Over 50,000 auditors are guided by new and frequently revised accounting and auditing standards; compliance is critical. Wiley Practioner's Guide to GAAS (Generally Accepted Accounting Standards) 2003 will provide the guidelines to save time and perform the job better, explaining and interpreting the standards in clear, easy-to-understand language. The authors have set 90 percent of the standards themselves. This is the only GAAS reference that is organized the way practitioners use the Statements on Auditing Standards.

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Test Preparation

Guy, Dan M.

Lach, Linda A.

Carmichael, D.R.

Professional

wiley

Current, comprehensive guidelines to ethical regulations for accounting professionals A handful of high-profile accounting misdeeds at Enron, WorldCom, Adelphia, and the like have left the entire accounting profession scrambling to assert its validity and negotiate a flurry of new regulations. Ethics for CPAs provides a valuable road map to this new landscape, instructing accounting professionals on how to abide by the new pronouncements and, if necessary, how to professionally respond to an investigation. Employing an information-mapping format, Ethics for CPAs separates information into small units based on purpose or function for the reader, rather than by topic, creating an accessible desk reference. This authoritative guide covers the most recent and extensively revised ethics requirements of the: * AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct * SEC * Department of Labor * GAO's Yellow Book * State societies and state boards With a companion Web site posting interpretations of new pronouncements within thirty days of issuance, Ethics for CPAs proves the most up-to-date and comprehensive resource on the market.

Ethics for CPAs: Meeting Expectations in Challenging Times

Business & Money

Business Culture

The only complete, authoritative guide to making sense of GAAS 2004 From the authors who set ninety percent of the General Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS), this is the ultimate guide to understanding and applying the Statements on Auditing Standards (SASs), Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAEs), and Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARs). The only such reference organized according to how practitioners use the SASs, it presents statements one at a time, clearly explaining how each applies and how each relates to the others. With the help of numerous practice notes, practical illustrations, checklists and questionnaires, the authors guide readers through each step of the auditing process. Dan M. Guy worked for the AICPA for eighteen years. D. R. Carmichael is the Wollman Distinguished Professor of Accountancy at Bernard Baruch College. Linda A. Lach is a former director of professional development for the AICPA.

Wiley Practitioner's Guide to Gaas 2004: Covering All Sass, Ssaes, Ssarss, and Interpretations

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John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

Ethical conduct for CPAs has never been more complex. Without a clear and up-to-date knowledge of the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct and other ethics requirements, CPAs can easily enter a minefield that can explode into potentially career-ending sanctions. Easy-to-read and easy-to-use, The CPA's Guide to Professional Ethics will demystify these requirements and provide the most comprehensive and integrated analysis of ethics and independence requirements in existence. Key features include: * An integrated analysis of the requirements of the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct, the SEC, Independence Standards Board, DOL, GAO Yellow Book, state boards of accountancy, and state societies * An easy-to-use format that lets CPAs find the information they need to quickly resolve an ethics problem or question * Diagrams, flowcharts, and other tools to make the requirements easy to understand and use * Actions to take when faced with an ethics investigation * What all CPAs should know about international ethics requirements . . . and much more. This book is designed to help all CPAs, whether in public practice, industry, government, or education, to navigate ethical requirements. It is an absolute must-have resource for the professional responsible for quality assurance in a CPA firm.

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The only complete, authoritative guide to making sense of GAAS 2005 From the authors who set 90 percent of the Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS), this is the ultimate guide to understanding and applying the Statements on Auditing Standards (SASs), Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAEs), and Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARSs). The only such reference organized according to how practitioners use the SASs, it presents statements one at a time, clearly explaining how each applies and how each relates to the others. With the help of numerous practice notes, practical illustrations, checklists, and questionnaires, the authors guide readers through each step of the auditing process. This book is fully updated to include all relevant Sarbanes-Oxley references. Dan M. Guy (Santa Fe, NM) worked for the AICPA for 18 years. D. R. Carmichael (Lumberville, PA) is the Wollman Distinguished Professor of Accountancy at Bernard Baruch College. Linda A. Lach (Fairfield, CT) is a former director of professional development for the AICPA.

Wiley Practitioner's Guide To GAAS 2005: Covering All SASs, SSAEs, SSARSs, and Interpretations