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Codification Of Statements On Auditing Standards, Numbers 1 To 90 (2000), American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Jan 2000

Codification Of Statements On Auditing Standards, Numbers 1 To 90 (2000), American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Statements on Auditing Standards

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Federal Gaap Hierarchy; Statement On Auditing Standards, 091, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee Jan 2000

Federal Gaap Hierarchy; Statement On Auditing Standards, 091, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee

Statements on Auditing Standards

In October 1999, AICPA Council passed a resolution recognizing the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) as the body designated to establish generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for federal governmental entities under Rule 203, Accounting Principles, of the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct. This amendment adds the following two new paragraphs to Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 69, The Meaning of Present Fairly in Conformity With Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the Independent Auditor's Report, to establish a hierarchy of accounting principles for federal governmental entities.


Auditing Derivative Instruments, Hedging Activities, And Investments In Securities; Statement On Auditing Standards, 092, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee Jan 2000

Auditing Derivative Instruments, Hedging Activities, And Investments In Securities; Statement On Auditing Standards, 092, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee

Statements on Auditing Standards

This Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) provides guidance to auditors in planning and performing auditing procedures for assertions about derivative instruments, hedging activities, and investments in securities2 that are made in an entity's financial statements.3 Those assertions4 are classified according to five broad categories that are discussed in SAS No. 31, Evidential Matter (AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 326.03-.08).


Omnibus Statement On Auditing Standards -- 2000; Statement On Auditing Standards, 093, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee Jan 2000

Omnibus Statement On Auditing Standards -- 2000; Statement On Auditing Standards, 093, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee

Statements on Auditing Standards

Withdrawal of Statement on Auditing Standards No. 75, Engagements to Apply Agreed-Upon Procedures to Specified Elements, Accounts, or Items of a Financial Statement, AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 622; Amendment to SAS No. 58, Reports on Audited Financial Statements, AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 508; and Amendment to SAS No. 84, Communications Between Predecessor and Successor Auditors, AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 315.


Codification Of Statements On Auditing Standards, Numbers 1 To 87 (1999), American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Jan 1999

Codification Of Statements On Auditing Standards, Numbers 1 To 87 (1999), American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Statements on Auditing Standards

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Audit Adjustments; Statement On Auditing Standards, 089, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee Jan 1999

Audit Adjustments; Statement On Auditing Standards, 089, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee

Statements on Auditing Standards

In accordance with AU section 310.05, the auditor should establish an understanding with the client regarding the services to be performed for each engagement. That understanding should be documented, preferably in an engagement letter or other written communication. AU section 310.06 specifies various matters that generally are addressed in the understanding, including management's responsibility for the financial statements. One of the matters that is not specifically addressed is management's responsibility for determining the appropriate disposition of financial statement misstatements aggregated by the auditor. This amendment adds the following to the list in AU section 310.06 of matters that generally are …


Audit Committee Communications; Statement On Auditing Standards, 090, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee Jan 1999

Audit Committee Communications; Statement On Auditing Standards, 090, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee

Statements on Auditing Standards

This amendment revises Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 61, Communication With Audit Committees (AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 380.03), and adds a new paragraph to SAS No. 61 (AU sec. 380.11) to reflect recommendation number 8 in the 1999 report of the Blue Ribbon Committee on Improving the Effectiveness of Corporate Audit Committees. This amendment requires an auditor of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) clients to discuss with audit committees the auditor's judgments about the quality, not just the acceptability, of the company's accounting principles and underlying estimates in its financial statements. The new language is shown …


Service Organizations And Reporting On Consistency; Statement On Auditing Standards, 088, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee Jan 1999

Service Organizations And Reporting On Consistency; Statement On Auditing Standards, 088, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee

Statements on Auditing Standards

This amendment clarifies the applicability of Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 70, Reports on the Processing of Transactions by Service Organizations (AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 324), by replacing existing language with the language and concepts in SAS No. 55, Consideration of Internal Control in a Financial Statement Audit (AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 319), as amended by SAS No. 78, Consideration of Internal Control in a Financial Statement Audit: An Amendment to Statement on Auditing Standards No. 55 (AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 319), to state that the SAS is applicable if …


Codification Of Statements On Auditing Standards, Numbers 1 To 85 (1998), American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Jan 1998

Codification Of Statements On Auditing Standards, Numbers 1 To 85 (1998), American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Statements on Auditing Standards

