Auditing

How to keep the honest majority honest in the face of temptations to be unethical? New research in the scholarly journal Behavioral Research in Accounting tests a simple, trusting approach and finds it yields promising results.

Another key finding is the growing focus on emerging risks. Already 55% of TeamMate's 2016 survey respondents report having a formal process to identify, assess and report on emerging risks, and 44% provide their audit committees with a regular report ...

Investors display healthy levels of confidence in public company auditors (81 percent), independent audit committees (77 percent), audited financial statements (75 percent), and financial advisors (75 percent).

The development of a common set of criteria will pave the way for the introduction of a new engagement that CPAs can use to assist boards of directors, senior management, and other pertinent stakeholders as they evaluate the effectiveness of an ...

The awards ceremony takes place on November 17 at the Omni Nashville Hotel to honor top companies and entrepreneurs in 12 categories, including technology and healthcare innovation.

The generation that we Baby Boomers raised to be inclusive, to not look the other way but to instead embrace differences, to help and support perceived weaknesses in others while recognizing and applauding strengths not as accomplishments that make us ...

The accounting technology company Validis has released a new system for managing working papers specific to nonprofit audits. The working papers are configured to reflect the additional granularity required for nonprofit clients and include the ...

Samantha Mansfield Director of Corporate Communications CPA.com Dexter, MI   Q&A: Aside from the accounting websites, which blog/website do you consider a must-read? I do a lot of my reading on my phone, and Twitter is a must read source for me. Twitter offers me a chance to quickly review a number of sources I […]