Auditing April 6, 2026
AI is Co-Writing End-of-Month Financial Reporting. Here’s What that Means for Auditors
In many organizations, AI is becoming embedded in core accounting workflows during the end-of-month process.
February 14, 2017
Report Helps Auditors Innovate and Transform Their Audit Services
Thomson Reuters has released a special report, Four Keys to the Future of Audit, which addresses the most pressing challenges facing the audit profession by grouping these issues into four main categories: quality, innovation, talent and relevance.
February 14, 2017
AICPA President Discusses Trade, Taxation, and Trump
The AICPA leader discussed potential change in the form of workplace demographics (four generations in the workforce simultaneously!), cybersecurity (yes, companies should expect to be audited for their compliance in this area), and blockchain ...
February 10, 2017
System Uses Artificial Intelligence to Find Accounting Errors
A new web-based system called Crush Errors is helping accounting professionals find errors and discrepancies in bank statements, invoices and other financial documents within seconds. And new features add artificial intelligence capabilities.
February 7, 2017
AICPA Recognizes Assurance-Related Research
The American Institute of CPAs’ Assurance Research Advisory Group (ARAG) has announced two awards for funding and/or access to accounting firm personnel for research that addresses assurance topics of interest to the CPA profession.
February 6, 2017
Rivio Clearinghouse
RIVIO, a service of CPA.com in partnership with Confirmation.com, is an online financial document clearinghouse that enables private businesses to exchange key financial information with their investors and lenders as well as retrieve information from their CPA firm, ensuring data is submitted from an authenticated source. CPA.com and Confirmation.com are defining the new standard in...…
February 1, 2017
New TeamMate+ System Streamlines Internal Audits
TeamMate+ technology and features are based on feedback from a user base of more than 100,000 auditors worldwide and are designed to meet the challenges auditors face today and in the future. Rich in functionality, TeamMate+ seamlessly consolidates ...
January 27, 2017
Survey: Month-End Bookkeeping Processes Are No Fun
Month-end bookkeeping and business management processes are labor-intensive, prone to error, create stress in staff, and can even hurt personal relationships, according to a new survey from FloQast, Inc.
January 27, 2017
Board Proposes New Code of Ethics for Accountants
The outcome of the first phase is a new structure and drafting convention, as well as a major restructured portion of the Code. The IESBA’s overall restructuring efforts are intended to result in a Code that is more understandable and easier to use ...
January 24, 2017
iManage Releases Security Policy Manager and Threat Manager
Tight integration between iManage Security Policy Manager and iManage Work means that security changes can be applied automatically without the system stress and performance lag that competitive products cause on creation of a new policy, as ...
January 17, 2017
AICPA Issues New Revenue Recognition Guide
With companies and not-for-profit entities facing a top-to-bottom review of their revenue recognition because of a looming accounting standard, the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has issued the first online edition of an Audit & Accounting Guide ...
January 16, 2017
Clarity on Switch from SSAE 16 to SSAE 18
The switch from SSAE 16 to SSAE 18 will have an impact on companies who currently perform the SSAE 16 audit, but will have an even greater impact on those companies who are considered third party vendors to other businesses, and currently do not ...
January 16, 2017
FASB to Host Roundtable Meetings on Disclosure Framework
The purpose of the roundtable meetings is to obtain feedback on whether the proposed FASB Concepts Statement, Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting—Chapter 8: Notes to Financial Statements (Chapter 8) , is useful in identifying relevant ...