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Statement on auditing standards, 102; Defining professional requirements in statements on auditing standards
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
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Statement on auditing standards, 103; Audit documentation
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Audit Documentation Task Force
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Auditing fair value measurements and disclosures
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee
The purpose of this Statement is to establish standards and provide guidance on auditing fair value measurements and disclosures contained in financial statements. In particular, this Statement addresses audit considerations relating to the measurement and disclosure of assets, liabilities, and specific components of equity presented or disclosed at fair value in financial statements. Fair value measurements of assets, liabilities, and components of equity may arise from both the initial recording of transactions and later changes in value. Changes in fair value measurements that occur over time may be treated in different ways under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). For example, GAAP may require that some fair value changes be reflected in net income and that other fair value changes be reflected in other comprehensive income and equity.
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Amendment to statement on auditing standards no. 50, reports on the application of accounting principles
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee
This amendment revises Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 50, Reports on the Application of Accounting Principles (AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 625), to prohibit an accountant from providing a written report on the application of accounting principles not involving facts and circumstances of a specific entity. The new language is shown in boldface italics and deleted language is shown by strikethrough.
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Audit Documentation
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee
The auditor should prepare and maintain audit documentation, the form and content of which should be designed to meet the circumstances of the particular audit engagement. Audit documentation is the principal record of auditing procedures applied, evidence obtained, and conclusions reached by the auditor in the engagement. The quantity, type, and content of audit documentation are matters of the auditor's professional judgment.
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Consideration of fraud in a financial statement audit
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee
Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 1, Codification of Auditing Standards and Procedures (AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 110.02, "Responsibilities and Functions of the Independent Auditor"), states, "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. [footnote omitted]" This Statement establishes standards and 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 standards (GAAS).
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Interim financial information
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee
The purpose of this Statement is to establish standards and provide guidance on the nature, timing, and extent of the procedures to be performed by an independent accountant when conducting a review of interim financial information (as that term is defined in paragraph 2 of this Statement). The three general standards discussed in Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 95, Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 150.02), are applicable to a review of interim financial information conducted in accordance with this Statement. This Statement provides guidance on the application of the field work and reporting standards to a review of interim financial information, to the extent those standards are relevant.
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Omnibus statement on auditing standards--2002
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee
Amendment to Statement on Auditing Standards No. 95, Generally Accepted Auditing Standards, AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 150.05; amendment to SAS No. 25, The Relationship of Generally Accepted Auditing Standards to Quality Control Standards, AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 161.02 and.03; amendment to SAS No. 47, Audit Risk and Materiality in Conducting an Audit, AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 312.34-.41; amendment to SAS No. 70, Service Organizations, AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 324, and rescindment of Interpretation No. 6, "Responsibilities of Service Organizations and Service Auditors With Respect to Subsequent Events in a Service Auditor's Engagement" of SAS No. 70; amendment to SAS No. 58, Reports on Audited Financial Statements, AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 508.65; amendment to SAS No. 8, Other Information in Documents Containing Audited Financial Statements, AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. I, AU sec. 550.07, and amendment to SAS No. 52, Required Supplementary Information, AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 558.08 and.10; amendment to SAS No. 52, Required Supplementary Information, AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 558.02; amendment to SAS No. 29, Reporting on Information Accompanying the Basic Financial Statements in Auditor-Submitted Documents, AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 551.12 and.15; amendment to SAS No. 1, Codification of Auditing Standards and Procedures, AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 561.03, "Subsequent Discovery of Facts Existing at the Date of the Auditor's Report"; amendment to SAS No. I, Codification of Auditing Standards and Procedures, AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 560.01, "Subsequent Events"; and amendment to SAS No. 1, Codification of Auditing Standards and Procedures, AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 530.03-.05, "Dating of the Independent Auditor's Report."
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Effect of information technology on the auditor's consideration of internal control in a financial statement audit
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee
This Statement provides guidance on the independent auditors consideration of an entity's internal control in an audit of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. It defines internal control, describes the objectives and components of internal control, and explains how an auditor should consider internal control in planning and performing an audit. In particular, this Statement provides guidance about implementing the second standard of field work: "A sufficient understanding of internal control is to be obtained to plan the audit and to determine the nature, timing, and extent of tests to be performed."
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Generally accepted auditing standards
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee
An independent auditor plans, conducts, and reports the results of an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS). Auditing standards provide a measure of audit quality and the objectives to be achieved in an audit. Auditing procedures differ from auditing standards. Auditing procedures are acts that the auditor performs during the course of an audit to comply with auditing standards.
