AICPA Issues Practice Aid on Digital Assets
July 17, 2020
The AICPA has issued a practice aid, Accounting for and Auditing of Digital
Assets. The practice aid is nonauthoritative and provides guidance for
financial statement preparers, as well as auditors with knowledge of blockchain
technology, on “how to account for and audit digital assets under U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for nongovernmental entities and generally
accepted auditing standards (GAAS), respectively.”