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.

In most cases, auditors simply cannot look at every transaction that makes up a company's financial statements. As such, technical audit procedures are designed to ensure that the auditor can express ...

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 ...

STATEMENT ON AUDITING STANDARDS (SAS) no. 96, Audit Documentation, marks the first big change in the requirements auditors must observe when documenting their audit work. It provides general guidance ...

Internal and external audit systems provide companies with a method for testing internal controls, a process that can help detect or prevent fraud while making sure the company stays compliant, stops ...

As of late December, the Public Company Accoun- ting Oversight Board had published on its Web site the results of some 173 inspections of audit firms.The purpose of this article is to attempt to ...

HARRISBURG – State lawmakers are setting new milestones for tardiness in approving a fiscal audit, thereby raising questions about their ability to account for their own spending. The Legislative ...

Robotics process automation (RPA) has become an efficient way to automate labor-intensive and repetitive tasks across a variety of business functions, including finance and accounting, legal, HR, ...

Annual Audit Plan – An annual audit plan is developed by the Director of Internal Audit based on a university-wide assessment of risk and where Internal Audit can make the greatest impact. Input from ...