We all enjoy citing government sources for guidance on an effective ethics and compliance program. Whether it is the United States Sentencing Guidelines, the Justice Department’s and SEC’s FCPA ...

Most companies, big and small, are subject to an audit at some point. Auditors can focus on one or more areas, such as your financial statements, compliance, tax information or business operations.

The primary objective of an audit of the books is to validate the financial information management provides. Employees, owners and potential investors rest easier knowing that accounting professionals ...

The coronavirus pandemic has raised a number of questions about how to properly audit financial statements when internal controls have changed due to dramatic changes in an entity’s business volume ...

The Center for Audit Quality issued a new report Tuesday describing some of the feedback it has received on the audit quality indicators it has been pilot testing with auditors and audit committees.

The widespread use of information technology (IT) can introduce various risks that affect financial reporting and the audit process. To assist auditors in identifying and addressing these risks, the ...

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has proposed a set of significant changes in the requirements for auditing firms' quality control systems, in a major update from the earlier standards in ...

NFRAs inspection found gaps in audit documentation, revenue testing, and risk assessment practices, stressing the need for ...

Information security audits are on the rise, as organizations look to not only bolster their security postures, but demonstrate their efforts to other parties such as regulators. Audits, which are ...