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The Auditor’s Opinion

Withum

Audited financial statements are a cornerstone of the financial markets. Tonight I will conduct my second Auditing class session of this semester at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and I will be teaching what the auditor’s opinion means and what auditors do to arrive at their opinion.

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Accounting-Related Class Actions Up Nearly 10% in 2023

CPA Practice

The number of accounting-related securities class-action filings rose 9.8% from 51 in 2022 to 56 in 2023, while the total value of settlements increased 11% year over year despite a decrease in the number of cases that were resolved, according to a new study from Cornerstone Research. billion in 2022 to $1.6 billion in 2023.

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AICPA News – Sept 2023

CPA Practice

The practice aid, Accounting for and Auditing of Digital Assets , is intended to provide nonauthoritative guidance on how to account for and audit digital assets under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for nongovernmental entities and generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS), respectively.

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Friday Footnotes: Deloitte Partner Scammed By Other Deloitte Partner; Big 4 Legal Grows; A $3.5 Billion Error | 2.17.23

Going Concern

Audit Lack of Crypto Audit Regulation Raises Questions About PCAOB Authority [ Wall Street Journal ] The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is facing calls to be the regulator that brings supervision to bear on auditors of cryptocurrency companies, even as the majority of crypto businesses fall outside its jurisdiction. “It

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Form 5500 Filing Updates for Plan Administrators and Employers

Withum

Effective January 1, 2022, SAS 136 became the new audit standard for employee benefit plan audits for plan years ending after December 15, 2021. Auditor’s issuing an opinion for an ERISA 103(a)(3)(C) audit will generally now check box (1) Unmodified on Line 3a, and for Line 3b, they will check box (1) DOL Regulation 2520.103-8.

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Friday Footnotes: An Outsourcing Shortage Now Too?; Finally, Some Disruption; PwC Haters Celebrate Government Inquiry | 3.17.23

Going Concern

creating general ledgers, organizing financial statements, and handling pricing and invoicing. The Philippines is obviously one of the beneficiaries of this shift but the rise in virtual assistant bookkeepers are creating a shortage in accounting professions among medium and large firms.

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Top accounting issues in 2023

ThomsonReuters

The lease accounting standard became effective in 2019 for public companies. It is no secret that adopting the new lease accounting standard was a heavier lift than anticipated for many public companies. Solution : To measure whether a company has manipulated its financial reporting, Glendening and Shaw suggested the M-Score.

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