May 3, 2016
The online clearinghouse was developed jointly by CPA.com and Confirmation.com, a company that offers a market-leading solution for electronic audit confirmations and is well known in both the accounting profession and the banking industry.
April 6, 2016
Pop star Iggy Azalea has not been getting a lot of good news in the audit area lately. Not only did her Twitter Audit score land at 93 percent – meaning that only 7 percent of her followers are actually real people – but the IRS determined that she owes n
February 26, 2016
The year started off with a bang as we cruised the aisles at the annual consumer electronics show in Las Vegas with 170,000 other technology adventurists. CES is the largest consumer electronics show in the world where the latest gadgets are launched ...
January 25, 2016
The rapid growth of data housed in the cloud, combined with highly publicized security breaches at major retailers, government agencies, and other vendors, has increased awareness of the importance of data controls.
January 12, 2016
It's no surprise that the pace of technological change has clearly increased dramatically, and recent developments impact nearly every aspect of the way we live our lives. Given the broad scope, maybe I shouldn’t be surprised at how pronounced the ...
January 12, 2016
Audits don’t have to be priced on a fixed basis. You can quote a fee range and state conditions that will result in additional fees such as extra work requested by client, client doesn’t deliver data and documents as requested and unforeseen ...
December 15, 2015
There is one tax saving approach we can always assist our clients with, and that is educating them about tax penalties. What follows is a list of the most punitive tax penalties along with simple tips on making sure your clients are never ...
November 22, 2015
TIGTA found that the IRS has taken a number of actions to help to ensure tax compliance of high-income taxpayers. The IRS adopted a High-Income and High-Wealth strategy to audit more tax returns related to these individuals. The resulting audit ...
November 16, 2015
The AICPA-CIMA Competency and Learning website, a joint project of the AICPA and CIMA, initially launched earlier this year as a tool for Chartered Global Management Accountant® (CGMA®) designation holders to expand their skills and build rewarding ...
November 12, 2015
This new product provides practitioners with all of the practice aids they need to perform their international audits effectively and confidently. Since these tools work with PPC’s SMART Practice Aids Audit Suite, the new solution is easily integrated int
October 28, 2015
These resources were developed in major part to prepare professionals who advise clients in complying with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) BEPS Action Plans, which are set to begin in 2016. The BEPS solutions, which ...
October 27, 2015
Supported by an intuitive foundation of Knowledge-Based Audit (KBA) Methodology, the integrated audit approach focuses on auditor judgment to drive the overall audit process — not older, pre-defined checklist methods. KBA methodology improves risk-based a