Going Concern

MAY 7, 2024

“In other words, the reported deficiencies had to be so serious that, in our view, the audit firm could not provide reasonable assurance that the financial statements were free from material misstatement due to error or fraud,” explained former board member J. .” And you thought NOCLAR was controversial.

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audit financial statements accounted Account 111

Going Concern

JANUARY 8, 2024

Hey remember the Bloomberg story last March about how staff shortages at audit firms were causing municipal credit ratings to tank ? Refresher: Municipalities across the US are at risk of having their credit ratings downgraded or withdrawn by S&P Global Ratings because staffing shortages have delayed financial disclosure documents.

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Wyoming audit Government Montana 126

CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The AICPA is seeking to amend its standard related to financial statement preparation, which would clarify that a CPA wouldn’t be required to apply AR-C Section 70, Preparation of Financial Statements, when financial statements are prepared as a byproduct of a client advisory services (CAS) engagement.

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financial statements cpas CPA audit 69

RogerRossmeisl

AUGUST 18, 2021

They’re uniquely qualified to review financial statements and business records and to interview employees to find evidence of misrepresentations and theft. Forensic accountants are professionals who have received specialized training to uncover fraud and protect against fraud threats.

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forensic accounting Account accounted accountant 222

CPA Practice

JANUARY 23, 2023

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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audit auditor forensic accounting Technology 115

CPA Practice

MAY 10, 2023

The head of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) said today that its inspectors found significant deficiencies in the audits of U.S.-listed In a statement, PCAOB Chair Erica Williams said: Both reports show unacceptable rates of Part I.A In August, China struck a deal allowing U.S. listed Chinese companies.

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TaxConnex

JANUARY 2, 2024

There are two primary reasons to estimate the prior period sales tax exposure: The data will assist in determining a mitigation strategy; and  If you are publicly traded, you are required to disclose the exposure on the financial statements if it meets the reportable criteria/thresholds.

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Sales Tax financial statements audit 264

Airbase

JANUARY 31, 2023

Kelly Hicks and Robin Sharma share advice after Airbase successfully completes its first external audit. Few milestones in a company’s lifecycle demand a more focused response from finance and accounting than the first external audit. When is the right time for a company’s first audit? The lead-up: Choosing auditors and timing.

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audit auditor Spend Management Platform accounting and finance 130

Going Concern

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The PCAOB today announced settled disciplinary orders sanctioning Greece-based PricewaterhouseCoopers Auditing Company SA (PwC Greece) and its partner Nicos George Komodromos for violations of PCAOB rules and standards in connection with the audit of the 2016 financial statements of Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc.

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audit financial statements auditor accounting and finance 118

Cherry Bekaert

MAY 9, 2024

For many architecture and engineering (A&E) firms, overhead rate audits are a critical aspect of financial management since they can be a great way for firms to recoup incurred costs necessary to run their business from the government. Q: What is an overhead rate audit? Q: What are the benefits of an overhead rate audit?

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audit auditor Transportation Government 115

CPA Practice

JULY 9, 2023

the developer of the award-winning cloud-based audit automation platform, has announced aquired Advantage Audit from John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Advantage Audit is an audit planning aid and audit program series designed to help auditors comply with risk-based professional standards in a straightforward and efficient manner.

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audit auditor Technology financial statements 102

Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

note: This post brought to you by the Big Government Auditing lobby. When you hear “government auditing,” do you picture dull offices with fluorescent lighting, stacks of paper taller than you, and people who still think fax machines are the pinnacle of technology? Enter the world of government auditing.

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Government audit CPA auditor 124

SMBAccountant

JULY 14, 2020

One of the most common errors made by executives in a small startup is assuming that the reporting basis for accurate financial statements can be changed by clicking the single button at the top of the QuickBooks report. It seems simple, but in reality entails much more. Most small businesses choose to keep their books on cash basis.

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Government accrual accounting quickbooks accountant 246

CPA Practice

MAY 2, 2023

There is a brand-new section that debuted today in PCAOB inspection reports of audit firms, and it is devoted to auditor independence. “We These enhancements will provide relevant information that investors have asked for and support improvements in overall audit quality.”

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audit auditor financial statements 103

Going Concern

MARCH 8, 2023

For example, there was no evidence that the audit team had, whether in FY2018 or before, obtained and read a 30-year Public Private Partnership contract with FY2018 revenue of c.£77m 640m – was written in French, but the audit team neither possessed French language skills nor obtained a translation of the contract. .£77m

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audit Government auditor financial statements 105

Going Concern

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The Black and Yellow had been slowly but surely not screwing up as many audits in recent years. After having a not-great audit deficient rate of 31% in its 2017 inspection report , EY’s error rate had dropped to 26% in its 2018 report , 18% in 2019 , and 15.4% For each issuer audit selected, we reviewed a portion of the audit.

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audit auditor Real Estate financial statements 105

RogerRossmeisl

MAY 5, 2023

Before a business goes on the market, a valuation pro can help address the following critical items: Financial statements. Audited financial statements offer prospective buyers greater assurance than reviews, The post Selling a Private Business?

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financial statements audit CPA Tax 183

TaxConnex

APRIL 26, 2022

This amount, plus penalty and interest is what would be expected of you in the case of an audit. There’s no statute of limitations for unfiled returns, meaning that unpaid tax liabilities for non-filing years can be audited indefinitely. They can also help mitigate your risk or work with you through an audit! Remediating.

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audit Sales Tax Start-ups 245

CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Keeping up with sales tax changes can be difficult and, even if you’re careful, your business can be selected for a state audit. Just the thought of being selected for a sales tax audit can be intimidating.

