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October 4, 2016 

How Self-Certification Fosters Employee Honesty

How to keep the honest majority honest in the face of temptations to be unethical? New research in the scholarly journal Behavioral Research in Accounting tests a simple, trusting approach and finds it yields promising results.

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October 4, 2016 

Audit Pros Focus on Emerging Risks, Strategy

Another key finding is the growing focus on emerging risks. Already 55% of TeamMate's 2016 survey respondents report having a formal process to identify, assess and report on emerging risks, and 44% provide their audit committees with a regular report ...

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September 29, 2016 

Most Americans Confident In Stock Markets

Investors display healthy levels of confidence in public company auditors (81 percent), independent audit committees (77 percent), audited financial statements (75 percent), and financial advisors (75 percent).

 AICPA Proposes Cybersecurity Risk Management Criteria

September 27, 2016 

AICPA Proposes Cybersecurity Risk Management Criteria

The development of a common set of criteria will pave the way for the introduction of a new engagement that CPAs can use to assist boards of directors, senior management, and other pertinent stakeholders as they evaluate the effectiveness of an ...

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September 20, 2016 

New System Streamlines Working Papers for Nonprofits

The accounting technology company Validis has released a new system for managing working papers specific to nonprofit audits. The working papers are configured to reflect the additional granularity required for nonprofit clients and include the ...

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September 19, 2016 

Samantha Mansfield – 2016 20 Under 40 Superstars Honoree

Samantha Mansfield Director of Corporate Communications CPA.com Dexter, MI   Q&A: Aside from the accounting websites, which blog/website do you consider a must-read? I do a lot of my reading on my phone, and Twitter is a must read source for me. Twitter offers me a chance to quickly review a number of sources I...…

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September 19, 2016 

Cory Bennett, CPA – 2016 40 Under 40 Honoree

Cory Bennett, CPA PartnerBennett ThrasherAtlanta, GAwww.btcpa.net   Q&A: Aside from the accounting websites, which blog / website do you consider a must-read? In addition to The Wall Street Journal online, I look daily at the M&A blog Fortune Term Sheet (http://fortune.com/tag/term-sheet/), which covers relevant and recent activity and helps me understand what’s going on in...…