Accounting & Auditing; Standards
Auditing and Accounting Standards Bodies
The Corporate Library has published extensive lists of
International regulations,
U.S. regulations, and
State regulations.
Auditing Standard No. 3
PCAOB releases Auditing Standard No. 3 � Audit DocumentationJune 9, 2004
This standard was approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 25, 2004, and is effective for audits of financial statements with respect to fiscal years ending on or after November 15, 2004. For other engagements conducted pursuant to the standards of the PCAOB, including reviews of interim financial information, this standard takes effect beginning with the first quarter ending after the first financial statement audit covered by this standard.
Auditing Standard No. 2
On June 18, 2004, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) announced that its Auditing Standard No. 2, �An Audit of Internal Control over Financial Reporting Performed in Conjunction with an Audit of Financial Statements,� had been approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This standard will shape how auditors assess Section 404 compliance. SOX-online has provided the standard and also excerpted key passages, available in its new
Auditing Standard No. 2 section.
The PCAOB and Standards
The PCAOB has a full page of comments, Q&As;, Releases, Briefing Papers, and other documents about standards and PCAOB expectations. View them at the
PCAOB Standards page.