each 2019 standard said it applied to internal audits beginning on or after a date to be notified by the Council of ICAI.
These pages summarise each standard as it stands in ICAI's Compendium of Standards on Internal Audit (as on 1 October 2022), working from an extract of that document. They are summaries and close paraphrases, not the text of the standards. ICAI's Internal Audit Standards Board lists its Compendium of Standards on Internal Audit (as on February 2026) as applicable from 1 April 2026 (source: the Board's compendium page, checked on 1 October 2026). For that current set we have only the titles, taken from the Board's 2025-26 annual report; its text is available from ICAI through a registration form on the compendium page and is not summarised here. ICAI's compendium page does not say whether the standards are mandatory or recommendatory, so we do not describe any standard as mandatory. Before you cite a number, a paragraph or a status in a report, check the February 2026 compendium. internalaudit.icai.org
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SIA 220, Conducting Overall Internal Audit Planning, is a Standard on Internal Audit issued by the Internal Audit Standards Board of ICAI. SIA 220 covers the entity-wide internal audit plan, usually for a year. The plan has to line up with the charter and objectives, rest on a risk assessment, have its scope, methodology and coverage agreed with those charged with governance, and be resourced with enough skilled people.
The Board or the Audit Committee. SIA 220 para 3.2 requires the overall plan to be reviewed and approved by the Board or Audit Committee, and para 3.6 requires a significant change to be made only after consulting those who originally approved the plan.
ICAI's compendium page does not say whether the Standards on Internal Audit are mandatory or recommendatory, so we do not describe SIA 220 as mandatory. ICAI's Internal Audit Standards Board lists its Compendium of Standards on Internal Audit (as on February 2026) as applicable from 1 April 2026 (source: the Board's compendium page, checked on 1 October 2026). SIA 220 as described on this page is from the earlier October 2022 compendium. The February 2026 compendium renumbers the standards, so check the current number and text there before citing it in a report.
The written annual plan and the minute or record of its approval by the Board or Audit Committee. The audit universe register, with any excluded units and the reason for each exclusion. The risk assessment for each auditable unit. Notes of discussions with stakeholders and of the team's knowledge of the entity. A change log for the plan, showing who was consulted before each significant change.
The number is the same but the title is not. In ICAI's February 2026 compendium, which ICAI lists as applicable from 1 April 2026, SIA 220 is titled "Internal Audit Planning". This page covers SIA 220 as it stands in the October 2022 compendium, titled "Conducting Overall Internal Audit Planning". Only the titles of the February 2026 set are listed here; check its text in that compendium before citing it.
