Evidence of Perceived Quality of “Plain-Paper Statements”

2006 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Reinstein ◽  
Brian Patrick Green ◽  
Cathleen L. Miller

CPAs have struggled with financial statement users placing too much confidence in nonpublic entities' limited-assurance documents. Despite Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services Number 1 (SSARS No. 1) issued in 1979, research shows that CPAs and statement users place confidence in and reliance on CPA compiled and reviewed statements. In 2000, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) issued SSARS No. 8, Amendment to SSARS No. 1, Compilation and Review of Financial Statements, relating to plain-paper statements. We surveyed practicing CPAs and bankers to measure their confidence in and reliance on no-assurance engagements: compilations, plain-paper statements, and statements with accountants' reports/letters. We find that both CPAs and bankers report some level of confidence in and reliance on plain-paper statements. Both parties perceive greater confidence in and reliance on financial statements where a CPA is known to be minimally associated with the statements.

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. C20-C22
Author(s):  
Sean Dennis ◽  
Denise Dickins ◽  
Christine E. Earley ◽  
Julia L. Higgs

SUMMARY In June 2019, the Auditing Standards Board (the Board) of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants issued a request for comment on its Proposed Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements, Amendments to the Description of the Concept of Materiality (the Proposal), which seeks to change the criteria for determining whether omissions or misstatements rise to the level of materially misstating financial statements from those that could reasonably be expected to influence economic decisions of a user, to those where there is a substantial likelihood that they would influence the judgment of a reasonable user. The comment period ends August 5, 2019. This commentary summarizes the participating committee members' views on feedback requested by the Board. Data Availability: The Proposal, including questions for respondents, is available at: https://www.aicpa.org/content/dam/aicpa/research/exposuredrafts/accountingandauditing/downloadabledocuments/20190605a/20190605a-ed-sas-ssae-materiality.pdf.


2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
Author(s):  
Héctor Fabián Gutiérrez Rangel ◽  
Betzabeth Dafne Morales

Keywords: aptitude, competencies, skills, educational modelAbstract. In recent years various institutions at national and international levels have conducted research on the prospects and future of the Public Accounting, a study published in July 2012 by the Pathway Committee composed of the American Accounting Association (AAA) and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) issued a report on the future of Accounting and makes recommendations to the institutions that offer the program with the aim of contributing to a better quality of education and training of new generations of CPAs. The University of Guanajuato has adopted a competency-based educational model that follows the trends of educational institutions at international and national level in order to meet the demands required by an increasingly competitive and globalized environment, this reserach gears towards conducting a critical reflective analysis for the case of the program in Accounting, which detect similarities and differences according to the recommendations of the commission Pathways and the minimum requirements necessary for the graduate profile project required by the European Common Content project (2013) for graduates in Accounting. Mexico has involvement with these institutions trough he Mexican Institute of Public Accountants (MIPA), which works in coordination with the International Federation of Accountants (International Federation Accountants, IFAC) that has worked within these committees in order to contribute to a better quality of education in the accounting professionPalabras clave: aptitudes, competencias, habilidades, modelo educativoResumen. En los últimos años diversas instituciones a nivel nacional e internacional han realizado diversas investigaciones sobre las perspectivas y futuro de la Contaduría Pública, un estudio publicado en julio de 2012 por la Comisión Pathway conformada por la American Accounting Association (AAA) y el American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) emitió un informe sobre el futuro de la Contaduría Pública y las recomendaciones que realiza a las instituciones que ofertan dicho programa con la finalidad de contribuir a una mejor calidad educativa y a la formación de nuevas generaciones de Contadores Públicos. La Universidad de Guanajuato ha adoptado un modelo educativo basado en competencias siguiendo las tendencias educativas que marcan las instituciones a nivel internacional y nacional, por lo que esta investigación tiene el propósito de realizar un análisis crítico reflexivo para el caso del programa de Contador Público en el cual se detectará las similitudes y diferencias de acuerdo a las recomendaciones de la comisión Pathways y los requerimientos mínimos necesarios sobre el perfil de egreso que exige el proyecto europeo Common Content Project (2013) para los egresados en Contaduría Pública en aras de cubrir las demandas que exige un contexto cada vez más competitivo en un entorno globalizado. México cuenta con participación ante estas instituciones a través del Instituto Mexicano de Contadores Públicos, A.C. (IMCP), el cual trabaja de manera coordinada con la Federación Internacional de Contadores (International Federation Accountants, IFAC) con presencia ante dichos organismos en aras de contribuir a una mejor calidad educativa en la profesión contable.


