Index

A

Acceptance and continuance of clients and engagements

Agreed-upon procedures attestation engagement
Comfort letters
Communication with predecessor auditor
Documentation
Fraud risk factors
Group financial statement audits
Information obtained from client acceptance, use of in understanding the entity
Information obtained from client acceptance and evaluation process, relevance of in identifying risks of material misstatement
Initial audit engagements
Internal control effectiveness engagement
MD&A examination engagement
Opinion letters on application of accounting principles
Quality control
Service organizations

Access control

IT general controls
Risk

Access to documentation

Accountants

Communication between predecessor and successor
Continuing accountant
Predecessor accountant
Principal accountant
Report, interim financial information
Reporting accountant, definitions of
Successor accountant

Accounting and Review Services Committee (ARSC)

Interpretation 11, “Required Supplementary Information That Accompanies Reviewed Financial Statements”
Interpretation 17, “Required Supplementary Information That Accompanies Compiled Financial Statements”
Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services. See Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARS)

Accounting change. See also Consistency of Application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (AU 420)

Accounting estimates

Auditing
Changes in
Communication with those charged with governance
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