How bots can revolutionise assurance
Robotic process automation (RPA) can be a preventive or detective tool, and using it will transform your audit and the way you provide assurance...
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What can auditors learn from CA ANZ’s disciplinary complaints?
There are strict rules around audit and assurance, and if CAs know the common pitfalls they can avoid inadvertent breaches...
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Raising the bar on audit quality
The bar against which the audit profession is measured is constantly rising, so what steps can propel continual improvement?...
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5 things to do in root cause analysis
Audit leaders share five essentials for conducting a root cause analysis they learned through their real life experiences...
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Find the root cause
Root cause analysis, a method used to understand medical and industrial mishaps, is also a useful tool for auditors...
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How companies put climate change financial risks on the books
Local standard setters have backed the G20’s push to include climate-related risks to earnings in financial statements...
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Audit quality is good, but can we do better?
Audit quality in Australia and NZ isn’t bad, but the profession still has to work harder to address regulators’ concerns...
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ASIC’s audit focus for 2019
ASIC’s latest audit inspection report finds room for improvement in the audit of asset values and revenues...
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Why accountants need insurance
As data-matching grows more powerful every year, the right insurance can safeguard professionals against the increased risk of audits and stronger government scrutiny of clients...
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Auditors, advisers hit by new ASIC fees
Changes to ASIC charges mean that SMSF auditors, financial advisers and others, including clients, now need to pay much higher fees to the regulator...