Generally Accepted Auditing Standards

Generally Accepted Auditing Standards
GAAS Rules and guidance for the conduct of external auditing. GAAS is derived from several sources, including legislation, custom, industry-specific conventions, and academic and professional literature. However, the announcements of professional auditing organizations are by far the most important source of GAAS. In the United States the *Auditing Standards Board of the *American Institute of Certified Public Accountants issues *Statements on Auditing Standards. On a global scale, the international Auditing and Assurance Standards Board of the international Federation of Accountants aims at international *harmonization of GAAS through its * International Standards on Auditing.

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