Companies, government agencies and nonprofit organizations use auditing practices to manage compliance with internal controls. For example, an auditor looks for inconsistencies in financial records.

A semi-annual or annual internal audit allows you to gauge the effectiveness of your business's internal control system. Unlike an external audit, which focuses on determining whether financial ...

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) (15 U.S.C. § 78dd-1 et seq.) is a federal anti-bribery law that makes it unlawful for certain people to pay foreign government officials in order to conduct ...

MENLO PARK, Calif., March 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The abundance of information captured in the world today and the ability to apply data analytics to assess, monitor and predict activity has many ...

Now that the SEC has approved the November 2003 New York Stock Exchange rule that listed companies must have an internal audit function, clients and employers are asking their CPAs how it might affect ...

New, large-scale regulatory obligations such as the Securities and Exchange Commission’s pending climate disclosure rule will open organizations up to a number of new risks, including regulatory ...

"The IIA is getting ready to put out new standards for internal auditors," said Richard Chambers, former president and CEO of the Institute of Internal Auditors and currently a senior internal audit ...

Industry expert Ann Cohen says audit committees are increasingly using AI and advanced technology to run risk analytics ...