The CPA's Guide to Professional Ethics

Ethical conduct for CPAs has never been more complex. Without a clear and up-to-date knowledge of the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct and other ethics requirements, CPAs can easily enter a minefield that can explode into potentially career-ending sanctions. Easy-to-read and easy-to-use, The CPA's Guide to Professional Ethics will demystify these requirements and provide the most comprehensive and integrated analysis of ethics and independence requirements in existence. Key features include: * An integrated analysis of the requirements of the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct, the SEC, Independence Standards Board, DOL, GAO Yellow Book, state boards of accountancy, and state societies * An easy-to-use format that lets CPAs find the information they need to quickly resolve an ethics problem or question * Diagrams, flowcharts, and other tools to make the requirements easy to understand and use * Actions to take when faced with an ethics investigation * What all CPAs should know about international ethics requirements . . . and much more. This book is designed to help all CPAs, whether in public practice, industry, government, or education, to navigate ethical requirements. It is an absolute must-have resource for the professional responsible for quality assurance in a CPA firm.