Auditing

September 23, 2019 

Richard L. Ward, CPA/PFS, CFP® CPA Financial Planner Capital Configuration, LLC Pittsburgh, PA www.capitalconfiguration.com Career Highlights: First in family to graduate from college/university New hire (1 of 100 out of 1,000) selected to attend KPMG 2008 Global Audit Training in Athens, Greece. July 2014 started my own practice – Capital Configuration, LLC 2014 Five Star...…

September 23, 2019 

Marjorie Adams CEO, FourlaneAustin, TXwww.fourlane.com Career Highlights: Top QSP since 2010 Writer of the QBES certification for Intuit Over 40 employees in 10+ states Accounting Today top Technology firm 2019 First employees still work for Fourlane 8 years later. What are you doing to make a difference in the profession, your community, the world? We...…

September 23, 2019 

Steven J. Baum, CPA Principal, Friedman LLP Hoboken, NJ https://www.friedmanllp.com  Career Highlights: Steve Baum, a Principal at Friedman LLP, is the embodiment of a “game-changer.” He is a leader in the firm’s Public and Private Companies Assurance group, where he specializes in digital currency and blockchain technology auditing.  Steve works at the intersection of business...…

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 ...