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Amendment To Statement On Auditing Standards No. 72, Letters For Underwriters And Certain Other Requesting Parties; Statement On Auditing Standards, 086, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee Jan 1998

Amendment To Statement On Auditing Standards No. 72, Letters For Underwriters And Certain Other Requesting Parties; Statement On Auditing Standards, 086, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee

Statements on Auditing Standards

This amendment reflects the changes for issuance of Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) No. 8, Management's Discussion and Analysis. It also renumbers existing footnotes 22 through 31. This amendment also includes new example R, an addition to the appendix of Statement of Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 72, Letters for Underwriters and Certain Other Requesting Parties (AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 634). New language is shown in boldface italics deletions are shown in strike-through. The amendment is effective for comfort letters issued on or after June 30, 1998. Early application is permissible.


Restricting The Use Of An Auditor's Report; Statement On Auditing Standards, 087, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee Jan 1998

Restricting The Use Of An Auditor's Report; Statement On Auditing Standards, 087, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee

Statements on Auditing Standards

This Statement provides guidance to auditors on restricting the use of reports issued pursuant to Statements on Auditing Standards (SASs). This Statement Defines the terms general use and restricted use. Describes the circumstances in which the use of auditors' reports should be restricted. Specifies the language to be used in auditors' reports that are restricted as to use.


Codification Of Statements On Auditing Standards, Numbers 1 To 82 (1997), American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Jan 1997

Codification Of Statements On Auditing Standards, Numbers 1 To 82 (1997), American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Statements on Auditing Standards

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Establishing An Understanding With The Client; Statement On Auditing Standards, 083, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee Jan 1997

Establishing An Understanding With The Client; Statement On Auditing Standards, 083, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee

Statements on Auditing Standards

This Statement amends Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 1, Codification of Auditing Standards and Procedures (AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 310, "Relationship Between the Auditor's Appointment and Planning"), to incorporate guidance about auditors establishing an understanding with the client regarding the services to be performed. This Statement also renames the title of AU sec. 310 to Appointment of the Independent Auditor. This Statement is effective for engagements for periods ending on or after June 15, 1998. Earlier application is permitted.


Consideration Of Fraud In A Financial Statement Audit; Statement On Auditing Standards, 082, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee Jan 1997

Consideration Of Fraud In A Financial Statement Audit; Statement On Auditing Standards, 082, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee

Statements on Auditing Standards

AU Section 110 of Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 1, Codification of Auditing Standards and Procedures, as amended by this Statement [appendix A] (AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 110, "Responsibilities and Functions of the Independent Auditor"), states that "The auditor has a responsibility to plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether caused by error or fraud." This Statement provides guidance to auditors in fulfilling that responsibility, as it relates to fraud, in an audit of financial statements conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing …


Management Representations; Statement On Auditing Standards, 085, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee Jan 1997

Management Representations; Statement On Auditing Standards, 085, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee

Statements on Auditing Standards

This section establishes a requirement that the independent auditor obtain written representations from management as a part of an audit of financial statements performed in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and provides guidance concerning the representations to be obtained.


Comment Letters To Proposed Statement On Standards For Attestation Engagements : Management's Discussion And Analysis, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting Standards Board, College Of Charleston, Benjamin Podgor, Arkansas Society Of Certified Public Accountants, V. L. Auld & Associates, Sullivan & Cromwell, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Private Companies Practice Section, New York State Society Of Certified Public Accountants, New Hampshire Society Of Certified Public Accountants, Institute Of Management Accountants, Society Of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants, Lynda Munion Dennis, Air Products, Pennsylvania. Governor's Office, Arthur Andersen, Business And Industry Executive Committee. Professional Issues Subcommittee, New Jersey Society Of Certified Public Accountants, New Jersey. Office Of Legislative Services. Office Of The State Auditor, Price Waterhouse, Deloitte Touche, Massachusetts Society Of Certified Public Accountants, General Electric, Coopers & Lybrand, Grant Thornton, Illinois Certified Public Accountants Society. Committee On Auditing Services, Texas Society Of Certified Public Accountants. Houston Chapter, Association For Investment Management And Research, Ernst & Young, Financial Executives Institute, Corning, Robert Morris Associates. Accounting Policy Committee, Securities Industry Association. Capital Markets Committee, American Bar Association. Section Of Business Law Jan 1997