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audit Sales Tax auditor 104

Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

auditing requirements because in numerous audits over numerous years Deloitte China asked clients to select their own samples for testing and to prepare their own audit documentation. auditing requirements in its component audits of U.S. issuers and its audits of foreign companies listed on U.S.

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audit auditor financial statements public accounting 111

Going Concern

JUNE 29, 2022

The hardworking human beings at Audit Analytics have released their analysis of initial public offering trends and IPO auditor market share for the first quarter of this year , a period in which the number of companies going public was minuscule compared to Q1 of 2021. Marcum and Withum combined audited 49.3%

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audit auditor New York financial statements 105

Going Concern

JUNE 13, 2023

Financial Reporting Council chair and stereotypically European named Jan du Plessis has told the Financial Times that audit firms — who regularly complain about the UK audit regulator being up their asses — should pay their junior auditors more. Do a good audit and you don’t get in trouble with us.”

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auditor audit financial statements Legal 111

Snyder

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Many small business owners often feel like they might be a heartbeat away from the IRS tax audit. In fact, according to the IRS data , only about 1 percent of taxpayers are facing an audit. percent of small businesses are getting tax audited. What is a tax audit? What does a tax audit mean? IRS tax audit process.

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audit Tax tax return auditor 98

Accounting Today

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

A proposal aimed at enhancing auditor responsibility for preparing consolidated financial statements of companies, including subsidiaries, has led to a clash between two of India's accounting regulators.

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audit auditor financial statements accounted 116

Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Last week the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Friedman LLP with with improper professional conduct for failing to comply with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board while conducting audits of two public companies from 2017 through 2020. In its fiscal 2017 to 2020 audit of supermarket chain iFresh, Inc.,

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Amid technological advancements, the audit professional’s role, characterized by a deep attention to detail, compliance and risk management, is proving to be vital well outside the traditional confines of finance. Auditors’ proficiency in validating data ensures the reliability and accuracy of financial information. By Nate Varel.

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audit auditor accounting and finance Technology 97

CPA Practice

AUGUST 8, 2023

Champions of audit quality will not be happy with this news from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). A staff report released by the audit regulator late last month shows a year-over-year increase in the number of audits with deficiencies at audit firms that the PCAOB inspected in 2022. In Part I.B

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audit accounting firms Account accounted 95

Going Concern

JANUARY 6, 2023

Fat Joe’s favorite audit firm once again had a spectacularly horrible PCAOB inspection report. In the 2021 inspection of BDO USA, LLP, the PCAOB assessed the firm’s compliance with laws, rules, and professional standards applicable to the audits of public companies. For each issuer audit selected, we reviewed a portion of the audit.

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audit Real Estate financial statements auditor 98

CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) introduced on Wednesday a new series of staff guidance, “Audit Focus,” that is intended to provide easy-to-digest information to auditors, especially those who audit smaller public companies, with critical audit matters (CAMs) as the first topic.

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auditor audit financial statements accounted 81

Going Concern

AUGUST 17, 2023

LLP, its CEO Nigel Bostock, and senior auditor Matthew Stallabrass for the firm’s deficient audit of music streaming company Akazoo Limited. issued a clean audit report of Akazoo’s 2018 financial statements. The order finds that, by violating PCAOB standards in connection with the 2018 Akazoo audit, Crowe U.K.,

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audit auditor financial statements accounted 98

ThomsonReuters

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Jump to: How AI is transforming audit AI-Assisted Decision Making in Thomson Reuters Cloud Audit Suite Ready to transform audit? How AI is transforming audit Traditionally, auditors have heavily relied on manual processes to uncover risk in financial statements and business operations.

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audit auditor financial statements Technology 98

Going Concern

JULY 23, 2024

Be aware, audit firms. Exactly what they said was: The PCAOB’s standard-setting agenda includes a research project to assess whether there is a need for guidance, changes to PCAOB standards, or other regulatory actions in light of the increased use of technology-based tools in the preparation and subsequent audit of financial statements.

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audit financial statements accounting standards Legal 118

CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Accounting automation platform Trullion announced its Audit Suite, a cloud-based solution designed for auditors to leverage artificial intelligence to enhance accuracy and reduce human error in audits. Our Audit Suite is designed to meet these demands and put audit teams in the driver’s seat so they can see results fast.”

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audit auditor accounts payable financial statements 81

Going Concern

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Of the 52 audits reviewed by inspectors during that inspection cycle, only one mistake was found —related to the firm’s testing of controls over and substantive testing of revenue and related accounts and inventory—for a deficiency rate of 1.9%. A includes discussion of deficiencies identified by the PCAOB in its inspection of issuer audits.

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audit financial statements accounted Account 98

Going Concern

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The saga of KPMG and collapsed client Carillion has finally come to a close with an announcement today that the Financial Reporting Council is hitting the firm with a £26.5 KPMG Audit Plc was also hit with a fine — £3.5 million — as were the two audit partners in charge of the Carillion work for years 2013-2018.

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audit auditor Hospitality accounting standards 102

Going Concern

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Lara Abrash, and other Deloitte audit folks happy (bold part added by us for emphasis): In the 2021 inspection of Deloitte & Touche LLP, the PCAOB assessed the firm’s compliance with laws, rules, and professional standards applicable to the audits of public companies. Lara Abrash, and other Deloitte audit folks happy.

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audit financial statements accounted Account 135

Going Concern

MARCH 8, 2024

Audit SEC Settlement Against Auditing Firm Serves as Reminder of Important Independence Rules [ JD Supra ] On February 29, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) announced that it settled an administrative proceeding against Lordstown Motors Corps’ former auditor, Clark Schaefer Hackett and Co.

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