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.

When you hear the term audit, you may immediately think of a team of IRS officers rummaging through your files looking for discrepancies and errors in your business's tax returns. However, financial ...

Caseware is also working with the AICPA and CPA.com on the Dynamic Audit Solution (DAS), a cloud-based audit platform that integrates real-time data ingestion, analytics-driven risk assessment, ...

The purpose of an operational audit is to improve the efficiency of day-to-day operations, reports Accounting Tools. These activities contribute indirectly to the functioning of the business.

Today’s audit profession is driving exciting and unprecedented changes that are fundamentally evolving the role of the auditor and how audits are performed. Breakthrough innovations in areas such as ...

We all knew things were bad at the California Department of Motor Vehicles. But an eye-opening new state audit documents how shockingly bad. The audit, by the state Department of Finance, paints a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert W. Wood is a tax lawyer focusing on taxes and litigation. Concept image for filing federal income taxes online and being ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The organization that maintains dozens of Virginia’s government buildings was found to be behind on over 1,500 projects, unpaid on orders more than a decade old and with overall ...