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If You’re Looking For Career Options, Give Government Auditing a Look

Going Concern

note: This post brought to you by the Big Government Auditing lobby. Just kidding, it’s a guest post from Parker Skaats, CPA, an experienced government worker who’s here to pitch the joys of government work to the unwashed overworked masses. Enter the world of government auditing.

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There Are Only Two Firms in Wyoming That Can Do Government Audits and One Can’t Do Its Job Because of Staff Shortages

Going Concern

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 Refresher: Municipalities across the US are at risk of having their credit ratings downgraded or withdrawn by S&P Global Ratings because staffing shortages have delayed financial disclosure documents.

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PwC UK Fined £7.5 Million For Faking Evidence and Other Such Terrible Auditing of a Government Contractor

Going Concern

The Financial Reporting Council has fined PwC £7.5 Babcock conducts most of its business with the government, particularly the Ministry of Defence (don’t @ us, that’s how they spell it across the pond). The FRC’s investigation into PwC’s work on the FY2019 and FY2020 Babcock audits is ongoing. million ($8.9

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Audit automation: Exploring the benefits of Checkpoint Engage Single Audit

ThomsonReuters

When it comes to Single Audits of local governments, nonprofits, school districts, and HUD engagements, auditors must navigate through a complex set of rules that are constantly changing. These challenges compound quickly as the volume of audits increases. However, there is an answer: audit automation.

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What is Required Audit Communication?

Withum

Whatever the case may be, you may need an audit of your financial statements. If you have been tasked to communicate with the auditors, you are aware of the many emails, phone calls, and documents that flow back and forth from the beginning to the end of the audit. Who are those charged with governance?

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PCAOB Proposal Would Require Audit Firms to Disclose a Variety of Metrics

CPA Practice

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) issued a pair of proposals on April 9, one of which would require audit firms to publicly disclose several metrics —including the involvement of partners and managers on an audit, auditor workload, and auditor turnover—on a new form that would be accessible to investors.

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BDO USA Botched More Than Half of Its Audits Inspected By the PCAOB In 2021

Going Concern

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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