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University of Mississippi

1985

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Proposed Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services : Reporting On Personal Financial Plans;Reporting On Personal Financial Plans; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1985, March 4, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Financial Planning Task Force, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee Jan 1985

Proposed Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services : Reporting On Personal Financial Plans;Reporting On Personal Financial Plans; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1985, March 4, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Financial Planning Task Force, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

An exposure draft of a proposed Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services, entitled Reporting on Personal Financial Plans accompanies this letter. SSARS 1 requires, as a minimum that an accountant comply with the standards established for compilation services whenever they submit a financial statement to their client or others. Increasingly, accountants are providing comprehensive personal financial planning services to clients which may include personal financial statements, supplementary explanatory information and prospective financial information. Often personal financial plans present financial information on transactions which may be historical, pro forma or prospective. This information is often interspersed through narrative material …


Proposed Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services : Reporting On Personal Financial Statements Included In Written Personal Financial Plans;Reporting On Personal Financial Statements Included In Written Personal Financial Plans; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1985, Dec. 18, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee Jan 1985

Proposed Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services : Reporting On Personal Financial Statements Included In Written Personal Financial Plans;Reporting On Personal Financial Statements Included In Written Personal Financial Plans; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1985, Dec. 18, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

This proposed Statement provides the accountant with an optional exemption from the requirements of Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services 1, as amended, for personal financial statements included in a written personal financial plan prepared by the accountant when such statements and the related plan have been developed solely to assist a client and a client's advisers in achieving the client's personal financial goals and objectives and for no other purpose. In those circumstances, the proposed Statement would require the accountant to issue a special form of written report and would specify the information required in that report.