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Five Documents You Need If You’re Changing 401(k) Auditors

LSLCPAs

Don’t wait until the last minute to get these five documents if you’re changing 401(k) auditors. The post Five Documents You Need If You’re Changing 401(k) Auditors appeared first on LSL CPAs. Accountants really do like to make people’s lives easier.

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Deloitte Auditors Got Caught Changing Their Computer Clocks to Backdate Workpapers

Going Concern

The press release says: A number of Deloitte auditors in Ontario changed the date and time settings on their computer clocks to manually override controls in Deloitte’s audit software and backdate audit working paper signoffs between November 2016 and May 2018. CPA Ontario announced yesterday Deloitte will be paying $1.59 million ($1.15

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The Technology Lab Podcast – Review of TeamMate Document Linker – Dec. 2023

CPA Practice

Technologists Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley, CPA, discuss TeamMate Document Linker for External Audit, a solution from Wolters Kluwer designed for CPAs, saving junior auditors time, strengthening audit quality, and improving auditor satisfaction. The team mate document linker for external audit.

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How Auditors Are Seizing the Day with Artificial Intelligence

CPA Practice

Auditors, like so many others today, are seizing the opportunity to transform how they work by adopting artificial intelligence. These findings make it critical for those of us in the audit profession to help the next generation understand the vision and opportunities that await those who choose this career path as auditors embrace AI.

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Auditor evaluation deficiencies are more frequent than you think: How to ensure an accurate data review

ThomsonReuters

Auditors rely on data review to ensure the reliability and integrity of financial statements. Auditors must ensure that financial statements are free from material misstatements and that all relevant information is included. It helps auditors identify errors, irregularities, and potential fraud.

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Carillion Liquidators Roast KPMG: “A Competent Auditor Would Have Detected the Misstatements”

Going Concern

Qualified opinions indicate that auditors have found issues in a company’s financials. Carillion says the value of two contracts alone in the year ended in 2016 was misstated by nearly £352 million and that had KPMG acted as a reasonably competent auditor, it would have detected the misstatements.

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The PCAOB Did Not Appreciate Being Left Out of a Foreign Audit Firm’s Use of Foreign Auditors

Going Concern

Expect more of these fines to come, the PCAOB made use of other auditors one of its many nitpicking pet issues last year. See: Planning and Supervision of Audits Involving Other Auditors and Dividing Responsibility for the Audit with Another Accounting Firm , PCAOB Release No.

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