Comment Letters To Proposed Statement On Standards For Attestation Engagements : Management's Discussion And Analysis, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting Standards Board, College Of Charleston, Benjamin Podgor, Arkansas Society Of Certified Public Accountants, V. L. Auld & Associates, Sullivan & Cromwell, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Private Companies Practice Section, New York State Society Of Certified Public Accountants, New Hampshire Society Of Certified Public Accountants, Institute Of Management Accountants, Society Of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants, Lynda Munion Dennis, Air Products, Pennsylvania. Governor's Office, Arthur Andersen, Business And Industry Executive Committee. Professional Issues Subcommittee, New Jersey Society Of Certified Public Accountants, New Jersey. Office Of Legislative Services. Office Of The State Auditor, Price Waterhouse, Deloitte Touche, Massachusetts Society Of Certified Public Accountants, General Electric, Coopers & Lybrand, Grant Thornton, Illinois Certified Public Accountants Society. Committee On Auditing Services, Texas Society Of Certified Public Accountants. Houston Chapter, Association For Investment Management And Research, Ernst & Young, Financial Executives Institute, Corning, Robert Morris Associates. Accounting Policy Committee, Securities Industry Association. Capital Markets Committee, American Bar Association. Section Of Business Law

Statements on Auditing Standards

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Communications Between Predecessor And Successor Auditors; Statement On Auditing Standards, 084, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee Jan 1997

Communications Between Predecessor And Successor Auditors; Statement On Auditing Standards, 084, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee

Statements on Auditing Standards

This Statement provides guidance on communications between predecessor and successor auditors when a change of auditors is in process or has taken place. It also provides communications guidance when possible misstatements are discovered in financial statements reported on by a predecessor auditor. This Statement applies whenever an independent auditor is considering accepting an engagement to audit or reaudit (see paragraph 14 of this Statement) financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and after such auditor has been appointed to perform such an engagement.


Codification Of Statements On Auditing Standards, Numbers 1 To 79 (1996), American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Jan 1996

Codification Of Statements On Auditing Standards, Numbers 1 To 79 (1996), American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Statements on Auditing Standards

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Amendment To Statement On Auditing Standards No. 31, "Evidential Matter"; Statement On Auditing Standards, 080, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee Jan 1996

Amendment To Statement On Auditing Standards No. 31, "Evidential Matter"; Statement On Auditing Standards, 080, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee

Statements on Auditing Standards

Most of the independent auditors work in forming his or her opinion on financial statements consists of obtaining and evaluating evidential matter concerning the assertions in such financial statements. The measure of the validity of such evidence for audit purposes lies in the judgment of the auditor in this respect, audit evidence differs from legal evidence, which is circumscribed by rigid rules. Evidential matter varies substantially in its influence on the auditor as he or she develops his an opinion with respect to financial statements under audit. The pertinence of the evidence, its objectivity, its timeliness, and the existence of …


Auditing Investments; Statement On Auditing Standards, 081, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee Jan 1996

Auditing Investments; Statement On Auditing Standards, 081, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee

Statements on Auditing Standards

This Statement provides guidance to auditors in auditing investments in securities, that is, debt securities and equity securities,1 and investments accounted for under Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 18, The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock.


Codification Of Statements On Auditing Standards, Numbers 1 To 29 (1995), American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Jan 1995

Codification Of Statements On Auditing Standards, Numbers 1 To 29 (1995), American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Statements on Auditing Standards

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Amendments To Statement On Auditing Standards No. 72, Letters For Underwriters And Certain Other Requesting Parties; Statement On Auditing Standards, 076, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 1995

Amendments To Statement On Auditing Standards No. 72, Letters For Underwriters And Certain Other Requesting Parties; Statement On Auditing Standards, 076, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Statements on Auditing Standards

This Statement provides guidance to accountants for performing and reporting on the results of engagements to issue letters for underwriters and certain other requesting parties described in and meeting the requirements of paragraph 3, 4, or 5 (commonly referred to as "comfort letters") in connection with financial statements and financial statement schedules contained in registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act) and other securities offerings. In paragraph 9, this Statement also provides guidance to accountants for performing and reporting on the results of engagements to issue letters for certain …


Amendment To Statement On Auditing Standards No. 58, Reports On Audited Financial Statements; Statement On Auditing Standards, 079, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee Jan 1995

