Auditing

September 23, 2019 

Steven Bong CEO & Co-FounderAuditFile, Inc.Walnut Creek, CAwww.auditfile.com Career Highlights: In 2011, my brother and I decided to start a company in our parents’ dining room while we were both still in the college. That small startup idea became AuditFile, the first and only commercially available, cloud-based auditing solution for CPAs and internal auditors.  Our...…

September 23, 2019 

Kevin Bong COO & Co-FounderAuditFile, Inc.Walnut Creek, CAwww.auditfile.com Career Highlights: Kevin is a co-founder of AuditFile, where he works closely with Steven Bong to execute the Company’s vision for designing a simple-to-use, sophisticated cloud-based audit automation solution that empowers firms to prepare for the future of auditing. Kevin draws on his dual degree in accounting...…

September 23, 2019 

Cathy Iconis, CPA CEOIconis Group/QBOchatAtlanta, GAwww.qbochat.com Career Highlights: After gaining experience as a forensic accountant, auditor, and staff accountant, I started my own virtual bookkeeping practice. I have been in practice for over 10 years. I quickly became an expert in QuickBooks Online and being a fan of the software before it was even cool. Then,...…

September 23, 2019 

Rebekah Brown, CPA Director of Development Maryland Association of CPAs and The Business Learning Institute Towson, Maryland macpa.org / blionline.org Career Highlights: Three years in public accounting before leaving to work on behalf of CPA profession at MACPA/BLI Seven years at MACPA/BLI, moving from Learning Consultant, to Membership Manager and now Director of Development MACPA...…

September 23, 2019 

Has the much-debated regulation, PCAOB 3211, enhanced the quality of corporate financial reporting? As the dust of controversy begins to settle, some new research raises doubts.

September 18, 2019 

The percentage of US retail investors expressing confidence that public company auditors are effective in their investor protection roles has climbed to 83%, according to the 2019 Main Street Investor Survey. The annual Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) ...

September 17, 2019 

A roundup of news briefs relating to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

September 17, 2019 

More than half of responding executives at privately held organizations with 100 or more real estate and/or equipment leases in their portfolios describe lease accounting implementation as “difficult.”

September 16, 2019 

The intent of this Practice Aid is to summarize key provisions of FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 326, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses and to address key considerations in auditing the allowance for credit losses related to loans ...

September 16, 2019 

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the 2019 TeamMate User Forum will be held at the Gaylord Rockies Resort in the US and will focus on intuitive & innovative approaches that internal audit professionals need to thrive in a world of change.

September 16, 2019 

The program helps students pay for college and provides opportunities to succeed in the profession and to be even more appealing to future employers. Funded by the AICPA, the AICPA Foundation, and partners, the Legacy Scholars program consists of five ...

September 16, 2019 

The William (Bill) Ezzell Scholarship program provides a one-time award of $10,000 to five outstanding accounting Ph.D. candidates who demonstrate significant potential to become mentors for the next generation of CPAs. The scholarship honors the late ...