American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants



EXPOSURE DRAFTS OF PROPOSED STANDARDS


Exposure Draft, Proposed Statement on Auditing Standards and Proposed Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements, "Omnibus -- 2002"

Exposure Draft, Proposed Statement on Quality Control Standards, Amendment to Statement on Quality Control Standards No. 2, "System of Quality Control for a CPA Firm’s Accounting and Auditing Practice"

Exposure Draft: Amendment to Statement on Auditing Standards No. 50, "Reports on the Application of Accounting Principles"

Exposure Draft: Proposed Statement on Auditing Standards "Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statement Audit"

Exposure Draft: Proposed Statement on Auditing Standards and Proposed Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements

Exposure Draft: Proposed Statement on Auditing Standards, Generally Accepted Auditing Standards

Exposure Draft: Financial Statements Included in Written Business Valuations




SUMMARIES OF RECENTLY-ISSUED STANDARDS



SAS No. 96, Audit Documentation

SAS No. 95, Generally Accepted Auditing Standards

SAS No. 94, The Effect of Information Technology on the Auditor's Consideration of Internal Control in a Financial Statement Audit

SAS No. 93, Omnibus Statement on Auditing Standards-2000

SAS No. 92, Auditing Derivative Instruments, Hedging Activities, and Investments in Securities

SAS No. 91, Federal GAAP Hierarchy

SAS No. 90, Audit Committee Communications

SAS No. 89, Audit Adjustments

SAS No. 88, Service Organizations and Reporting on Consistency

SAS No. 87, Restricting the Use of an Auditor's Report

SOP 01-4, Reporting Pursuant to the Association for Investment Management and Research Performance Presentation Standards

SOP 99-1, Guidance To Practitioners in Conducting and Reporting on an Agreed-Upon Procedures Engagement to Assist Management in Evaluating the Effectiveness of its Corporate Compliance Program.

SSAE No. 10, Attestation Standards: Revision and Recodification

SSAE No. 9, Amendments to SSAE Nos. 1, 2 and 3

SSAE No. 8, Management's Discussion and Analysis




RECENTLY-ISSUED AUDIT AND ATTEST INTERPRETATIONS



Interpretation of SAS No. 1, Codification of Auditing Standards and Procedures (AU Section 420), "Consistency of Application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles"

Interpretations of SAS No. 70 (AU Section 324), "Service Organizations"

Interpretation of AU Section 336 (SAS No.73), "Using the Work of a Specialist"

Interpretations of AU Section 312 (SAS No.47), "Audit Risk and Materiality in Conducting an Audit"




PROFESSIONAL ISSUES TASK FORCE



Practice Alert No. 01-2- Audit Considerations in Times of Economic Uncertainty

Practice Alert No. 01-1 - Common Peer Review Recommendations

Practice Alert No. 00-4 - Quarterly Review Procedures for Public Companies

Practice Alert No. 00-3 - Auditing Construction Contracts

Practice Alert No. 00-2 - Quality of Accounting Principles - Guidance for Discussion with Audit Committees Appendix A - Qualitative Characteristics of Financial Reporting

Practice Alert No. 00-1 - Accounting for Certain Equity Transactions

Practice Alert No. 99-2 - How the use of a Service Organization Affects Internal Control Considerations

Practice Alert No. 99-1 - Guidance for Independence Discussions with Audit Committees

Practice Alert No. 98-3 - Revenue Recognition Issues

Practice Alert No. 98-2 - Professional Skepticism and Related Topics

Practice Alert No. 98-1 - The Auditor's Use of Analytical Procedures

Practice Alert No. 97-3 - Changes in Auditors and Related Topics

Practice Alert No. 97-2 - Audits of Employee Benefit Plans

Practice Alert No. 97-1 - Financial Statements on the Internet

Practice Alert No. 96-1 - The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

Practice Alert No. 95-3 - Auditing Related Parties and Related-Party Transactions

Practice Alert No. 95-2 - Complex Derivatives (Deleted due to the issuance of FASB 133 and 137.)

Practice Alert No. 95-1 - Revenue Recognition Issues

Practice Alert No. 94-3 - Acceptance and Continuance of Audit Clients

Practice Alert No. 94-2 - Auditing Inventories - Physical Observations

Practice Alert No. 94-1 - Dealing with Audit Differences




AUDITING STANDARDS BOARD STRATEGIC PLANNING



Horizons for the Auditing Standards Board-Strategic Initiatives Toward the Twenty-First Century (1997)

December 1998 Horizons Status Report

Results of January 1999 Planning Meeting

January 31, 2000 Horizons Status Report

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