In the accounting profession, the concept of materiality in financial reporting comes from two distinct areas: Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and generally accepted auditing ...

FASB issued two exposure drafts Thursday that address the use of materiality—an attempt to help organizations eliminate unnecessary disclosures in financial statements. Feedback received by FASB ...

The AICPA Auditing Standards Board (ASB) is proposing changes to the definition of materiality in its standards for auditors and attestation engagements to eliminate inconsistencies with the ...

Materiality is a term used in accounting and the law, in relation to information disclosed in financial statements that affects decisions made by the people who read them. Deciding whether something ...

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The American Institute of CPAs released a discussion paper Wednesday explaining some of the challenges of determining materiality in an attestation engagement when the subject matter can’t be measured ...

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The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) Auditing Standards Board issued Statement on Auditing Standards No. 138 and Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 20 ...

Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing—an approach to investing designed to consider a wider set of factors that influence financial returns—is everywhere. ESG is so hot, it will be a $1 ...