Article: Understanding nonattest services independence rules related to information systems.

The past several months have brought a series of actions by the AICPA designed to help clarify many questions related to independence including:

* An omnibus proposal dated March 19, 2003, in which the AICPA Professional Ethics Executive Committee (PEEC) published an exposure draft seeking comments on proposed revisions under Rule 101 related to independence.

* Revisions to the Code of Professional Conduct, issued by the PEEC in August 2003, to be effective Sept. 30, 2003.

* A Background and Basis for Conclusion document published by the AICPA in December 2003, which provides further interpretation and revision to 101-3.

These changes ...

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