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Financial Audit Preparation Steps: Expert Tips for An External Audit Process 

Withum

Preparing for an audit is a critical step for businesses navigating regulatory compliance, pursuing mergers and acquisitions or completing significant business transactions. Understanding the financial statement audit process and planning ahead can save time, reduce stress and ensure accurate results.

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EY Gets Caught Up in Independence Violations Because Audit Partner Rotation Is For Chumps

Going Concern

Gigantic UK-based energy company Shell announced yesterday it will be updating its 2023 and 2024 Form 20-Fs “due to EY non-compliance with audit partner rotation rules” after EY UK told them they’d discovered a small audit partner rotation issue for those years.

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Layoff Watch ’24: KPMG Shrinks Audit By a Few Hundred People

Going Concern

You’ve likely heard of people in audit getting disappeared from KPMG in recent days, we certainly have. WSJ reports today that KPMG is laying off a few hundred people in audit “as it works to make up for lower levels of voluntary turnover.” ” Meaning attrition is still too low. What shortage?

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PCAOB Gives Chinese Audit Firm the Boot Over Rules Violations

CPA Practice

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) revoked the registration of a Chinese audit firm on Nov. auditing rules and for failing to cooperate with an investigation into those violations. 8 for repeated violations of U.S.

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Say ‘Goodbye’ to Clunky Spreadsheets and Say ‘Hello’ to Month-End Automation

Technology is rapidly changing the way accountants perform and manage month-end activities. ART users have enjoyed: Reduced reconciliations by 10 to 40% Faster close processes Less time wasted during audits Real-time close status updates Ready to take control of your month-end close?

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4 things tax and audit professionals to know about agentic AI

ThomsonReuters

Blog home As artificial intelligence continues to rapidly evolve , a new concept is emerging that tax and accounting professionals need to be aware of: agentic AI. For tax and accounting firms, agentic AI has the potential to dramatically transform workflows, client services, and the nature of professional work itself.

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PCAOB Says Audit Firm Culture is Tied to Audit Quality

CPA Practice

Staff report Audit firms have room to improve when it comes to creating cultures of accountability that promote audit quality, according to a new staff Spotlight report from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). audit firms. audit firms. The report, released on Dec.

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Avoiding Lease Accounting Pitfalls in 2025: Lessons Learned from Spreadsheet Errors

Speaker: Abdi Ali, Sr. Lease Accounting Consultant

Join this insightful webinar with industry expert Abdi Ali, who will discuss the challenges that can arise from managing lease accounting with spreadsheets! He will share real-world examples of errors, compliance issues, and risks that may be present within your spreadsheets.

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Virtual Cards — Everything You Need to Know

Speaker: Eoin Hession, Controller at Recharge

If you’ve never had the pleasure of creating a virtual card nor enjoyed the benefits of their approval workflows, automatic syncing to the GL, and continuous audit trail, join us to get up to speed on this increasingly mainstream payment innovation. How does it fit into your accounts payable system?

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The CPA Firm Growth Strategy: From Compliance to Consulting

Speaker: Rita Keller - President of Keller Advisors, LLC

You've worked diligently and have built a glowing reputation grounded in your excellent skills in tax, accounting, and auditing. You're known as the “go-to” person when a client is faced with tax and financial decisions. You have a very successful firm -- but that’s not enough.