PICPA Boards and Blogs

By J. Stephen McNally, CPA The fifth anniversary of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has passed, and many continue to argue whether or not the benefits of the legislation outweigh the related costs. Although there is no clear answer to this yet, does it even matter? Establishing and maintaining strong internal controls over financial reporting and ...

By Paul E. Zikmund, CFE, CFD, and Marge O'Reilly-Allen, CPA, PhD Recent professional guidance, such as SAS 99, Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statement Audit, and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Auditing Standard 2, has brought more attention to the auditor’s responsibility to uncover the warning signs of fraud, but ...