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Author Meyer, Rebecca A.

Title The New Yellow Book Government Auditing Standards
Edition 2018 version
Published Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (244 p.)
Series Aicpa Ser
Aicpa Ser
Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1 Foundation and Principles for the Use and Application of Government Auditing Standards -- What is GAGAS? -- Brief history of Government Auditing Standards -- The 2018 Yellow Book -- Acquiring the Government Auditing Standards publication -- Why is GAGAS important? -- Types of GAGAS users -- Types of GAGAS engagements -- Terms used in this course and in GAGAS -- Chapter 2 General Requirements for Complying with Government Auditing Standards -- Introduction -- Complying with GAGAS
Relationship between GAGAS and other professional standards -- Stating auditor compliance with GAGAS in the audit report -- Chapter 3 Ethics, Independence, and Professional Judgment -- Introduction -- Ethical principles -- Independence -- GAGAS conceptual framework approach to independence -- Providing nonaudit services to audited entities -- Consideration of specific nonaudit services -- Considerations regarding independence -- Governments -- Documentation of independence considerations -- Professional judgment -- Chapter 4 Competence and Continuing Professional Education -- Introduction
Competence -- Continuing professional education -- Chapter 5 Quality Control and Peer Review -- Introduction -- Quality control and assurance -- External peer review -- External peer review -- Peer review teams -- Chapter 6 Standards for Financial Audits -- Introduction -- Additional GAGAS requirements for conducting financial audits -- Practice exercise -- Additional GAGAS requirements for reporting on financial audits -- Case study -- Chapter 7 Standards for Attestation Engagements and Reviews of Financial Statements -- Introduction -- Examination engagements
Attest review and agreed-upon procedures engagements -- Review of financial statement engagements -- Chapter 8 Fieldwork Standards for Performance Audits -- Introduction -- Planning -- Conducting the engagement -- Supervision -- Evidence -- Audit documentation -- Chapter 9 Reporting Standards for Performance Audits -- Reporting on auditors' compliance with GAGAS -- Report format -- Report content -- Obtaining the views of responsible officials -- Report distribution -- Reporting confidential or sensitive information -- Discovery of insufficient evidence after report release -- Glossary -- Index
Solutions -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- EULA
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject United States. General Accounting Office. Government auditing standards
Finance, Public -- Auditing -- Standards -- United States
Administrative agencies -- Auditing -- Standards -- United States
Administrative agencies -- Auditing -- Standards
Finance, Public -- Auditing -- Standards
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1119784719
9781119784715