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GAO


Memorandum

Date:          October 10, 2012

To:            GAO's Financial Management and Assurance Team (FMA)
               CIGIE Financial Audit Community

From:          James R. Dalkin, Director - FMA
               Kristen Kociolek, Assistant Director - FMA
               Tom Hackney, Senior Auditor - FMA

Subject:       Professional Standards Update No. 58*
               January through October 2012

In order to alert you to changes in professional standards, we issue Professional Standards
Updates. The purpose of these updates is to highlight the issuance and some key points of recent
standards. Professional Standards Updates do not contain a complete summary of the standards.
Those affected by the new standards should refer to the relevant standard for details. Thanks to
Barry Grinnell for his contributions to this issue which contains summaries of:

Auditing and Attestation Standards and Guidance
   GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO)
   * 2011 Revision of Government Auditing Standards
   * Principles of Federal Appropriations Law - Annual Update of the Third Edition

   AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS (AICPA)
   and the AICPA AUDITING STANDARDS BOARD (ASB)
   * Statement on Auditing Standards No. 126, The Auditor's Consideration of an Entity's
     Ability to Continue as a Going Concern (Redrafted)
  * Statements on Auditing Standards No. 125, Alert That Restricts the Use of the Auditor's
      Written Communication
  *  Audit Risk Alert: Understanding the Clarified Auditing Standards - 2012 Audit Risk
     Alert
  *  Audit Risk Alert: Understanding the Responsibilities of Auditors for Audits of Group
     Financial Statements
  *  Audit Risk Alert: Government Auditing Standards and Circular A-133 Developments
   Audit Guide: Government Auditing Standards and Circular A-133 Audits
  *  Audit Guide: Assessing and Responding to Audit Risk in a Financial Statement Audit
  *  Practice Aid -- Using an SSAE No. 16 Service Auditor's Report in Audits of Employee
     Benefit Plans
  *   GAQC Practice Aid -- Yellow Book Independence - Nonaudit Services Documentation
     Practice Aid

Regulatory Requirements
   OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET (OMB)
   O 0MB Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement


 Previously issued Professional Standards Updates can be found at http://www.gao.goy/ovaud/psu.htm

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