Sometimes clients do not require a full audit. Information obtained from the review and Compilation Report offers a good financial overview without the extensive and costly procedures involved in an audit. Compilation is a rough equivalent to your doctor's assessment based only on your description of your symptoms. It is the lowest level of service your CPA can use to work with your financial statements. The compilation report may be a full disclosure report with complete footnote explanations of certain amounts and policies contained in the financial statements. Review Report is conducted when a lower degree of assurance than an audit is acceptable, yet the user wants to know that a professional has performed some analysis of the statements. During a review, your CPA will inquire about your business, your accounting policies and procedures, your industry, operations and personnel. The CPA will also ask about any changes in these items and request other pertinent information. A review engagement requires all of the procedures necessary for a compilation engagement, and also other procedures that enable the accountant to provide limited assurance on the financial statements. Both engagements are substantially less in scope than an audit performed in accordance with generally accepted audit standards. The compilation is the most basic service we offer and does not express any assurance. Consider obtaining a compilation if you need to have your financial statements put into a format that can be easily read by outside sources. It is generally known that a review can cost about 30% more than a compilation and an audit can cost around 30-40% more than a review.

Public accountants are qualified to provide a range of services related to financial statements. Among the services are reviews and compilations, which are less comprehensive than audits, which are required for publicly owned companies. Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services are issued by the Accounting and Review Services Committee, which is the senior technical committee of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

We combine years of professional experience in accounting with a thorough understanding of your specific requirements to provide you with reliable audit, review and compilation reports. Sample wording addresses the situation where a CPA is associated with unaudited financial statements of a nonpublic entity and the CPA has not reviewed or compiled the financial statements. Identify the activities required to perform basic compilations and reviews of financial statements, draft the accountant's report, and document the engagement in accordance with professional standards. An accountant is not required to perform any additional review or compilation procedures subsequent to the date of the accountant's report. However, the accountant may become aware of facts that may have existed at that date, causing him or her to believe the information previously supplied by the entity is incorrect, incomplete, or unsatisfactory. Our accountant's