Importance of Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) Miriam Manjarres November 18‚ 2012 Abstract The Generally Accepted Auditing Standards are standards that were developed through the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as a foundation in conducting an audit in its reasonable accuracy. There is a need for auditors to follow the standards provided to be able to render a report of the financial statements audited stating that it is free from any misstatement. GAAS are
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Generally Accepted Auditing Standards Maxx Mayeux ACC/490 February 22nd‚ 2012 Linda Carr Generally Accepted Auditing Standard • Describe how these standards apply to financial‚ operational‚ and compliance audits. • Explain the effect that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002‚ and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)‚ will have on audits of publicly traded companies. • Discuss the additional requirements that are placed on auditors from this act and the actions
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Generally Accepted Auditing Standards Heather Sheetz Accounting 491 Julie Oldham March 28‚ 2008 Generally Accepted Auditing Standards Generally Accepted Auditing Standards or GAAS is “a set of systematic guidelines used by auditors when conducting audits on companies’ finances‚ ensuring the accuracy‚ consistency and verifiability of auditors’ actions and reports” (Lexico Publishing Group‚ 2008). The following paper will explain the elements of GAAS and how GAAS is applied to audits. GAAS
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Generally Accepted Auditing Standards Generally Accepted Auditing Standards Professions within a workplace are monitored and held to standards as dictated by the area of expertise that the employee is educated and trained in. A quality officer is accountable to ISO standards the company participates in‚ a research and development engineer maintains compliance within scope of the patent they may work on‚ and the accounting department is held to the standards set by the General Accepted Accounting
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Full Disclosure Dena Hawkins ACC/421 October 8‚ 2012 Kimberly Barnett Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to Answer Question 2 in chapter 24 of Intermediate Accounting; explain the need for full disclosure in financial reporting and to identify the possible consequences of failing to properly disclose certain items in financial statements. Full Disclosure Paper Ch. 24 – Question 2 “What is the full disclosure principle in accounting?” According to our text‚ “the full disclosure
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Generally Accepted Auditing Standards Paper University of Phoenix ACC 490 Auditing February 7‚ 2011 Generally Accepted Auditing Standards Paper Every auditor is expected to follow the standards of the industry while conducting audits for clients. The most widely used standards were originally established in the 1940s and were adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board PCAOB in 2003 and are referred to as the Generally Accepted Auditing Standards GAAS (Boynton & Johnson‚ 2006)
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Generally Accepted Auditing Principles Generally Accepted Auditing Principles There are many different types of audits including financial statements audit‚ the operational audit and the compliance audit. Either an internal auditor or an external auditor from another firm can conduct these various audits. “The American Accounting Association defines auditing as a systematic process of objectively obtaining and evaluating the accounts of financial records of a governmental‚ business‚
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Generally Accepted Auditing Standards ACC/491 Contemporary Auditing 1 March 27‚ 2014 Richard A Cochran Generally Accepted Auditing Standards Generally Accepted Auditing Standards‚ also known as GAAS‚ are the most acknowledged auditing standards known. GAAS relates to the conduct of individual audit engagements and are a set of standards in which quality of audits are performed and may be judged. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) has a division
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Generally Accepted Auditing Standards Catherine Harris ACC491 December 15‚ 2012 Stephen Russell Generally Accepted Auditing Standards Generally Accepted Auditing Standards are set forth‚ so an auditor’s performance can be judged against something. Since 2002 and the introduction of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act auditing requirements have undergone many changes. As the times and technology change so must the profession. Generally Accepted Accounting Standards (GAAS) have 10 elements and are divided
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Generally Accepted Auditing Standards Paper Write a 700- to 1‚050-word paper in which you explain the nature and functions of auditing. Relate your explanation to the audit functions in your organization‚ or an organization with which you are familiar. In your paper‚ be sure to address the following: Describe the elements of the Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS). Broad rules and guidelines promulgated by the AICPA’s AuditingStandards Board. CPAs employ GAAS in preparing for and performing
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