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Kill the Audit Industry, Says Ex-Auditor

Going Concern

In the WaPo opinion pages yesterday one Duncan Mavin, who got his start in the 90s, says the best way to solve the audit industry’s many conflicts is to kill it altogether. He starts the piece summoning the ghost of Enron, as all writers do when discussing what happens when audit goes wrong. billion in global revenue.

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FTB Audit Representation by California State Taxing Authority

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In case you were not aware of what the FTB is, it is the California board that is responsible for collecting all of the personal income tax and business franchise taxes that are assessed every year for people and companies in California. The board uses several methods to collect owed taxes.

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Common Accounting Mistakes: Government Edition - Issue #12 R&D

SMBAccountant

These programs are offered by the government to encourage innovation with the potential for commercialization. These programs often result in technology or products that begin with government use and then become commercial items. More information regarding these programs can be found at sbir.gov/about.

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Thomson Reuters Introduces Checkpoint Engage Single Audit for U.S. Auditors

CPA Practice

Thomson Reuters has announced the release of Checkpoint Engage Single Audit, the only web-based application that automates the entire single audit process. accounting firms perform approximately 40,000 single audits for clients who receive federal grants. To learn more, visit Checkpoint Engage Single Audit.

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Audit automation: Exploring the benefits of Checkpoint Engage Single Audit

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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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Once Leaders in the Cannabis Space, Canuck KPMG Decides to Ditch All Its Weed Clients

Going Concern

It’s been almost six years since the Canadian government legalized recreational cannabis and ever since, a microcosm of financial reporting and auditing has been growing (no pun) beside it. Note that many companies switched auditors so not all fees listed went to the current auditor.) billion Canadian dollar ($3.7

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: ‘Auditors Are Not Lawyers’; Big 4 Break Up? | 7.31.23

Going Concern

Currently KPMG, Deloitte and EY provide both consulting and audit to both the public and private sector. Originally they were just audit firms,” he said. Then the audit firms decided to create this problem by going off and doing their own consulting and the whole thing’s got out of hand.”

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