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If You’re Looking For Career Options, Give Government Auditing a Look

Going Concern

note: This post brought to you by the Big Government Auditing lobby. Just kidding, it’s a guest post from Parker Skaats, CPA, an experienced government worker who’s here to pitch the joys of government work to the unwashed overworked masses. Enter the world of government auditing.

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KPMG U.S. CEO to Chair Center for Audit Quality’s Governing Board

CPA Practice

The next chair of the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) Governing Board is Paul Knopp, U.S. as CAQ Governing Board chair. The Governing Board oversees the CAQ’s strategic agenda and activities. CEO of Big Four firm KPMG, who was elected to the position on April 1. Ryan is retiring from PwC on June 30.

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There Are Only Two Firms in Wyoming That Can Do Government Audits and One Can’t Do Its Job Because of Staff Shortages

Going Concern

Hey remember the Bloomberg story last March about how staff shortages at audit firms were causing municipal credit ratings to tank ? Said the Sheridan Press today : The city of Sheridan and Sheridan County’s FY2023 audits will come in after the state-mandated deadline. The late audit was due on the 31st of December.

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Worried About an IRS Audit? Prepare in Advance

RogerRossmeisl

IRS audit rates are historically low, according to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, but that’s little consolation if your return is among those selected to be examined. From tax years 2010 to 2019, audit rates of individual tax returns decreased for all income levels, according to the GAO.

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Navigating DCAA Compliance for Government Contractors

AccountingDepartment

For a business, becoming a government contractor can open doors to a sea of lucrative opportunities – but these waters run deep with regulations, especially those set by the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA). A critical cog in the machinery that is the U.S.

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Survey Finds the Audit Profession is Growing

CPA Practice

The results of The 2024 North American Pulse of Internal Audit Survey , from the Internal Audit Foundation, finds a growing profession, with Chief Audit Executives (CAEs) more than twice as likely to have increased staff (26%) than to have decreased staff (9%). These results point to a dynamic and evolving profession.”

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PwC UK Fined £7.5 Million For Faking Evidence and Other Such Terrible Auditing of a Government Contractor

Going Concern

Babcock conducts most of its business with the government, particularly the Ministry of Defence (don’t @ us, that’s how they spell it across the pond). For example, there was no evidence that the audit team had, whether in FY2018 or before, obtained and read a 30-year Public Private Partnership contract with FY2018 revenue of c.£77m

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