Judgements made by financial statement preparers and auditors
17 Feb 2008
At the upcoming meeting of the PCAOB's Standing Advisory Council on 27 February 2008, a panel will discuss one of the recommendations in the recent progress report of the SEC's Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting (CIFiR) – see our News Story of 16 February 2008.
The panel will focus on Recommendation 3.4 relating to accounting and auditing judgements. That recommendation states:
Click to download the Briefing Paper (PDF 73k) on this topic prepared for the meeting.
The SEC should adopt a judgement framework for accounting judgements. The PCAOB should also adopt a similar framework with respect to auditing judgements. |