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

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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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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.

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Case Study: Enhancing Financial Processes for Growth and Audit Readiness

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As the company grew, its in-house accounting team encountered increasingly complex tasks that required specialized expertise and resources. The team recognized the need for external support and a more streamlined solution to avoid potential audit issues and ensure financial accuracy.

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Common Accounting Mistakes: Government Edition - Issue #7 Accounting for Fixed Price vs Cost Contracts

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Whether the SBIR/STTR that’s being worked is a grant through the National Science Foundation (NSF) or a federal contract, there is an oversight agency, such as the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) for Department of Defense (DOD) contracts, that will review the adequacy of a contractor’s accounting system prior to a phase II award.

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Common Accounting Mistakes: Government Edition - Issue #11 What is GAAP?

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Many small business government contractors are exempt from complying with cost accounting standards (CAS) and defined by the code of federal regulations (CFR). However, compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) is required. What exactly is GAAP? All publicly traded companies are required to follow GAAP.

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Grant Thornton Appoints New Leaders to Audit Quality & Risk Leadership Team

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Grant Thornton LLP, one of America’s largest audit, tax and advisory firms, has appointed two new leaders to the firm’s Audit Quality & Risk practice. Decker assumes her new role from Mary Ropes, an Audit partner at Grant Thornton, who retires after more than 35 years of service at the firm. Thank you for your leadership.”

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Common Accounting Mistakes: Government Edition – Issue #3 Policies and Procedures

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Accounting policies and procedures can reach into almost every department, area, or responsibility, so they need to be communicated and monitored often. If there is ever an audit by DCAA of the accounting system or any portion of it, the policies and procedures will be reviewed.