In: Accounting
5. When must a public accountant obtain a peer review? When is
it not necessary?
8. According to California law, when is an accountant allowed to
disclose confidential information? How does this differ from the
AICPA standards?
Ques. When must a public accountant obtain a peer review? When is it not necessary?
Ans. Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competences as the producers of the work (peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Public accontant must obtain peer review when they are engaged in performing audits or engagements under the Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAEs), that are not compilations or reviews, then public accontant is subject to the requirements and must enroll in a Board approved program of peer reviews. So, basically peer review should be obtained by public accountants when they are engaged in auditing and engagements services to get check the quality of work done by other professionals who are also from the same line.
If public accountant performs no audit or engagements under the SSAEs, then he is exempted from the enrollment requirements of the program. That means public accountant is not required to obtain a peer review when he is not engaged in auditing and engagement services.
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