Sarjeant, Thomas. An Introduction to the Counting House;Accounting -- United States -- History
In 1789, seven years before the text developed by "pioneer American [accounting] author" William Mitchell appeared, Thomas Sarjeant of Philadelphia published An Introduction to the Counting House. It was a concise and able expression of a long...
Freeman, Samuel, 1743-1831. The Town Officer;Municipal finance -- Accounting
Recent research has produced the earliest known treatise on Accounting written by an American. Samuel Freeman's The Town Officer [1791] is significant in that it recommended double-entry fund accounting for municipalities. The paper analyzes and...
This study reviews the literature and the practice of accounting for research and development (R&D) costs from the first reference in 1917 to the current treatment. The conceptual treatment of R&D is compared to current financial accounting rules...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Fraud;Financial statements -- United States;
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...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Audited financial statements -- Standards -- United States;Corporations -- United States -- Finance -- Automation;Information technology;
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...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Financial statements, Interim -- Standards -- United States;
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...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Fraud;Financial statements -- United States;
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...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Derivative securities -- Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Hedging (Finance) -- Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Investments -- Auditing -- Standards -- United States;
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...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Audited financial statements -- Standards -- United States;
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...
Auditing -- Documentation -- Standards -- United States
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,...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Auditors' reports --Standards -- United States;
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...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Securities -- United States -- Accounting;Stocks -- United States -- Accounting;
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...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Financial statements -- Standards -- United States;Communication in accounting -- Standards -- United States;
Withdrawal of Statement on Auditing Standards No. 75, Engagements to Apply Agreed-Upon Procedures to Specified Elements, Accounts, or Items of a Financial Statement, AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 622; Amendment to SAS No. 58,...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Communication in accounting -- Standards -- United States;
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...
