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Crunching the Numbers: Decoding the Right Time for a Financial Statement Audit

Shay CPA

” However, when it comes to financial statement audits, the timing isn’t quite as forgiving as planting trees. Understanding the dynamics of your financial health is crucial for early-stage tech companies. One such decision is when to conduct a financial statement audit.

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How to Effectively Audit Accounts Payable

MineralTree

Accounts payable is a foundational function that ensures organizations maintain accurate invoices, payments, and vendor relationships, while making bill payments on time. However, amidst today’s rapid and intricate business transactions, particularly in high volumes, managing accounts payable processes can pose significant challenges.

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The Pivotal Role of Audit Professionals in AI Integration

CPA Practice

Amid technological advancements, the audit professional’s role, characterized by a deep attention to detail, compliance and risk management, is proving to be vital well outside the traditional confines of finance. Auditors’ proficiency in validating data ensures the reliability and accuracy of financial information.

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What’s Hot on Checkpoint for Accounting, Audit, and Corporate Finance Professionals?

ThomsonReuters

The weekly ESG Toolkit article published in Accounting & Compliance Alert (ACA) rounds up environmental, social and governance (ESG)-related Checkpoint updates across practice areas. SEC Accounting and Reporting Update (SARU): No. Want more clarity around how to account for revenue-generating contracts in business combinations?

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How to tackle your first external audit, before it tackles you.

Airbase

Kelly Hicks and Robin Sharma share advice after Airbase successfully completes its first external audit. Few milestones in a company’s lifecycle demand a more focused response from finance and accounting than the first external audit. When is the right time for a company’s first audit?

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Capping Busy Season Hours FTW; Open the Books on Audit Firms? | 4.15.24

Going Concern

In response, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has drafted a rule that the accounting firms can have public trust or private financials—but they can’t have both. Public accounting firms operate in a unique space in our society. Regulations need to change to match. But what about the books of the auditor?

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PwC Greece and Partner Get Punished For Running Out of F*cks to Give About This Awful Audit

Going Concern

The PCAOB today announced settled disciplinary orders sanctioning Greece-based PricewaterhouseCoopers Auditing Company SA (PwC Greece) and its partner Nicos George Komodromos for violations of PCAOB rules and standards in connection with the audit of the 2016 financial statements of Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc.

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