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Proposed Statement On Standards Of Attestation Engagements : Ssae Hierarchy;Ssae Hierarchy; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2006, July 25, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
Proposed Statement On Standards Of Attestation Engagements : Ssae Hierarchy;Ssae Hierarchy; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2006, July 25, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position
The proposed SSAE: 1. Identifies the body of attest literature. 2. Clarifies the authority of attest publications issued by the AICPA and others. 3. Specifies which attest publications the practitioner must comply with and those he or she should be aware of when conducting an attest engagement. 4. Amends the 11 attestation standards to conform them with the use of terms established in SSAE No. 13, Defining Professional Requirements in Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements.
Proposed Statement On Standards For Attestation Engagements : Amendments To Statement On Standards For Attestation Engagements No. 1, Attestation Standards, Statement On Standards For Attestation Engagements No. 2, Reporting On An Entity's Internal Control Over Financial Reporting, Statement On Standards For Attestation Engagements No. 3, Compliance Attestation;Amendments To Statement On Standards For Attestation Engagements No. 1, Attestation Standards, Statement On Standards For Attestation Engagements No. 2, Reporting On An Entity's Internal Control Over Financial Reporting, Statement On Standards For Attestation Engagements No. 3, Compliance Attestation; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1998, June 1, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position
An attestation engagement is one in which a practitioner expresses a conclusion about the reliability of a written assertion or statement that is the responsibility of another party. For example, management may state that the entity's internal control over financial reporting is effective as of a certain date or for a specified period of time. Such engagements are performed pursuant to the Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAEs) which are promulgated by the Auditing Standards Board (ASB). The type of subject matter that could be addressed by such assertions is broad and includes internal control, compliance with laws and …
Proposed Statement On Standards For Attestation Engagements : Management's Discussion And Analysis ;Management's Discussion And Analysis; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1997, Mar. 7, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
Proposed Statement On Standards For Attestation Engagements : Management's Discussion And Analysis ;Management's Discussion And Analysis; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1997, Mar. 7, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position
The Auditing Standards Board (ASB) is considering the issuance of a Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) to provide guidance to practitioners who may be engaged to examine or review management's discussion and analysis (MD&A) prepared pursuant to the published rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The ASB has observed the following since a proposed SSAE was first issued for exposure in 1987, and subsequently deferred: 1. Possible changes may occur in the existing financial reporting model as a result of the Comprehensive Model for Business Reporting proposed by the AICPA Special Committee on Financial …
Proposed Statement On Standards For Attestation Engagements : Agreed-Upon Procedures Engagements;Agreed-Upon Procedures Engagements; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1994, Oct. 28, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
Proposed Statement On Standards For Attestation Engagements : Agreed-Upon Procedures Engagements;Agreed-Upon Procedures Engagements; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1994, Oct. 28, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position
The Auditing Standards Board (ASB) is considering the issuance of a statement on standards for attestation engagements (SSAE) to provide guidance to practitioners on performing and reporting on agreed-upon procedures engagements. The ASB has observed that there is diversity in practice in performing and reporting on these engagements, and that the existing guidance does not address a number of issues practitioners should consider. In addition, the ASB has concluded that negative assurance should be eliminated from agreed-upon procedures engagements covered by the Statement. The proposed Statement provides guidance to assist the practitioner in understanding: a. Agreed-upon procedures engagements and the …
Proposed Statement On Standards For Attestation Engagements : Compliance Attestation ;Compliance Attestation; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1993, Apr. 7, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
Proposed Statement On Standards For Attestation Engagements : Compliance Attestation ;Compliance Attestation; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1993, Apr. 7, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position
The Auditing Standards Board is considering the issuance of this proposed statement on standards for attestation engagements to provide guidance to practitioners who are engaged to perform services related to management's written assertion about an entity's compliance with specified requirements. The proposed Statement provides guidance to assist the practitioner in: 1. Accepting an agreed-upon procedures or examination engagement. 2. Planning the engagement. 3. Obtaining an understanding of the internal control structure over compliance with specified requirements in an examination engagement. 4. Testing the entity's compliance with specified requirements. 5. Reporting on management's assertion. One significant applicability of the proposed guidance …
Proposed Statement On Standards For Attestation Engagements : Examination Of Management's Discussion And Analysis;Examination Of Management's Discussion And Analysis; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1987, Feb. 14, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
Proposed Statement On Standards For Attestation Engagements : Examination Of Management's Discussion And Analysis;Examination Of Management's Discussion And Analysis; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1987, Feb. 14, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position
Financial statement users are interested in information about the risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect an entity's future cash flows, results of operations, and financial condition. A principal source of such information is the Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) that entities subject to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are required to present. Because of the importance of MD&A to users, an entity may engage an independent public accountant to attest to the representations contained in that information. This proposed statement on standards for attestation engagements provides performance and reporting guidance for such engagements.
Proposed Authoritative Statement : Attestation Standards;Attestation Standards; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1985, Feb. 15, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
Proposed Authoritative Statement : Attestation Standards;Attestation Standards; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1985, Feb. 15, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position
This proposed Statement establishes standards that (A) Provide a framework for all "attest" engagements--that is, engagements to report on the reliability of assertions for third-party use--regardless of the subject matter or level of assurance. (B) Are a natural extension of (but do not supersede) the ten generally accepted auditing standards. (C) Make explicit three preconditions for attest services to be performed: (1) The attester has adequate knowledge of the subject matter. (2) There are reasonable measurement and disclosure criteria. (3) The assertions are capable of reasonably consistent estimation or measurement using such criteria. (D) Provide for two levels of attest …