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Assessing credit losses in financial statement audits

Accounting Today

As economic conditions fluctuate and accounting standards evolve, auditors face increasing challenges in evaluating how organizations estimate and report credit losses and providing a comprehensive overview of credit loss assessment in financial statement audits.

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2024 SEC Filing Deadlines and Financial Statement Staleness Dates

Cherry Bekaert

Financial statement issuers must assess many items when planning to file a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including which financial statements are required to be included in the registration statement. Rule 3-12 has a filing calendar for U.S.

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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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Navigating IRS Tax Audits: Audit Representation by Mike Habib, EA

MyIRSRelief

When the IRS decides to audit your tax returns, the experience can be daunting and stressful. An IRS tax audit is essentially a review of an individual’s or organization’s accounts and financial information to ensure information is reported correctly according to the tax laws and to verify the reported amount of tax is accurate.

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Audits Are a Joke and Here’s Why According to a Salty Old Industry Veteran

Going Concern

Industry OG and commentator Gene Marks has written an opinion piece for The Hill about what audits actually are that is less opinion and more brutal fact: Why you should be very skeptical of that auditor’s report. So they might catch a fine from the audit regulators. The devil’s in the details, people. I dunno, you guys.

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Understanding When a Retirement Plan Audit Is Required

Withum

Understanding when audited financial statements of a retirement plan are required to be attached to a Form 5500 is an important part of demonstrating fiduciary responsibility over the plan and preventing unnecessary fines for an invalid filing of the 5500.

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New Approaches to Audits Gain Ground

CPA Practice

With markets changing and capital becoming more constrained by the day, there is a rapidly heightened awareness of the role that due diligence and audits play. These manual verification procedures are painstaking — and most often relegated to the audit professionals early in their career. By Tod McDonald.

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