Amendment To Statement On Auditing Standards No. 58, Reports On Audited Financial Statements; Statement On Auditing Standards, 079, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee

Statements on Auditing Standards

This Statement amends Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 58, Reports on Audited Financial Statements, to eliminate the requirement that, when certain criteria are met, the auditor add an uncertainties explanatory paragraph to the auditor's report. It also clarifies and reorganizes the guidance in SAS No. 58 concerning emphasis paragraphs, uncertainties, and disclaimers of opinion. This Statement is effective for reports issued or reissued on or after February 29, 1996. Earlier application of the provisions of this Statement is permissible.


Amendments To Statements On Auditing Standards No. 22, Planning And Supervision, No. 59, The Auditor's Consideration Of An Entity's Ability To Continue As A Going Concern, And No. 62, Special Reports; Statement On Auditing Standards, 077, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee Jan 1995

Amendments To Statements On Auditing Standards No. 22, Planning And Supervision, No. 59, The Auditor's Consideration Of An Entity's Ability To Continue As A Going Concern, And No. 62, Special Reports; Statement On Auditing Standards, 077, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee

Statements on Auditing Standards

Amends Statement on Auditing Standards No. 22, AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 311 Statement on Auditing Standards No. 59, AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 341 and Statement on Auditing Standards No. 62, AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 623.


Consideration Of Internal Control Structure In A Financial Statement Audit : An Amendment To Sas No. 55; Statement On Auditing Standards, 078, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee Jan 1995

Consideration Of Internal Control Structure In A Financial Statement Audit : An Amendment To Sas No. 55; Statement On Auditing Standards, 078, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee

Statements on Auditing Standards

This amendment revises the definition and description of internal control contained in SAS No. 55, Consideration of the Internal Control Structure in a Financial Statement Audit, to recognize the definition and description contained in Internal Control-Integrated Framework, published by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the COSO report). The Auditing Standards Board (ASB) believes the COSO report is rapidly becoming a widely accepted framework for sound internal control among United States organizations and its acceptance and use will continue to grow. Therefore, the ASB believes it is appropriate to revise SAS No. 55 to recognize the definition …


Engagements To Apply Agreed-Upon Procedures To Specified Elements, Accounts, Or Items Of A Financial Statement; Statement On Auditing Standards, 075, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 1995

Engagements To Apply Agreed-Upon Procedures To Specified Elements, Accounts, Or Items Of A Financial Statement; Statement On Auditing Standards, 075, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Statements on Auditing Standards

This Statement sets forth standards and provides guidance to an accountant1 concerning performance and reporting in all engagements to apply agreed-upon procedures to specified elements, accounts, or items of a financial statement, except as noted in paragraph 2.


Compliance Auditing Considerations In Audits Of Governmental Entities And Other Recipients Of Governmental Financial Assistance; Statement On Auditing Standards, 074, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 1995

Compliance Auditing Considerations In Audits Of Governmental Entities And Other Recipients Of Governmental Financial Assistance; Statement On Auditing Standards, 074, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Statements on Auditing Standards

1. This Statement is applicable when the auditor is engaged to audit a governmental entity under generally accepted auditing standards This Statement amends Statement on Standards for (GAAS), and engaged to test and report on compliance with laws and regulations under Government Auditing Standards (the Yellow Book) or in certain other circumstances involving governmental financial assistance, such as single or organization-wide audits or program-specific audits under certain federal or state audit regulations.


Codification Of Statements On Auditing Standards, Numbers 1 To 72 (1994), American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Jan 1994

Codification Of Statements On Auditing Standards, Numbers 1 To 72 (1994), American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Statements on Auditing Standards

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Using The Work Of A Specialist; Statement On Auditing Standards, 073, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 1994

Using The Work Of A Specialist; Statement On Auditing Standards, 073, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Statements on Auditing Standards

The purpose of this Statement is to provide guidance to the auditor who uses the work of a specialist in performing an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. For purposes of this Statement, a specialist is a person (or firm) possessing special skill or knowledge in a particular field other than accounting or auditing.


Codification Of Statements On Auditing Standards, Numbers 1 To 71 (1993), American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Jan 1993

Codification Of Statements On Auditing Standards, Numbers 1 To 71 (1993), American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Statements on Auditing Standards

No abstract provided.