Government Auditing Standards - 2018 Revision

Government Auditing Standards - 2018 Revision
Author: United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2019-03-24
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0359536395

Audits provide essential accountability and transparency over government programs. Given the current challenges facing governments and their programs, the oversight provided through auditing is more critical than ever. Government auditing provides the objective analysis and information needed to make the decisions necessary to help create a better future. The professional standards presented in this 2018 revision of Government Auditing Standards (known as the Yellow Book) provide a framework for performing high-quality audit work with competence, integrity, objectivity, and independence to provide accountability and to help improve government operations and services. These standards, commonly referred to as generally accepted government auditing standards (GAGAS), provide the foundation for government auditors to lead by example in the areas of independence, transparency, accountability, and quality through the audit process. This revision contains major changes from, and supersedes, the 2011 revision.

Codification of Statements on Auditing Standards, Numbers 122 to 138: 2020

Codification of Statements on Auditing Standards, Numbers 122 to 138: 2020
Author: AICPA
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 1792
Release: 2020-07-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1950688402

This 2020 edition delivers the current Statements on Auditing Standards (SASs) and related interpretations in a codified format, giving up-to-date information needed to conduct successful audits and provide high-quality services to clients. Issued directly by the AICPA, this authoritative guidance is essential to fully understand the requirements associated with an audit. This edition includes the following new standards: SAS No. 136, Forming an Opinion and Reporting on Financial Statements of Employee Benefit Plans Subject to ERISA SAS No. 137, The Auditor’s Responsibilities Relating to Other Information Included in Annual Reports SAS No. 138, Amendments to the Description of the Concept of Materiality

Government Auditing Standards

Government Auditing Standards
Author: Government Accounting Office
Publisher: www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781780397030

Newly revised in 2011. Contains the auditing standards promulgated by the Comptroller General of the United States. Known as the Yellow Book. Includes the professional standards and guidance, commonly referred to as generally accepted government auditing standards (GAGAS), which provide a framework for conducting high quality government audits and attestation engagements with competence, integrity, objectivity, and independence. These standards are for use by auditors of government entities and entities that receive government awards and audit organizations performing GAGAS audits and attestation engagements.

Codification of Statements on Auditing Standards

Codification of Statements on Auditing Standards
Author: AICPA
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 1392
Release: 2018-05-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1945498943

This edition delivers the current Statements on Auditing Standards (SASs) and related interpretations in a codified format, giving auditors the most up-to-date information they need to conduct successful audits and provide high-quality services to their clients. This authoritative guidance, issued directly from the AICPA, is essential to fully understand the requirements associated with an audit. This edition includes the following new standard: SAS No. 133, Auditor Involvement With Exempt Offering Documents This codification is fully indexed and arranged by subject. The codified standards and related interpretations are vital to practitioners performing audits.

Audit Risk Alert: General Accounting and Auditing Developments 2018/19

Audit Risk Alert: General Accounting and Auditing Developments 2018/19
Author: AICPA
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2018-11-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1948306301

Containing descriptions of all recent auditing, accounting and regulatory developments, this 2018 alert will ensure that accountants have a robust understanding of the business, economic, and regulatory environments in which they and their clients operate. In addition, accountants will gain a full understanding of emerging practice issues, with targeted analysis of new developments and how they may affect their engagements, including: Recent Economic Trends Recent Legislative and PCAOB Developments Developments in Peer Review Recent Ethics Interpretations This useful resource also contains new accounting and auditing guidance related: Derivatives and Hedging Service Concession Agreements Discontinued Operations Stock Compensation

Statement on Auditing Standards, Number 126

Statement on Auditing Standards, Number 126
Author: AICPA
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2017-05-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1937351351

