Remove accounting firms Remove audit Remove auditor Remove Education
article thumbnail

Wolters Kluwer’s Continuing Audit Education Adds Value

MarkFriedlich

The value of continuing audit education from the School of Audit During the first few months of each year our lives go on hold as we take care of our clients needs. As auditors, we understand that. However, if you think that your employees are too busy to care about continuing audit education, think again. […].

Education 187
article thumbnail

Audits Are a Joke and Here’s Why According to a Salty Old Industry Veteran

Going Concern

Industry OG and commentator Gene Marks has written an opinion piece for The Hill about what audits actually are that is less opinion and more brutal fact: Why you should be very skeptical of that auditor’s report. Most of the time, auditors can confidently (and legally) shrug their shoulders and say “not my job.”

audit 110
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

PCAOB Has Handed Out a Slew of Punishments to Audit Firms Recently

CPA Practice

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has not been in a jovial mood lately. Shortly after criticizing audit firms for the number of errors they made on public company audits reviewed by PCAOB inspectors last year, the audit watchdog doled out sanctions to 12 accounting firms from July 28 to Aug.

audit 98
article thumbnail

Challenges and changes within the audit industry

ThomsonReuters

Increased focus on ESG There are a number of issues and challenges around ESG that tax and accounting firms need to consider. How is the growing focus on ESG affecting the audit profession? Auditors are having to expand the scope of their work as ESG is increasingly under the scrutiny of stakeholders and investors.

audit 96
article thumbnail

Challenges and opportunities for accounting firm partners transitioning to the cloud

ThomsonReuters

Is your firm among them? In today’s dynamic and competitive business environment, owners and partners of accounting and audit firms should, at least, be considering cloud-based technology as part of their broader strategies. Those who fail to do so risk losing their competitive edge.

article thumbnail

Friday Footnotes: The PCAOB-to-Practice Pipeline and Audit Quality; Ball Extension; Tim Ryan’s Replacement | 1.12.24

Going Concern

Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default. Long Reads How Auditor Deloitte Missed A Nigerian Company’s Massive Fraud [ Forbes ] Hindenburg Research, known for sniffing out corporate scams, took aim in June at an obscure Nigeria-based outfit named Tingo Group. Tingo paid $1.6

audit 95
article thumbnail

In ongoing accounting crunch, where to go for sales tax help?

TaxConnex

For respondents, the staffing struggle also meant curtailing business growth (19.23%), more errors in sales tax calculation (17.58%), more frustration from existing staff (21.43%) and, perhaps scariest, a growing lack of confidence in being prepared for an audit (22.53%). million accountants and auditors in the U.S.

Sales 219