Alert published for auditors regarding XBRL assurance on SEC filings

The Center for Audit Quality, which is affiliated with the AICPA, has published an alert for practitioners regarding XBRL assurance. The alert aims to assist registered public accounting firm auditors regarding audit firm service implications raised by the Securities and Exchange Commission's final rules on XBRL reporting. It addresses potential services the auditor may be asked to provide and certain issues of which the auditor should be aware in connection with audits of companies reporting financial data using eXtensible Business Reporting Language. Read the alert.

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This story published in CPA Letter Daily on 07/20/2009





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