The AICPA Audit Committee Toolkit: Private Companies helps audit committees of private companies at all levels discover best practices for managing and incorporating their role within the organization. This toolkit takes the guesswork out of effectively establishing and managing an audit committee by furnishing you with dozens of useful tools and the most common forms for effective audit committee operation, as well as tools specially tailored for private companies. The accompanying download features forms and checklists that you can fill out and save to efficiently create, file, and track your documentation. This new second edition has been updated to include the 2013 revised COSO framework. The checklists and worksheets have been revised to make them more user-friendly. The publication has been updated with relevant regulatory changes. Additionally IFRS guidance has been added. The AICPA Audit Committee Toolkit series is the cornerstone of the Audit Committee Effectiveness Center, located at www.aicpa.org/AudCommCtr. This newly revised edition of the popular audit committee toolkit is written to help audit committees of private companies to achieve best practices for managing and incorporating their role in the organization. New to this edition of the toolkit Updated with new COSO Framework (May 2013) Improved format for forms and checklists Updated with regulatory changes Includes IFRS guidance Now with downloadable Microsoft Word tools and checklists, this Toolkit offers a broad sampling of matrices, reports, questionnaires and other pertinent materials specifically tailored to private companies and designed to make audit committee best practices actionable.

The 2014 edition of this popular product will help audit committees of public companies achieve best practices for managing and incorporating their role in the organization. Now with downloadable MS Word tools and checklists, this Toolkit offers a broad sampling of matrices, reports, questionnaires and other pertinent materials specifically tailored to public companies, and designed to make audit committee best practices actionable. The toolkit, and accompanying download, will take the guesswork out of effectively establishing and managing an audit committee by furnishing you with dozens of useful tools and the most common forms for effective audit committee operation. The editable forms and checklists will help you efficiently create, file, and track your documentation. New to this edition of the toolkit: Updated with new COSO Framework (May 2013) Improved forms and checklists are more user-friendly Updated with regulatory changes IFRS guidance has been added

From financial reporting to revenue recognition to grants and contracts to auditor report changes, you have a lot going on in the not-for-profit financial arena right now. Whether you're already an expert in NFP audit and accounting standards or just getting started, this is the practical guidance you need. This must-have resource for nonprofits accounting and auditing professionals is an essential reference that will assist you with the unique aspects of accounting and financial statement preparation and auditing for not-for-profit entities. It will help you with the following Understand and implement recent updates and changes, including those related to financial reporting, revenue recognition, and grants and contracts Gain a full understanding of the accounting issues unique to not-for-profit entities Assist in the implementation of auditor report changes.

The audit committee has gained considerable attention in the aftermath of 2007-2009 global financial crisis. The audit committee’s role has evolved from a voluntary liaison between management and external auditors to the standing committee of the board of directors in overseeing all aspects of corporate governance, financial reporting, internal controls, risk assessment, and audit activities. This book addresses the determinants of audit committee oversight effectiveness, including their composition, independence, authority, resources, diligence, and activities. The book is organized into three separate volumes and each volume can be utilized separately or in an integrated form. The first volume consists of five chapters, which examine the relevance and fundamentals of the audit committees as well as the determinants of audit committee effectiveness. The second volume consists of nine chapters on financial, auditing, internal control, risk management, ethics and compliance, antifraud, and other oversight functions of the audit committee. The third volume consists of five chapters on the emerging issues of audit committees pertaining to evaluation, education, reporting, and accountability as well as audit committees of private companies, governmental entities and not-for-profit organizations.

Praise for Audit Committee Essentials "Audit Committee Essentials is an excellent and comprehensive resource, documented with key references and illustrated with real-life company examples for all types of commercial and nonprofit enterprises. Dr. Verschoor brings into focus the intertwined impact of risk management, internal controls, and ethics on oversight responsibilities for both the audit committee and the entire board of directors. From my personal perspective as an audit committee member and as a director of both profit and nonprofit entities, this book should be required reading for corporate management, boards of directors, and their committees." --George K. Gill, Chairman and CEO of PetAg, Inc.; Director and member of the Investment and Audit Committees of the United Methodist Foundation of Northern Illinois "Maintaining the highest ethical standards is critical to the success of not-for-profits in today's world. Dr. Verschoor's book provides a practical, highly prescriptive approach to ensuring that governance processes meet the highest expectations of managers, employees, volunteers, contributors, and other stakeholders. I am very impressed with the readability of the book. It definitely raises one's awareness of the need for a thought-out plan that ensures strong financial and ethical credibility." --John S. Maxson, President and CEO Greater North Michigan Avenue Association, Chicago, Illinois A concise and readable account of the audit committee's roles and responsibilities The Sarbanes-Oxley Act has changed the way all corporations now operate, regardless of size. In Audit Committee Essentials, goverance expert Curtis Verschoor explains with great detail and razor-sharp precision why internal control is so critical, emphasizing financial literacy, a requirement under Sarbanes-Oxley, as well as oversight of the financial reporting process and related controls, ethics and the internal and independent audits. Written for seasoned professionals as well as newly assigned board members, Audit Committee Essentials is a vital tool in order to stay abreast of the rapidly changing governance requirements and responsibilities of audit committees.