A quality audit is a review of the performance of one area of a business and an analysis of why the results occurred. Even small businesses can benefit from simple quality audits, which can help spot ...

Testing payroll during an audit can be a tedious manual process, the kind of grunt work that has long been viewed as the “dues” paid by young auditors before they advance in their careers. Recently, ...

Samantha Bowling, CPA, CGMA, knows a thing or two about how accounting firms can use technology to boost audit quality. As managing partner at Upper Marlboro, Md.-based Garbelman Winslow CPAs, Bowling ...

A climate of psychological safety is an important prerequisite for effective interpersonal relationships among audit team members and for audit teams to properly meet their fiduciary responsibilities.