Audit & Accounting

One employee's trash is another's welcoming gift

Wolters Kluwer Audit, Risk & Compliance has released a new report on how different organizations are using auditing technology.

A new Web site aims to draw attention to accountants in the Seattle area.

After looking into the role of the auditors in the recent accounting scandals at camera-maker Olympus Corp., Japan's Financial Services Agency ordered KPMG Azsa LLC and Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC to improve their systems -- though it noted that it had not found "any intentional acts or grave negligence."

The July edition of Accounting Today's Accountants Confidence Index marked a major milestone when, for the first time since it was started last fall, the short-term ACI reading indicated that the panel of accountants expect a contraction over the next three months.

An executive summary of our monthly ACI for July

Check out the digital edition of the July 2012 issue of Accounting Today.

Recent network memberships, awards, new Web sites and more from accounting firms across the country

Robert P. "Pat" Evans, CPA, CISA, has been named chairman of accountants liability insurer Camico, succeeding Louis J. Barbich, CPA, who served in the position for 26 years, since the company's founding in 1986.

The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board has released for comment a consultation paper on its future work program for the next two years.