Auditing

May 6, 2020 

Effective change management can help organizations pivot quickly, decisively, and effectively, even when—perhaps especially when—unforeseen circumstances strike. And while each business is unique, there’s no need to reinvent the wheel.

Erin Shannon

May 3, 2020 

Proposed ISA 600 (Revised) deals with special considerations for audits of group financial statements (group audits). Group audits are often more complex and challenging than single-entity audits because a group may have many entities or ...

April 30, 2020 

A new survey shows that nearly three-quarters of respondents (73%) plan to merge or partner their solutions with other providers to offer increased service breadth over the next two years, and it further reveals concerns about the hidden complexity of ...

April 28, 2020 

The Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (VSCPA) has announced the winners of the 2020 VSCPA Distinguished CPA Awards. Each year, VSCPA members nominate CPAs in four award categories recognizing professional and personal accomplishments as ...

April 28, 2020 

The program, first launched in 2009, will recruit up to 40 practicing CPAs who have shown interest and potential in being college professors to attend an all-expenses-paid conference to learn what it takes to earn a PhD in accounting and to teach and ...

April 28, 2020 

Celonis Operational Applications combine Celonis’ market-leading process mining engine with business context, AI, and automation to sense friction in processes and take intelligent action to optimize business operations for the desired outcome.

April 28, 2020 

The core conference taking place online from July 20–24. The event, designed for accounting and finance professionals, is sponsored by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

April 27, 2020 

Although digital advances continue to influence how audits are conducted and how evidence is gathered, as well as aspects of the reporting process, for many firms the crisis is creating a systemic shock to normal client engagement activities.

April 27, 2020 

The series will focus on a variety of issues, from corporate planning in an evolving accounting ecosystem to diversity within the profession. Leaders from both Thomson Reuters and PrimeGlobal will participate in a series of virtual events highlighting ...

April 20, 2020 

The effective dates of the SASs were for audits of private company financial statements for periods ending on or after December 15, 2020. The deferral means that effective dates now apply for periods ending on or after December 15, 2021.

April 20, 2020 

The Elijah Watt Sells Award program was established by the AICPA in 1923 to recognize outstanding performance on the CPA Exam. Sells, one of the first CPAs in the U.S., was active in the establishment of the AICPA and played a key role advancing ...

April 16, 2020 

Since so many of us are now working from home, we thought it would be appropriate to survey members of the CPA Practice Advisor community to find out what apps they are using to make working from home more effective.