NEW YORK (Nov. 28, 2012) – The American Institute of CPAs´ new clarified auditing standards take effect next month, and practitioners need to be up to speed to avoid deficiencies in their audit engagements. Who can help? There´s no better authority than the AICPA itself, which has prepared a wealth of implementation resources, training courses and a toolkit to help ease the transition.
"The Clarity Project is designed to make auditing standards clearer and more consistent with international standards, and firms need to be aware that in some cases these changes can be substantive," said Charles Landes, vice president of professional standards and services at the AICPA. "The AICPA has put together a number of resources so that practitioners can update their procedures and have a firm grasp of the underlying reasons for the changes."
AICPA has developed a comprehensive Learning and Implementation Plan that highlights available resources such as:
A full list of Clarity Project-related materials is available at the AICPA Store´s dedicated product page. AICPA members are eligible for discounts, and select products come with an additional 20 percent markdown through the end of the year.
About the Clarity Project
The Auditing Standards Board (ASB) has redrafted
almost all of the auditing sections in Codification of Statements on
Auditing Standards (contained in AICPA Professional Standards) to
reflect the ASB´s established clarity drafting conventions, which are designed
to make the standards easier to read, understand, and apply. Among other
improvements, generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) now more clearly
state the objectives of the auditor and the requirements with which the auditor
has to comply when conducting an audit in accordance with GAAS.
As part
of the redrafting, the ASB also converged the clarified standards with those
issued by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board. All but one
of the new standards are effective for engagements beginning on or after Dec.
15, 2012.