The Case Western Reserve’s Board of Trustees and management place assets at risk to achieve established priorities and goals. A key function of the Office of Internal Audit Services is to understand, ...

An audit is the highest level of assurance a CPA firm can provide that the financial statements follow the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), or some other reasonable basis of accounting ...

Retirement plan audits are required by law and sizable penalties exist for companies that fail to meet their obligations. Some companies try to save on the cost of audits by using their existing tax ...

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) issued a new audit standard for employee benefit plans in July 2019. The new standard is commonly referred to as SAS 136, but its ...

The American Institute of CPAs has begun offering intermediate and advanced certificates to CPAs who perform “single audits” of governmental entities and grantees and audits of employee benefit plans.

A marketing plan audit is a comprehensive review used to evaluate marketing strategy, gauge return on investment and ensure meeting an organization's objectives. Simply, the audit will identify ...

With a little less than a month remaining, it is still possible to complete that audit and avoid any penalties and interest that may come with missing the deadline, but there is not much time, and ...

One of internal audit's values is to tell management when the controls to manage risks and assure opportunities aren't working. Internal audit should have a plan for the work it will do, and by now we ...

A recent report from the Department of Labor s Employee Benefit Security Administration should serve as a wake-up call for plan sponsors to make the audit process and auditor selection a high priority ...

Auditors at the Office of Public Accountability will set their sights on the practice of hiring workers at salaries “above-step” or over typical starting pay in the government of Guam, compliance with ...