Auditing

October 24, 2016 

Susan Coffey, CPA, CGMA Executive Vice President – Public PracticeAmerican Institute of Certified Public Accountantswww.aicpa.org   Q&A: What advice would you give to female college students about the opportunities for women in the accounting profession? There has never been a better time to be female in our profession.  The opportunities are endless, whether you want...…

October 23, 2016 

As part of the agreement, the 2017 Wiley Advantage Audit series will only be available digitally and distributed solely through the AuditFile platform. Wiley Advantage Audit is an easy to use, risk-based audit planning aid and audit program series, ...

October 13, 2016 

Discover Audit is a CAQ initiative aimed at introducing the exciting and dynamic world of public company auditing to the next generation. The CAQ launched the website ahead of the second annual #AuditorProud day, a worldwide social media campaign ...

October 12, 2016 

Audit committees should be aggressively assessing corporate culture to detect and deter unethical behavior in their organizations, according to a new paper released by the Internal Audit Foundation and PwC US.

October 12, 2016 

According to a new survey by BDO USA, LLP, one of the nation’s leading accounting and consulting organizations, three-quarters (74%) of public company board members are in favor of placing limits on the total number of boards on which a director may serve and they generally favor more stringent limitations than those supported by proxy...…

October 12, 2016 

The MACPA’s annual Women to Watch awards highlight the accomplishments of Maryland women in the CPA profession and demonstrate to emerging female leaders that success is not out of reach. The awards, initially created by the American Institute of ...

October 6, 2016 

The Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) has published two new member alerts that can help public company auditing firms address potential risks in a proactive and accelerated manner.

October 4, 2016 

The award is bestowed on an individual “who has demonstrated unique service to the accounting profession.” With more than 40 years of accounting experience, Mr. Baron is a widely respected leader and technology advocate.

October 4, 2016 

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.

October 4, 2016 

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 ...

September 29, 2016 

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).

September 27, 2016 

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 ...