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IAS 1 sets out the purpose of financial statements as the provision of useful information on the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of an entity, and categorizes the information provided into assets, liabilities, income and expenses, contributions by and distribution to owners, and cash flows.
Consideration of Internal Control in a Financial Statement Audit: An Amendment to Statement on Auditing Standards No. 55 full-text: December 1995 79: Amendment to Statement on Auditing Standards No. 58: Reports on Audited Financial Statements full-text: December 1995 80: Amendment to Statement on Auditing Standards No. 31: Evidential Matter ...
Assessing and responding to audit risk in a financial statement audit full-text: 04-02: 2009: Assessing and responding to audit risk in a financial statement audit, revised edition as of October 1, 2009: 04-03: 2012: Assessing and responding to audit risk in a financial statement audit, with conforming changes as of March 1, 2012: 04-04: 2014
The purpose of an audit is to provide an objective independent examination of the financial statements, which increases the value and credibility of the financial statements produced by management, thus increase user confidence in the financial statement, reduce investor risk and consequently reduce the cost of capital of the preparer of the ...
SAS 99 defines fraud as an intentional act that results in a material misstatement in financial statements. There are two types of fraud considered: misstatements arising from fraudulent financial reporting (e.g. falsification of accounting records) and misstatements arising from misappropriation of assets (e.g. theft of assets or fraudulent expenditures).
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has issued guidance to accountants and auditors since 1917, when, at the behest of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and auspices of the Federal Reserve Board, it issued a series of pamphlets to the accounting community in regard to preparing financial statements and auditing (then referred to as "verification" and later "examination"). [4]
These assertions are relevant to auditors performing a financial statement audit in two ways. First, the objective of a financial statement audit is to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence to conclude on whether the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of a company and the results of its ...
Letters for underwriters (supersedes Statement on auditing procedure no. 35) full-text: 1971 October 49: Reports on internal control full-text: 1971 November 50: Reporting on the statement of changes in financial position (supersedes paragraph 6 of chapter 10 of Statement on auditing procedure no. 33) full-text: 1971 November 51: Long-term ...