An audit is an inspection of a company's accounting records, usually done by an independent certified public accountant. Audits are performed in an effort to determine whether a business is ...

Auditing is not restricted to financial institutions and quality systems. Any organization or process can be audited to determine adherence to processes and procedures. An audit of staffing procedures ...

New research performed with the help of the AICPA’s Assurance Research Advisory Group has provided new insights on ways to improve quality in group audits. The research shows that when key planning ...

Editor’s note: The author is technical director of the AICPA Center for Plain English Accounting. Addressing audit risk in financial statements with high levels of substantive procedures toward the ...

Just as Sarbanes-Oxley compliance reshaped corporate governance for public companies, QC 1000 is designed to ensure that ...

Institutions with federal research dollars, particularly from the National Science Foundation (NSF), know they may be subject to an audit by the funding agency’s Office of Inspector General (OIG). NSF ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting today announced that CohnReznick, a top U.S. accounting and advisory firm, has selected its Integrated Audit Approach to deliver more ...

With the fifth annual #AuditorProud Day upon us, one thing is clear: the pace of change within the accounting and auditing profession is growing exponentially, with an increased demand on the ...

Our auditor training course is the only externally approved integrated management systems auditing class based on both ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001/ISO 45001. It is suitable for external accreditation of ...

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