On April 28, 2009, the AICPA’s Accounting and Review Services Committee released an exposure draft that would revise the standards for compilation and review engagements. The changes, designed to address concerns of small businesses, users of small-business financial statements and CPAs who serve smaller entities, would allow an accountant to issue a review report on financial statements when also performing nonattest services that were designed to improve the reliability of the client's...

On April 28, 2009, the AICPA’s Accounting and Review Services Committee released an exposure draft that would revise the standards for compilation and review engagements. The changes, designed to address concerns of small businesses, users of small-business financial statements and CPAs who serve smaller entities, would allow an accountant to issue a review report on financial statements when also performing nonattest services that were designed to improve the reliability of the client's...