Accounting firms -- United States -- History;Accounting -- United States -- History -- 20th century
This paper examines the growth and changing role of the accounting profession in the United States from 1900 to 1990 with special emphasis on "Big Eight" accounting firms. Major political, economic, and social events of the period and their...
Hammurabi, King of Babylonia;Code of Hammurabi;Commercial Law -- Babylonia
From sections of the Code of Hammurabi, it appears that records on clay tablets, corresponding to our modern business papers, were required by law in most important transactions.
This article explores factors in the financial, legal and social environments that have significantly influenced the development of corporate audit committees. Particular emphasis is given to the actions of the Securities and Exchange Commission...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Auditors' reports --Standards -- United States;Auditors -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States;
This Statement prescribes the nature and extent of the consideration an independent auditor should give to the possibility of illegal acts by a client in an audit of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. The...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Financial statements -- Standards -- United States;
This statement provides guidance for an independent auditor practicing in the United States who is engaged to report on the financial statements of a U.S. entity that have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Business consultants -- United States;Consultants;Auditors' reports --Standards -- United States
This statement provides guidance that an accountant in public practice (“reporting accountant”), either in connection with a proposal to obtain a new client or otherwise, should apply3—a. When preparing a written report on the application of...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Stocks -- United States -- Accounting;Securities -- United States -- Accounting
The services of independent certified public accountants include examination of financial statements and schedules contained in registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) under the Securities Act of 1933...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Financial statements -- United States -- Data processing
1. This amendment adds to the list of required planning considerations in paragraph 3 (as new item c) the methods used by the entity to process significant accounting information. It also adds a new paragraph 9, summarizing those aspects of...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Risk assessment -- United States -- Auditing
This Statement provides guidance on the auditor's consideration of audit risk and materiality when planning and performing an examination of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Audit risk and materiality...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Disclosure in accounting
This Statement provides guidance on the considerations and procedures to be applied by an auditor who, subsequent to the date of his report on audited financial statements, concludes that one or more auditing procedures considered necessary at the...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Auditor's reports -- Standards -- United States;Auditing, Internal -- Standards -- United States;Service industries -- United States -- Auditing
This Statement provides guidance on the independent auditor's use of a special-purpose report on certain aspects of internal accounting control of an organization that provides certain services to a client whose financial statements he has been...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Financial statements -- Standards -- United States
This Statement provides guidance on reporting in a client-prepared document on— a. Condensed financial statements (either for an annual or an interim period) that are derived from audited financial statements of a public entity that is required...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Auditing -- Documentation -- Standards -- United States
The auditor should prepare and maintain working papers, the form and content of which should be designed to meet the circumstances of a particular engagement. The information contained in working papers constitutes the principal record of the work...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Mineral industries -- United States -- Accounting
FASB Statement No. 39, Financial Reporting and Changing Prices: Specialized Assets — Mining and Oil and Gas, requires entities of certain size that have mineral reserves other than oil and gas1 to disclose certain quantity and price information.2...
