All publicly traded companies must annually disclose their financial performance to the public: GAAP audits ensure that these disclosures are valid. Every year, independent accountants review a ...

Late last month, the SEC approved the new auditing standards adopted by the PCAOB back in June, which substantially modify the content of the auditor’s report. They also raise various concerns that ...

When a company first goes into business, it chooses the yearly reporting period for tax purposes. Fiscal auditing periods may start during any month. For example, perhaps your employer has a fiscal ...

Specialized programs that perform a variety of audit functions, such as sampling databases and generating confirmation letters to customers and vendors. It can ...

A record of transactions in an information system that provides verification of the activity of the system. The simplest audit trail is the transaction itself. If a person's salary is increased, the ...

Finance Director Susan Thompson said the Auditor's Office reports to her, and assuming City Auditor Steve Sprague's ...

Richmond Mayor Danny Avula has already made significant progress when it comes to repairing what was broken before he took ...