Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Governmental Audit Quality Center

This is a firm membership site but it has resources also available that do not require membership. http://gaqc.aicpa.org/

Continuous auditing

What does continuous auditing mean in reality?

http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/14440838/c_14441373?f=home_todayinfinance

Thursday, September 17, 2009

History of SEC

http://www.sechistorical.org/
One of the many useful things at this website is the timeline of events. There is an abundance of material out here of interest. Papers, Links, and much more.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

What is your Fraud IQ?

A new fraud quiz from the Journal of Accountancy. (Sept.2009)http://www.journalofaccountancy.com/Issues/2009/Sep/20091565.htm

Sunday, September 6, 2009

High school training sufficient for audits?

http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2009/lr21189a.htm
This litigation release for Michael Moore filed 8/27/2009 shows an unfortunate situation with an accounting firm charged with fraud. This has an accompanying AAER 3040 as well.