Auditing Standards Committee

Comment Letters Issued by the Auditing Standards Committee July 2003 – Present

Please Note: Beginning in Fall 2008, watch for comment letters to appear in the Current Issues in Accounting journal.

  • (2019) Comments of the Auditing Standards Committee of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association on Proposed Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements, Amendments to the Description of the Concept of Materiality
  • (2018) Comments by the Auditing Standards Committee of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association on the International Monitoring Group Consultation, Strengthening the Governance and Oversight of the International Audit-Related Standard-Setting Boards in the Public Interest
  • (2018) Comments by the Auditing Standards Committee of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association on PCAOB Rulemaking Docket Matter No. 042: PCAOB Release No. 2017-05, Proposed Amendments Relating to the Supervision of Audits Involving Other Auditors and Proposed Auditing Standard – Dividing Responsibility for the Audit with Another Accounting Firm
  • (2019) Comments of the Auditing Standards Committee of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association on International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board Exposure Draft, Proposed International Standard on Auditing 220 (Revised): Quality Management for an Audit of Financial Statements
  • (2019) Comments of the Auditing Standards Committee of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association on Proposed Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) Audit Evidence
  • (2019) Comments of the Auditing Standards Committee of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association on International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board Exposure Draft, Proposed International Standard on Auditing 315 (Revised): Identifying and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement and Proposed Consequential and Conforming Amendments to Other ISA’s

Letter Issued To:

Topic

Date

European Commission

European Commission Green Paper on Audit Policy: Lessons from the Crisis. Current Issues in AuditingVolume 5, Issue 1, pages C1-C7.

2011

PCAOB

Rulemaking Docket Matter No. 26: Re-Proposed Auditing Standards Related to the Auditor’s Assessment of and Response to Risk: Proposed Conforming Amendments to PCAOB Standards. Current Issues in Auditing Volume 4, Issue 1, pages C27-C34.

2010

IASB

IIA's Exposure Draft of 2010 International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing. Current Issues in Auditing Volume 5, Issue 2, pages C1-C4.

2010

IAASB

Proposed International Standards on Auditing, Revisions to ISA 315 and ISA 610

2010

PCAOB

Rulemaking Docket Matter No. 26: Proposed Auditing Standards Related to the Auditor’s Assessment of and Response to Risk: Proposed Conforming Amendments to PCAOB Standards. Current Issues in AuditingVolume 3, Issue 1, pages C1-C7.

2009

ASB

Proposed Statement on Auditing Standards—Initial Audit Engagements, Including Re-audits—Opening Balances (to Supersede Statement on Auditing Standards No. 84, Communications Between Predecessor and Successor Auditors). Current Issues in Auditing Volume 3, Issue 2, pages C1-C3.

2009

PCAOB

Rulemaking Docket Matter No. 028: Concept Release on Possible Revisions to the PCAOB’s Standard on Audit Confirmations. Current Issues in Auditing Volume 3, Issue 2, pages C4-C10.

2009

PCAOB

Rulemaking Docket Matter No. 029: Concept Release on Requiring the Engagement Partner to Sign the Audit Report. Current Issues in Auditing Volume 3, Issue 2, pages C11-C15.

2009

ASB

Proposed Standard on Auditing Standards—External Confirmations. Current Issues in Auditing Volume 3, Issue 2, pages C16-C18.

2009

PCAOB

Rulemaking Docket Matter No. 025: Proposed Auditing Standard-Engagement Quality Review. Current Issues in Auditing Volume 2, Issue 2, pages C1-C4.

2008

IAASB

Proposed International Standards on Auditing, Revisions to ISA 315 and ISA 610.

2008

PCAOB

Letter to the PCAOB on Rulemaking Docket 021: Proposed Auditing Standard – An Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting that is Integrated with an Audit of Financial Statements.

February 23, 2007

AICPA

Letter to the AICPA on Omnibus Proposal of Professional Ethics Division Interpretations and Rulings.

October 31, 2006

PCAOB

PCAOB Docket 017: Proposed Ethics and Independence Rules Concerning Independence, Tax Services, and Contingent Fees

February 10, 2005

PCAOB

Proposed Auditing Standard on Audit Documentation and Proposed Amendment to Interim Auditing Standards

January 6, 2004

PCAOB

An Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting Performed in Conjunction With An Audit of Financial Statements

November 17, 2003

COSO

Enterprise Risk Management Framework

October 1, 2003

Journal

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