U.S. GAAS definition
Examples of U.S. GAAS in a sentence
Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not absolute assurance and therefore is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAS) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.
We will conduct our audit in accordance with U.S. GAAS, the standards for financial audits contained in Those standards require that we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the planning and performance of the audit.
In the case of any audited information, such financial statements shall be audited in accordance with U.S. generally accepted auditing standards as promulgated by the AICPA (US GAAS) for filing with the SEC and, in the case of any unaudited information, shall be reviewed in accordance with Regulation S-X and all other accounting rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to unaudited interim financial statements.
Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, together with the inherent limitations of internal control, an unavoidable risk that some material misstatements may not be detected exists, even though the audit is properly planned and performed in accordance with U.S. GAAS and Government Auditing Standards.
We will apply certain limited procedures to the RSI in accordance with U.S. GAAS.