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Risk Assessment: Performance Audits vs. Financial Audits
In this special episode of THE SAMPLE, Leita Hart-Fanta talks to Charles Hall about risk assessment by comparing performance and financial audits.
Magnitude & Likelihood
In a risk assessment, you must list all the bad things that could possibly happen first and then rank them for magnitude and likelihood.
Risk Assessment Questions Filter Out Drama
The auditing profession has taught me several models that help me think – both professionally and personally. For instance, I can convince my husband that we need to eat less sugar using the elements of a finding. I can back up my rationale for why I don’t think my brother-in-law should move in with us […]
4 Facets of Government Corruption
While we auditors are busy designing our audits to catch fraud, we often bypass government corruption because it is so hard to prove. It’s easier for us to uncover the account clerk’s transfers into a personal account or prove that the executive assistant overcharged for travel expenses than it is for us to look at […]
Assessing Risk in the Government Environment
Auditors are used to assessing risk during external audits. In the governmental environment, auditors cannot look at just financial issues.
Why Does NASBA Certification Matter for CPE?
Think of me as a little bee, flitting from flower to flower, spreading delicate yellow pollen to overcome common audit challenges.