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Comparison Of The AICPA And PCAOB Standards

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Both the AICPA and PCAOB standards require auditors to use written communication as an expression of their understanding with the client on the nature of the services that an audit engagement will provide. The AICPA standards mandate auditors get a written agreement before starting an audit engagement, but they do not have to obtain this agreement if laws and regulations have detailed prescriptions of the terms of audit engagements. When audits are recurring, the AICPA standards require auditors to examine the need to revise the terms of engagement, but the PCAOB standards do not have this requirement. On quality control, both the AICPA and PCAOB require the maintenance of a robust system, but PCAOB leaves auditors a wide discretion to decide
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