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Category: Audit
This ‘Fighting Fraud’ Video from the CAQ Isn’t Going to Help That Expectations Gap Problem Auditors Love to Complain About
Most people like to learn in some sort of visual fashion. Reading? BORING. Lectures? AWFUL. […]
Hey Look, Internal Auditing Works!
Pardon my ignorance, but do you guys and gals picture internal auditors working in windowless […]
Warren Buffett Has No Use for Auditors
In one instance at least! Here's a little anecdote courtesy of the ubiquitous Business Insider: […]
According to This Dude Who May Have Helped Screw It Up, CliftonLarsonAllen Totally Screwed Up on the Dixon Audit
Meanwhile, back at the horse ranch: Sam Card says that CliftonLarsonAllen continued to do an […]
ICYMI: Here’s a Hitler Video That Might Help Your Company Decide If It Should Outsource Its Internal Audit Function
The Hitler video meme died long ago, but I regret missing this jump the shark […]
Compensation Watch: Internal Auditors
Good news for the internal auditors out there — a study by the IIA found […]
Auditors Not Being Credited with “Better Letter Than Never” in Discovery of Pennsylvania School District’s $15 Million Error
In yesterday's Footnotes, we mentioned that the Reading, Pennsylvania School District sorta overstated the amount […]
Ex-KPMG Chief to Auditors: You Are All Flirting With Irrelevance
According to a Financial Times article posted today, KPMG UK's former head John Griffith-Jones — […]
Occupy the Audit Committee: Why Not Include PCAOB Inspections in Proxy Statements?
Every year, my mailbox gets cluttered up with huge proxy statement packets filled with a […]
Here Are Five of the Lowliest Lowlights in Auditing from 2012
You have to admit it — auditing is a rough gig. You're expected to meet […]
Center for Audit Quality Issues Latest Late-to-the-Party Statement
Just in case anyone missed the PCAOB Inspection Report on ICFR, the Center for Audit […]