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On January 1, 2010, a new law, AB 138 (Chapter 312 of 2009), [5] took effect in California requiring all accounting firms providing accounting and auditing services to undergo a mandatory peer review. A peer review is a study of a firm's accounting and auditing work, performed by an unaffiliated CPA following professional standards.
Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements no. 18 (SSAE No. 18 or SSAE 18) is a Generally Accepted Auditing Standard produced and published by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Auditing Standards Board. Though it states that it could be applied to almost any subject matter, its focus is reporting on the ...
The Government Accounting Standards Board has a stated mission to "establish and improve standards of state and local governmental accounting and financial reporting that will result in useful information for users of financial reports and guide and educate the public, including issuers, auditors, and users of those financial reports."
As explained in the Journal of Accountancy, [1] under Statement on Auditing Standards (United States) No. 62, Special Reports, an OCBOA is any one of: A statutory basis of accounting (for example, a basis of accounting that insurance companies use under the rules of a state insurance commission). Income-tax-basis financial statements.
An Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), formerly called a Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR)) [1] is a set of U.S. government financial statements comprising the financial report of a state, municipal or other governmental entity that complies with the accounting requirements promulgated by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB).
The Internal Revenue Code governs the application of tax accounting. Section 446 sets the basic rules for tax accounting. Tax accounting under section 446(a) emphasizes consistency for a tax accounting method with references to the applied financial accounting to determine the proper method. The taxpayer must choose a tax accounting method ...
Amendment to Statement on Auditing Standards No. 50: Reports on the Application of Accounting Principles full-text: June 2002 98: Omnibus Statement on Auditing Standards-2002 full-text: September 2002 99: Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statement Audit full-text: October 2002 100: Interim Financial Information full-text: November 2002 101
At 7.25%, California has the highest minimum statewide sales tax rate in the United States, [8] which can total up to 10.75% with local sales taxes included. [9]Sales and use taxes in California (state and local) are collected by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, whereas income and franchise taxes are collected by the Franchise Tax Board.