Auditing

May 7, 2019 

The Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) has released a new tool designed to help audit committees exercise their oversight responsibilities as companies implement a new credit losses accounting standard that begins to take effect in January 2020.

May 7, 2019 

Accounting leaders know there are few things as important as maintaining cash flow at their firms. Retaining customers is also critical and building upon relationships is a key to success.

May 6, 2019 

The Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) and the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association (AAA) have made four new awards under the Access to Audit Personnel Program. Now in its seventh year, the program connects academics with audit ...

May 1, 2019 

Auditing expense reports requires auditors to closely examine each expense to verify if the correct receipts are attached, and make sure the receipt matches the information input by the employee. This may sound daunting, but this process is essential for catching potential mistakes – or worse, fraud within travel and entertainment (T&E) spend. Catch discrepancies...…

April 30, 2019 

The audit risk model is the foundation of any audit. This might seem like CPA 101, but are you correctly applying it to your engagements?

April 19, 2019 

As the end of the academic calendar year approaches for charter schools, so too does audit season. If you’re a member of the finance or operations teams for a charter school, you already know what’s in store, and that gearing up for audit season is a ...

April 16, 2019 

Launched in the summer of 2018, OnPoint PCR addresses industry trends, allowing firms to comply with standards, manage their engagements efficiently, while also providing firms with the impetus to adapt the latest technology.

Mary Girsch-Bock

April 16, 2019 

This is the 15th annual edition of the Readers’ Choice Awards. Once again, we have invited our readers to help us spotlight the technologies they most respect and trust to help them run their firms and provide client services.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

April 16, 2019 

Tangicloud for Nonprofits & Government www.tangicloud.com 877-786-9604 From the 2019 reviews of nonprofit accounting systems. Tangicloud for Nonprofits & Government was launched in 2016, offering a suite of fund accounting applications designed for mid-sized to large nonprofits that are looking for a more robust fund accounting system. Tangicloud is powered by Microsoft Dynamics NAV as...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

April 16, 2019 

FastFund Nonprofit Accounting Araize Inc. www.araize.com From the 2019 reviews of nonprofit accounting systems. FastFund Nonprofit Accounting from Araize is best suited for small to mid-sized nonprofit organizations and government entities. FastFund is cloud-based, offering anytime/anywhere access along with an affordable pricing structure. The product is currently offered in two versions; Standard and Premium, with...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

April 15, 2019 

Prior research has offered two competing explanations for corporate income-smoothing, note co-authors Sydney Qing Shu of San Diego State University and Wayne B. Thomas of the University of Oklahoma.

April 11, 2019 

Many T&E policies we’ve seen are outdated. More often than not, these policies were either put in place when the company only had a handful of employees traveling or they were based on industry standards that haven’t been revised in over a decade.