IRS audits payroll taxes

beware http://blogs.forbes.com/robertwood/2011/04/12/irs-nightmare-what-employment-taxes/

PCAOB discussion

of audit standards.  this is a British view http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=5D248463-1A64-6A71-CE2C8ADADE10CE68

PWC suvey about internal auditors

7th annual global state of internal audit  results http://accounting.smartpros.com/x71580.xml

Grant Thornton Survey

of audit executives...thoughts about the threat of shifting regulatory landscape, role of SOX, cloud computing, data analytics and more http://accounting.smartpros.com/x71554.xml

FBI Site

for white collar crime.  Good for fraud awareness and to learn about common frauds.   http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/white_collar/whitecollarcrime

PCAOB and Chinese Reverse Merger Concerns

are detailed in this Journal of Accountancy article http://www.journalofaccountancy.com/Web/20113952.htm

EC audit reform is seen as utopian

according to the new chairman of the PCAOB http://www.vrl-financial-news.com/accounting/the-accountant/issues/ta-2011/ta-6087/ec-audit-reform-%E2%80%9Cutopian%E2%80%9D-dot.aspx