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Accounting Groups Call for More Competitive Pay for Government CPAs

CPA Practice

State and local governments are being squeezed by a shortage of accounting professionals, making it difficult at times to find staff CPAs who can prepare critical financial information or outside firms to conduct audits. But accountants who do government work face unique challenges that require more specialized solutions.

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Financial Audit Preparation Steps: Expert Tips for An External Audit Process 

Withum

Preparing for an audit is a critical step for businesses navigating regulatory compliance, pursuing mergers and acquisitions or completing significant business transactions. Understanding the financial statement audit process and planning ahead can save time, reduce stress and ensure accurate results.

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The new breed of audit

TaxConnex

In years past, auditors could show up at your door asking to look at your records. Usually, you learn about an audit through a notice or letter from the state or jurisdiction in question with instructions on how the audit will proceed. Many audits are conducted remotely, and an auditor never visits your office.

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Evolution of the Sales Tax Audit: Have Audits Changed with Economic Nexus?

TaxConnex

So has the sales tax audit. Examiners can still show up and go over your books in person, and tax agencies will still send audit notices via snail mail. Many events can ignite a sales tax audit. But have sales tax audits changed over the last few years, through the pandemic and the introduction of economic nexus in 2018?

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Best Practices for Managing a Sales Tax Audit

TaxConnex

If you and your company haven’t been hit with a sales tax audit yet, congrats. In TaxConnex’s recent market survey more than one in four (26.7%) top finance professionals in a variety of industries report seeing an increase in state sales tax audits in the past two years. Sales Tax Audit Triggers.

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Finance Leaders Want Their Organization’s Audit Firm to Use AI—Immediately

CPA Practice

According to a new report from top six accounting firm BDO USA, company finance leaders are expecting technology like artificial intelligence to be used by their external auditors now to enhance their audit engagement and consider it the second-most important factor when choosing an audit firm.

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Preparing for Your First Financial Audit: A Checklist for Startups

Shay CPA

Enter: a financial audit. This tool gives you a way to validate that your company is following proper accounting practices and that your books are accurate. Thats not to say that audits arent burdensome. Thats not to say that audits arent burdensome. And this isnt just an audit-specific to-do. As of 2022, all U.S.

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