When a company has to go through the audit process, an auditor may use the term "audit engagement." This can mean different things, so it is important that the auditor clarify what he means when he ...

As the American Institute of CPAs' director of auditing and attestation, Chuck Landes has guided the Auditing Standards Board through the upheavals of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and in late October, he ...

A forensic audit is an examination of a firm's or individual's finances to derive evidence that can be used in a court of law or legal proceeding.

Auditors soon will be able to provide more helpful information in their audit reports by communicating “critical audit matters” in addition to the pass/fail opinion on the financial statements.

Financial statements comprise three important written records: the cash flow statement, the income statement and the balance sheet. Companies furnish financial statements to provide information on ...

Both the first and the second courses of this concentration emphasize the usage of statistics and the interpretation of results towards a modern audit. Audit Analytics course introduces the ...