The days of handwritten ledgers and canceled paper checks largely disappeared with the 20th century. Today's auditor inspects, examines and relies on a financial trail made up of partially or even ...

For decades, auditors have faced the competing pressures of enhancing audit effectiveness while performing audits more efficiently. By investing more time—and the right procedures—in the planning ...

Any business that uses assets should hold a regular asset inventory audit in order to track important data like the number, condition, and location of all assets. The audit is a cost-effective method ...

The report is the culmination of an internal audit, where the internal auditors describe what they found, provide evidence of the issues that were detected, and the corrective action that they ...

A foreign currency business operates in an extremely unpredictable business environment that is dependent on economic and political conditions in different countries. This fluid nature of the business ...

THE ASB ISSUED AN EXPOSURE DRAFT designed to expand audit procedures to address material financial statement fraud. Comments on the proposed changes are due by May 31, 2002. THE ED EMPHASIZES ...

An organization that is well-prepared for such an audit will make the process less stressful and time-consuming for everyone involved. Safety audits are a great way to ensure that an organization ...

The AICPA has issued additional guidance regarding the independent private-sector audit, or IPSA, which is required in some circumstances under the conflicts minerals rules. (Note that AICPA’s ...

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Auditors are supposed to keep businesses honest, but how much regulation is the optimum for the auditors – and how onerous and punitive should the enforcement regime be? A new consultation by the U.K.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board voted unanimously Tuesday to propose for public comment a new standard for audit confirmations, replacing an interim standard that hasn't changed for two ...