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Required Documentation for Compilation, Review, and Audit Engagements

Meeting SAS and SARS Guidelines Without Over-Auditing, Avoiding Peer Review Deficiencies

A live 110-minute CPE video webinar with interactive Q&A

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Wednesday, March 5, 2025

1:00pm-2:50pm EST, 10:00am-11:50am PST

Early Registration Discount Deadline, Friday, February 7, 2025

or call 1-800-926-7926

This webinar will assist financial statement preparers with meeting the documentation requirements for audited, reviewed, and compiled financial statements. Our panel of financial reporting veterans will discuss the applicable documentation requirements for various types of engagements, explain how to avoid over-compliance, and point out common workpaper deficiencies.

Description

Inadequate documentation continues to be a prevalent finding in peer reviews. At the same time, excessive documentation can prove costly. In addition to the misuse of time, extra workpapers could create additional legal exposure.

Workpaper requirements and the applicable standards vary based on the type of engagement. An audit engagement is subject to SAS (Statements on Auditing Standards) documentation standards. In contrast, compilation and review engagements must comply with the SSARS (Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services). It is certain, though, that improper or lack of documentation is frequently included as an oversight in peer review findings. Certified public accountants who issue financial statements need to comprehend and comply with the documentation requirements.

Listen as our panel of assurance and accounting experts reviews the required compliance obligations for audited, reviewed, and compiled financial statements and offers advice to avoid common deficiencies without excess paperwork.

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Outline

  1. Documentation for audits, reviews, and compilations
  2. Required documentation
    1. Compilations
    2. Reviews
    3. Audits
  3. Applicable standards
  4. Avoiding overdocumenting
  5. Common deficiencies
  6. Workpaper retention

Benefits

The panel will review these and other critical issues:

  • Meeting applicable standards for sufficient documentation
  • Frequent documentation deficiencies cited in peer review findings
  • Avoiding the tendency to overdocument in working papers
  • The risks of using audit program software

Faculty

Hampton, Meg
Meg Hampton, CPA, MAcc

Partner
Anglin Reichmann Armstrong

Ms. Hampton is a Manager in the Audit and Assurance Department. She attended the University of Alabama, where she...  |  Read More

Kinzer, Luke
Luke Kinzer, CPA, CFE, CGMA, MBA

Partner
Anglin Reichmann Armstrong

Mr. Kinzer is a Partner in the Audit and Assurance Department at Anglin Reichmann Armstrong, with nearly two decades of...  |  Read More

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