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IAASB Proposes Changes for Reporting on Special Purpose Financial Statements
21 Jan 2015
The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board® (IAASB®) today released proposals to enhance auditor reporting on special purpose financial statements.
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Governance, Risk Management, and Internal Control in the Public Sector
19 Jan 2015
IFAC Senior Technical Manager Vincent Tophoff was invited to give a presentation on risk management and internal control in the public sector to the US Interagency Council on Enterprise Risk Management at the White House Conference Center in Washington, DC.
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IAASB Issues Final Standards to Improve Auditor's Report
14 Jan 2015
The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board ® (IAASB ®) today released its new and revised Auditor Reporting standards, designed to significantly enhance auditor’s reports for investors and other users of financial statements.
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IAASB releases new strategy and work plan: Focus still on Audit Quality and Strengthening Public Confidence
17 Dec 2014
IAASB today released its Strategy for 2015–2019: Fulfilling Our Public Interest Mandate in an Evolving World and its Work Plan for 2015–2016: Enhancing Audit Quality and Preparing for the Future.
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IFAC President Addresses AICPA Fall Council Meeting
28 Oct 2014
IFAC President Warren Allen provided an overview of key IFAC activities and issues as a featured speaker at the AICPA Fall Council Meeting on Sunday, October 19, at the Westin Copley Plaza in Boston, Mass.
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SAP 2 (Revised), Auditors and Public Offering Documents
22 Oct 2014
Statement of Auditing Practice (SAP) 2 (Revised), Auditors and Public Offering Documents provides guidance on the general principles governing engagements relating to public offering documents.
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ACRA issues Audit Practice Bulletin No 1 of 2014
20 Oct 2014
This APB shares the key observations arising from the check conducted on the public accountants’ declaration of compliance with continuing professional education (CPE) requirements under the first rolling 3-year CPE period.
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Handbooks From IAASB, IAESB, IESBA, and IPSASB Now Available
16 Oct 2014
The International Federation of Accountants® (IFAC®) today announced the availability of the 2014 editions of the handbooks.
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Investor Advocate to Lead the IAASB’s Consultative Advisory Group
02 Oct 2014
Matthew Waldron has been appointed as the incoming Chair of the Consultative Advisory Group (CAG) to the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB), effective April 1, 2015.
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Principles in AGS 9 May be Applied to the Compliance Audit of Other Entities
07 Aug 2014
Auditors of statutory boards are required by the relevant statutory board acts to state in their report, whether the receipts, expenditure, investment of moneys and the acquisition and disposal of assets by the statutory boards have been in accordance with the relevant statutory board acts.