diff --git a/sqlmesh/core/model/definition.py b/sqlmesh/core/model/definition.py
index 730e585d6..fe890b11f 100644
--- a/sqlmesh/core/model/definition.py
+++ b/sqlmesh/core/model/definition.py
@@ -1765,11 +1765,13 @@ def load_sql_based_model(
 
     unrendered_merge_filter = None
     unrendered_signals = None
+    unrendered_audits = None
 
     for prop in meta.expressions:
         if prop.name.lower() == "signals":
             unrendered_signals = prop.args.get("value")
-
+        if prop.name.lower() == "audits":
+            unrendered_audits = prop.args.get("value")
         if (
             prop.name.lower() == "kind"
             and (value := prop.args.get("value"))
@@ -1816,10 +1818,13 @@ def load_sql_based_model(
         **kwargs,
     }
 
-    # Signals and merge_filter must remain unrendered, so that they can be rendered later at evaluation runtime.
+    # signals, audits and merge_filter must remain unrendered, so that they can be rendered later at evaluation runtime
     if unrendered_signals:
         meta_fields["signals"] = unrendered_signals
 
+    if unrendered_audits:
+        meta_fields["audits"] = unrendered_audits
+
     if unrendered_merge_filter:
         for idx, kind_prop in enumerate(meta_fields["kind"].expressions):
             if kind_prop.name.lower() == "merge_filter":
diff --git a/tests/core/test_model.py b/tests/core/test_model.py
index 7f55bd82e..8de59f7f2 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_model.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_model.py
@@ -1172,7 +1172,8 @@ def test_audits():
             name db.seed,
             audits (
                 audit_a,
-                audit_b(key='value')
+                audit_b(key='value'),
+                audit_c(key=@start_ds)
             ),
             tags (foo)
         );
@@ -1184,6 +1185,7 @@ def test_audits():
     assert model.audits == [
         ("audit_a", {}),
         ("audit_b", {"key": exp.Literal.string("value")}),
+        ("audit_c", {"key": d.MacroVar(this="start_ds")}),
     ]
     assert model.tags == ["foo"]
 
diff --git a/tests/core/test_snapshot_evaluator.py b/tests/core/test_snapshot_evaluator.py
index 86b457e8e..45027a248 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_snapshot_evaluator.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_snapshot_evaluator.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     IncrementalByTimeRangeKind,
     IncrementalUnmanagedKind,
     IncrementalByPartitionKind,
+    IncrementalByUniqueKeyKind,
     PythonModel,
     SqlModel,
     TimeColumn,
@@ -2708,6 +2709,39 @@ def test_audit_wap(adapter_mock, make_snapshot):
     adapter_mock.wap_publish.assert_called_once_with(snapshot.table_name(), wap_id)
 
 
+def test_audit_with_datetime_macros(adapter_mock, make_snapshot):
+    evaluator = SnapshotEvaluator(adapter_mock)
+
+    model = SqlModel(
+        name="test_schema.test_table",
+        kind=IncrementalByUniqueKeyKind(unique_key="a"),
+        query=parse_one("SELECT a, start_ds FROM tbl"),
+        audits=[
+            (
+                "unique_combination_of_columns",
+                {
+                    "columns": exp.Array(expressions=[exp.to_column("a")]),
+                    "condition": d.MacroVar(this="start_ds").neq("2020-01-01"),
+                },
+            ),
+        ],
+    )
+    snapshot = make_snapshot(model)
+    snapshot.categorize_as(SnapshotChangeCategory.BREAKING)
+
+    adapter_mock.fetchone.return_value = (0,)
+    evaluator.audit(snapshot, snapshots={}, start="2020-01-01")
+
+    call_args = adapter_mock.fetchone.call_args_list
+    assert len(call_args) == 1
+
+    unique_combination_of_columns_query = call_args[0][0][0]
+    assert (
+        unique_combination_of_columns_query.sql(dialect="duckdb")
+        == """SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (SELECT "a" AS "a" FROM (SELECT * FROM "test_schema"."test_table" AS "test_table") AS "_q_0" WHERE '2020-01-01' <> '2020-01-01' GROUP BY "a" HAVING COUNT(*) > 1) AS audit"""
+    )
+
+
 def test_audit_set_blocking_at_use_site(adapter_mock, make_snapshot):
     evaluator = SnapshotEvaluator(adapter_mock)