1982 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-182

In accordance with the terms and objectives of our engagement, we have reviewed the accompanying statement of financial position of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics as of 31 May 1981, and the related statements of operations and fund balances, and changes in financial position for the year then ended, in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. All information included in these financial statements is the representation of the management of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.


2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin E. Persson ◽  
Vaughan S. Radcliffe ◽  
Mitchell Stein

Alvin R. Jennings (1905–1990) was a rare breed of an accountant. He was trained as a practitioner and rose to become a managing partner at Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery, but he kept a constant watch on the academic field of accounting research. Jennings served on the influential American Institute of Accountants' Committee on Auditing Procedure (1946–49) and later as the president of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (1957–58). This paper explores these activities and Jennings' contribution to the professional, academic, and institution discourse of the accounting discipline.


2006 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Royce D. Kurtz ◽  
David K. Herrera ◽  
Stephanie D. Moussalli

The University of Mississippi Library has digitized the Accounting Historians Journal from 1974 through 1992, cover-to-cover. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' gift of their library to the University of Mississippi was, fortuitously, the impetus for the AHJ digitizing project. A complicated chain of events followed which included discussions with the Academy of Accounting Historians for copyright permission, an application for a federal grant, negotiations with software vendors, and decisions about search capabilities and display formats. Each article in AHJ is now full-text searchable with accompanying PDF page images.


1979 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
John L. Carey

The recollections of John L. Carey about the policies and politics in professional circles during the very important period when the Securities Exchange Commission first came into being. Mr. Carey served the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants in various capacities from 1925 to 1969, including editor of The Journal of Accountancy and Administrative Vice-president, and received the Institute's gold medal for distinguished service to the profession.


2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ribka L.V Nantingkaseh ◽  
Ventje Ilat ◽  
Sintje Rondonuwu

Quality of accounting information is a normative prerequisite that must be met in the preparation of financial statements so that accounting information generated can be useful for users of financial statement. This study aims to determine the effect of information technology and the competence of the financial management apparatus on the quality of accounting information on SPKD in Manado City. The data collected by through the spreading of questionnaires to 50 respondents which is the apparatus of financial management at SKPD in Manado City. The data were analyzed by using multiple linear regression analysis method with the help of SPSS 23 program. The result of this research indicates that information technology and competence of financial management apparatus have a positive and significant influence on the the quality of accounting information at SKPD in Manado City.Keywords : Information technology, Competence of financial management apparatus, Qualityof accounting information


Wahana ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-32
Author(s):  
Suwardi Suwardi

Private Universities that were established by society through nonprofit institution have autonomy in managing their finances. Autonomy gives rise to the diversity of Private Universities’ financial statement. The government provides a tax exemption facility for the remnant of nonprofit institutions engaged in education with certain conditions, regulated by PMK 80/PMK.03/2009. This research was conducted to analyze the effect of the quality of the financial statements of Private Universities  on the execution of the tax exemption facility. Research was conducted by literature study method. The result of the research shows that the quality of the Private Universities’ financial statements  affect the execution of PMK 80/PMK.03/2009. Therefore, financial statements standardization and remnant recording regulation for Private Universities is needed, in order to optimizing the execution of the tax exemption facility given to educational institutions and to make sure the facility is given appropriately. The data collection technique used is literature study. This research use qualitative methods  in analyzing data and facts about private universities’ management and the taxation policies of non-profit organizations.


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