The Board of Directors—The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of financial position of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (the Institute) as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related consolidated statements of activities and cash flows for the years then ended. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Institute’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Institute’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Institute’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. at December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the changes in its net assets and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