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Auditing derivative instruments, hedging activities, and investments in securities
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee
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).
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Federal GAAP hierarchy
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee
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.
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Audit adjustments
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee
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 included in the understanding with the client.
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Audit committee communications
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee
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 in boldface italics.
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Amendment to statement on auditing standards no. 72, letters for underwriters and certain other requesting parties
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee
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.
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Restricting the use of an auditor's report
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee
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.
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Communications between predecessor and successor auditors
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee
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.
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Consideration of fraud in a financial statement audit
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee
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 standards.
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Establishing an understanding with the client
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee
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.
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Management representations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee
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.
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Amendment to statement on auditing standards no. 31, "evidential matter"
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee
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 other evidential matter corroborating the conclusions to which it leads all bear on its competence.
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Auditing investments
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee
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.
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Amendments to statement on auditing standards no. 72, letters for underwriters and certain other requesting parties
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
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 requesting parties, other than underwriters or other parties with a due diligence defense under section 11 of the Act, that are described in, but do not meet the requirements of, paragraph 3, 4, or 5.
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Compliance auditing considerations in audits of governmental entities and other recipients of governmental financial assistance
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
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.
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Engagements to apply agreed-upon procedures to specified elements, accounts, or items of a financial statement
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
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.
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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
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee
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.
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Amendment to statement on auditing standards no. 58, Reports on audited financial statements
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee
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.
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Consideration of internal control structure in a financial statement audit : an amendment to SAS no. 55
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Executive Committee
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 and description of internal control contained in the COSO report to provide timely and useful guidance to auditors. New language is shown in boldface italics. In addition, conforming changes to the title, paragraphs 3 through 5, and 23 through 65 of SAS No. 55 are made to change terminologysuch as (a) elements to components, (b) control procedures to control activities, (c) internal control structure to internal control, and (d) policies and procedures to controls (other than those for control activities)as well as paragraph numbers in cross-referencing. Appendixes A, B, C, and D of SAS No. 55 will be deleted by this amendment. The amendment is effective for audits of financial statements for periods beginning on or after January 1, 1997. Early application of the provisions of this Statement is permitted.
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Using the work of a specialist
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
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.
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Letters for underwriters and certain other requesting parties
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
This Statement provides guidance on the nature, timing, and extent of procedures to be applied by the independent accountant in conducting a review of interim financial information, as defined in paragraph 2, and on the reporting applicable to such engagements. It also establishes certain communication requirements for an accountant who has been engaged to perform certain services related to interim financial information, as described in paragraph 5.
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Interim financial information
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
This Statement provides guidance on the nature, timing, and extent of procedures to be applied by the independent accountant in conducting a review of interim financial information, as defined in paragraph 2, and on the reporting applicable to such engagements. It also establishes certain communication requirements for an accountant who has been engaged to perform certain services related to interim financial information, as described in paragraph 5.
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Meaning of "Present fairly in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles" in the independent auditor's report
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
The purpose of this section is to explain the meaning of the phrase "present fairly... in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles" in the independent auditor's report.
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Reports on the processing of transactions by service organizations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
This Statement provides guidance on the factors an independent auditor should consider when auditing the financial statements of an entity that uses a service organization to process certain transactions. This Statement also provides guidance for independent auditors who issue reports on the processing of transactions by a service organization for use by other auditors.
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Auditor's consideration of the internal audit function in an audit of financial statements
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
The auditor considers many factors in determining the nature, timing, and extent of auditing procedures to be performed in an audit of an entity's financial statements. One of the factors is the existence of an internal audit function. This Statement provides the auditor with guidance on considering the work of internal auditors and on using internal auditors to provide direct assistance to the auditor in an audit performed in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.
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Communication of matters about interim financial information filed or to be filed with specified regulatory agencies -- An amendment to SAS no. 36, Review of interim financial information
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
This amendment establishes requirements for communications to management and, in certain situations, to audit committees about certain matters involving interim financial information filed or to be filed with specified regulatory agencies when an accountant is engaged (a) to assist an entity in preparing its interim financial information or (b) to perform procedures on the information. The applicability of these communication requirements is discussed in paragraph 3 of this Statement.
