The Audit and Assurance Council is a body established in 2012 to advise the Financial Reporting Council on matters related to audit and assurance, including the issuance of codes and standards. Unlike its predecessor, the Auditing Practices Board, the Council has a more limited and purely advisory role.
The Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council (FASAC) serves as an advisory body to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on matters related to accounting standards, offering broad perspectives from diverse financial communities, ensuring comprehensive and sustainable financial reporting standards.
In the USA, a council that advises the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on agenda-setting and accounting standards to ensure the relevance and quality of financial reporting.
