CPAs are expected to maintain a level of competence to meet the profession’s technical and ethical standards, and provide valuable services to the public, employers and clients. Based on the AICPA Competency Framework: Assurance, these learning resources are designed to help you understand the knowledge and skills necessary to perform high-quality compilation, review, attest, and audit engagements. You’ll also find resources here to support your advisory and consulting engagements.
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Get startedEstablished by the AICPA Assurance Services Executive Committee, this 2017 edition presents control criteria for use in attestation or consulting engagements to...
In SSAE No. 18 the attestation standards have been redrafted using drafting conventions designed to make the standards easier to read, understand, and apply.
This blog post presents five suggestions to help your company gain a competitive advantage by becoming a data-centric organization.
In this archived webcast, we examine real life examples of how to transform the general ledger into an analytical tool and and more.
This guide will help you pinpoint areas your firm might need to take a closer look at to ensure quality standards are being met.
Technology provides opportunity to test full data sets rather than just samples.
This article explores a COSO report which discusses how the 2013 internal control framework can help organisations evaluate and manage cyber-risks.
This article shows the steps organizations can follow to understand their organization’s IT system and its controls, and assess the effectiveness of those controls.
This white paper focuses on the system description in a SOC 1 SM report.
The purpose of this paper is to communicate an imperative to move from a sustainability strategy to a sustainable strategy.
The purpose of this white paper is to define what information integrity means and provide context for it to users, preparers and practitioners.
This guide provides insight into the key requirements and significant changes required by SSARS No. 21 and helps you apply the new standard in your practice.