Executive Summary

This hotfix contains a fix where XBRL submissions to CIPC is failing. We have made changes to the Mandatory page and it also aligns the CW Validation to the CIPC portal. Running this hotfix will not cause any loss of data within your financials.

Install Instructions:

1. Download the hotfix
2. Close all instances of Caseware and CaseView
3. Run the hotfix
4. Open the Financials, go to Options | Enable Special Features
5. Type in CIPC2024 and click OK
6. The changes will now take effect on this file.
   
   1. Scroll to the Type of auditor’s opinion and select the appropriate option.
   2. Scroll down to the “Business address, country” field and click on the cell to launch a new HTML. Click on the word “Loading…” within the drop-down, scroll down to the end and select “South Africa” which is the 7th last option.
7. Take note of the following scenarios where this Enable Special Features code should be run:
   
   1. Run this per engagement file
   2. Run this on the template/ firm template so that it is fixed for any new files created going forward using any one of the following methods:
      
      1. File | New
      2. File | New from existing
   3. For files being updated using the financials update process, the code must be run on all updated files, even after running the hotfix on the template.

Additional insights as to the changes in the Mandatory page

1. Type of auditor’s opinion
   
   • This is no longer an input and/or no longer pulls from the Audit Report
   • This has been changed to a drop-down and the applicable option should now be selected
2. Business address, country
   
   • CIPC has moved to the ISO Country Code from three characters to two characters, i.e. they do not accept ZAF anymore, it must be ZA.

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