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The Pivotal Role of Audit Professionals in AI Integration

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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. By Nate Varel.

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TaxDome Completes SOC 2 Type I Audit Examination

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TaxDome , a provider of integrated software solutions for tax professionals and accountants, has completed a System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type I attestation for Security. This achievement underscores their unwavering commitment to maintaining the highest levels of data security and safeguarding client information.

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The Audit Profession’s Inability to Retain Talent Poses a Serious Threat to Audit Quality

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Those employers with a history of mismanaging their human capital , like the largest audit firms, are being hit the hardest. To stem the exodus of audit professionals , a udit firms are paying higher salaries to attract and retain the same level of relatively inexperienced professionals. Of course, this means audit fees are going up.

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PCAOB’s First-Ever Inspections of Audit Firms Based in China Revealed a Lot of Bad Auditing

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The head of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) said today that its inspectors found significant deficiencies in the audits of U.S.-listed deficiencies in 100% (four of four) of the audit engagements reviewed at KPMG Huazhen and 75% (three of four) of the audit engagements reviewed for PwC Hong Kong.

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PCAOB Proposal Would Require Audit Firms to Disclose a Variety of Metrics

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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) issued a pair of proposals on April 9, one of which would require audit firms to publicly disclose several metrics —including the involvement of partners and managers on an audit, auditor workload, and auditor turnover—on a new form that would be accessible to investors.

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

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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.

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