In a 2014 book, former Secretary of State Powell explained how he judges evidence and where he went wrong with his speech to the UN on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. These same principles apply to audit evidence.
Audits
Communicating Audit Results So Management Loves Them
Featured speaker, John J. Hall, provides this information on how to get management excited about your audit recommendations by communicating audit results the ‘right way!’
Audit Recommendations: 5 Tips for Eliciting Change
Don’t leave audit recommendations up to interpretation! Follow these 5 steps to ensure your auditee is on the right path to elicit change.
Testing Journal Entries in Audits
Our friend, Charles B. Hall, CPA CFE of CPA Hall Talk, shares the importance of testing journal entries in audits, no matter how good your internal controls are!
Executive Summaries
Oh no… Another boring audit report? Not this time! Implement these tips and tricks to jazz it up by always including a dynamic and well-written executive summary!
Performance Audit vs. Financial Audit
So how do you tell the difference? Performance audit vs. financial audit? You might expect that it would be as simple as saying that a financial audit deals with money and a performance audit does not. But oh no! The audit standards are never that straightforward. As a matter of fact, the most comprehensive audit […]
When is the Yellow Book Applicable?
A law, regulation, or policy has to call the yellow book into play for it to be applicable. You can audit a government, but not have to use the government auditing standards.
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