As a result of its Clarity Project, the Auditing Standards Board (ASB) has issued Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 126, The Auditor's Consideration of an Entity's Ability to Continue as a Going Concern (Redrafted), to supersede SAS No. 59, The Auditor's Consideration of an Entity's Ability to Continue as a Going Concern, as amended (AICPA, Professional Standards, AU sec. 341 and AU-C sec. 570). SAS No. 126 does not change or expand SAS No. 59, as amended, in any significant respect. The ASB has moved forward with the clarity redraft of SAS No. 59, as amended, so that it is consistent with the format of the other clarified SASs that were recently issued as SASs No. 122, Statements on Auditing Standards: Clarification and Recodification, No. 124, Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance With a Financial Reporting Framework Generally Accepted in Another Country, and No. 125,Alert That Restricts the Use of the Auditor’s Written Communication. However, the ASB decided to delay convergence with International Standard on Auditing 570, Going Concern, pending the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) anticipated development of accounting guidance addressing going concern. FASB issued an exposure draft, Going Concern, in October 2008, but based on recent decisions, FASB has divided the project into two separate and distinct phases. As a result, FASB projects to issue an exposure draft that addresses Phase 1, “The Liquidation Basis of Accounting,” in the second quarter of 2012, and to reissue an exposure draft that addresses Phase II, “Going Concern,” in the fourth quarter of 2012. SAS No. 126 addresses the auditor’s responsibilities in an audit of financial statements with respect to evaluating whether there is substantial doubt about the entity's ability to continue as a going concern. This SAS applies to all audits of financial statements regardless of whether the financial statements are prepared in accordance with a general purpose or a special purpose framework1. This SAS does not apply to an audit of financial statements based on the assumption of liquidation (for example, when [a] an entity is in the process of liquidation, [b] the owners have decided to commence dissolution or liquidation, or [c] legal proceedings, including bankruptcy, have reached a point at which dissolution or liquidation is probable).2

Practice Aid: Audit and Accounting Manual, 2017

Practice Aid: Audit and Accounting Manual, 2017
Author: AICPA
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 816
Release: 2017-08-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1945498838

This one-stop-shop summarizes applicable requirements and delivers how-to advice to help practitioners plan and perform an audit. A valuable resource featuring new updates for the issuance of SAS No. 132, The Auditor's Consideration of an Entity's Ability to Continue as a Going Concern, this guide provides illustrative examples, sample forms, and helpful techniques that small-and medium-sized firms need to streamline their audit engagements.

Codification of Statements on Auditing Standards 2019

Codification of Statements on Auditing Standards 2019
Author: AICPA
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 1616
Release: 2019-07-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1948306581

This 2019 edition delivers the current Statements on Auditing Standards (SASs) and related interpretations in a codified format, giving accountants the most up-to-date information, they need to conduct successful audits and provide high-quality services to their clients. Issued directly from the AICPA, this authoritative guidance is essential to fully understand the requirements associated with an audit. This edition includes the following new standards: SAS No. 134, Auditor Reporting and Amendments, Including Amendments Addressing Disclosures in the Audit of Financial Statements SAS No. 135, Omnibus Statement on Auditing Standards—2019 SAS No. 134 is a suite of auditor reporting standards that includes a new AU-C section 701, Communicating Key Audit Matters in the Independent Auditor’s Report, and replaces AU-C sections 700, 705, and 706. SAS No. 134, which also amends various other AU-C sections, addresses the auditor’s responsibility to form an opinion on the financial statements and the form and content of the auditor’s report issued because of an audit of financial statements. It also addresses the auditor’s responsibilities, and the form and content of the auditor’s report, when the auditor concludes that a modification to the auditor’s opinion on the financial statements is necessary, and when additional communications are necessary in the auditor’s report. SAS No. 135 is intended to more closely align ASB guidance with the PCAOB's standards by primarily amending AU-C section 260, Communications With Those Charged With Governance, AU-C section 550, Related Parties, and AU-C section 240, Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statement Audit. This codification is fully indexed and arranged by subject. The codified standards and related interpretations are vital to practitioners performing audits.

Wiley CPA Exam Review 2013

Wiley CPA Exam Review 2013
Author: O. Ray Whittington
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 860
Release: 2012-11-28
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 1118419634

Everything today's CPA candidates need to pass the CPA Exam Published annually, this Auditing and Attestation volume of the comprehensive four-volume paperback reviews all current AICPA content requirements in auditing and attestation. Many of the questions are taken directly from previous CPA exams. With 3,800 multiple-choice questions in all four volumes, these study guides provide all the information candidates need to master in order to pass the computerized Uniform CPA Examination. Its unique modular format helps you zero in on those areas that need more attention and organize your study program. Complete sample exam The most effective system available to prepare for the CPA exam—proven for over thirty years Timely—up-to-the-minute coverage for the computerized exam Contains all current AICPA content requirements in auditing and attestation Unique modular format—helps candidates zero in on areas that need work, organize their study program, and concentrate their efforts Comprehensive questions—over 3,800 multiple-choice questions and their solutions in the four volumes Guidelines, pointers, and tips—show how to build knowledge in a logical and reinforcing way Other titles by Whittington: Audit Sampling: An Introduction, Fifth Edition Wiley CPA Exam Review 2013 arms test-takers with detailed outlines, study guidelines, and skill-building problems to help candidates identify, focus on, and master the specific topics that need the most work.