Lansing, MI – April 14    A-lign CPAs Director Neil Gonsalves, CPA, CISA, CA was selected to speak at Spring Accounting & Auditing Conference on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at the Causeway Bay in Lansing, MI.  

 

Topic:  Replacing SAS 70.  As part of its efforts to converge U.S. and international standards, the Auditing Standards Board (ASB) is replacing SAS No. 70, Service Organizations, with two new standards.  SSAE No. 16 now regulates the requirements for reporting on controls at service organizations, while a new SAS, Audit Considerations Relating to an Entity Using a Service Organization, regulates auditing the financial statements of entities that use service organizations. Learn when these standards go into effect and how to apply them.