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Compliance auditing applicable to governmental entities and other recipients of governmental financial assistance
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
This Statement establishes standards for testing and reporting on compliance with laws and regulations in engagements, as defined below, under generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) Government Auditing Standards the Single Audit Act of 1984 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-128 "Audits of State and Local Governments" and OMB Circular A-133, "Audits of Institutions of Higher Education and Other Nonprofit Institutions." It also addresses reporting on the internal control structure under Government Auditing Standards
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Confirmation process
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
This Statement provides guidance about the confirmation process in audits performed in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.
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Omnibus statement on auditing standards--1990
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
The statements revised are: auditor's consideration of an entity's ability to continue as a going concern, reports on audited financial statements, part of audit performed by other independent auditors.
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Compliance auditing applicable to governmental entities and other recipients of governmental financial assistance
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
This statement establishes standards with respect to testing and reporting on compliance with laws and regulations in engagements, as defined below, under generally accepted auditing standards, Government Auditing Standards, and the Single Audit Act of 1984 it also addresses reporting on the internal control structure under Government Auditing Standards.
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Special reports
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
1. This statement applies to auditors' reports issued in connection with the following: a. Financial statements that are prepared in conformity with a comprehensive basis of accounting other than generally accepted accounting principles (paragraphs 2 through 10) b. Specified elements, accounts, or items of a financial statement (paragraphs 11 through 18) c. Compliance with aspects of contractual agreements or regulatory requirements related to audited financial statements (paragraphs 19 through 21) d. Financial presentations to comply with contractual agreements or regulatory provisions (paragraphs 22 through 30) e. Financial information presented in prescribed forms or schedules that require a prescribed form of auditor's report (paragraphs 32 and 33)
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Analytical procedures
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
This Statement provides guidance on the use of analytical procedures and requires the use of analytical procedures in the planning and overall review stages of all audits.
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Auditing accounting estimates
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
This Statement provides guidance to auditors on obtaining and evaluating sufficient competent evidential matter to support significant accounting estimates in an audit of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. For purposes of this Statement, an accounting estimate is an approximation of a financial statement element, item, or account. Accounting estimates are often included in historical financial statements because a. The measurement of some amounts or the valuation of some accounts is uncertain, pending the outcome of future events. b. Relevant data concerning events that have already occurred cannot be accumulated on a timely, cost-effective basis
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Auditor's consideration of an entity's ability to continue as a going concern
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
This Statement provides guidance to the auditor in conducting an audit of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards with respect to evaluating whether there is substantial doubt about the entity's ability to continue as a going concern. Continuation of an entity as a going concern is assumed in financial reporting in the absence of significant information to the contrary. Ordinarily, information that significantly contradicts the going concern assumption relates to the entity's inability to continue to meet its obligations as they become due without substantial disposition of assets outside the ordinary course of business, restructuring of debt, externally forced revisions of its operations, or similar actions.
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Auditor's responsibility to detect and report errors and irregularities
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
This Statement provides guidance on the independent auditor's responsibility for the detection of errors and irregularities in an audit of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. It describes factors that influence the auditor's ability to detect errors and irregularities and explains how the exercise of due care should give appropriate consideration to the possibility of errors or irregularities. It also provides guidance on the auditor's responsibility to communicate detected matters both within and outside the entity whose financial statements are under audit.
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Communication of internal control related matters noted in an audit
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
This Statement provides guidance in identifying and reporting conditions that relate to an entity's internal control structure observed during an audit of financial statements. It is contemplated that the communication would generally be to the audit committee or to individuals with a level of authority and responsibility equivalent to an audit committee in organizations that do not have one, such as the board of directors, the board of trustees, an owner in an owner-managed enterprise, or others who may have engaged the auditor. For the purpose of this Statement, the term audit committee is used to refer to he appropriate recipient of the communication. This Statement also provides guidance on establishing, between the auditor and client, agreed-upon criteria for identifying and reporting additional matters beyond those required by this Statement
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Communication with audit committees
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
1. This Statement establishes a requirement for the auditor to determine that certain matters related to the conduct of an audit are communicated to those who have responsibility for oversight of the financial reporting process. For purposes of this document, the recipient of the communications is referred to as the audit committee. The communications required by this Statement are applicable to (1) entities that either have an audit committee or that have otherwise formally designated oversight of the financial reporting process to a group equivalent to an audit committee (such as a finance committee or budget committee) and (2) all Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) engagements.
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Consideration of the internal control structure in a financial statement audit
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board
This Statement provides guidance on the independent auditor's consideration of an entity's internal control structure in an audit of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. It describes the elements of an internal control structure and explains how an auditor should consider the internal control structure in planning and performing an audit.
