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Has the SEC ever been Willing to Accept Qualified Audit Opinions for a GAAP Departure?
Auditing standards promulgated by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) outline four alternatives for auditors’ reports: unqualified, qualified, adverse, and disclaimer. However, at the present time, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) generally accepts only one of these alternatives: an unqualified opinion. Prior to the elimination of “subject to” qualified opinions in 1988, the SEC allowed such opinions in the case of material uncertainties. However, the SEC has not, as a general rule, accepted opinions qualified for departures from generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) since it issued Accounting Series Release (ASR) No. 4 on April 25, 1938. This paper describes an instance where the SEC agreed to accept opinions qualified for a departure from compliance with GAAP.
期刊介绍:
Accounting Historians Journal is an international journal that addresses the development of accounting thought and practice. AHJ embraces all subject matter related to accounting history, including but not limited to research that provides historical perspective on contemporary issues.