How business leaders communicate during times of crisis can create clarity, build resilience, and catalyse positive change on the way to recovery. INTHEBLACK taps into lessons learned from CPA Australia’s External Reporting Centre of Excellence on how to navigate the next stage.
COVID-19 has created business opportunities for some entities, but for many, particularly those reporting in June, there have been negative impacts, resulting in a likely increase in modified auditors’ reports. Understanding the meaning and relative significance of auditors’ modifications and communication will be critical to users of financial reports.
Remote working and travel restrictions are changing the way audits are conducted. Here's how to utilise technology and get the job done.
What concessions have Australian regulators provided to not-for-profits, including charities, incorporated associations, fundraising licensees and companies limited by guarantee during these challenging times? Here’s a guide to the relief provided in various jurisdictions.
As COVID-19 forces many businesses to dramatically change the way they operate and adopt remote working, there are technology solutions that can help auditors stay on top of their game.
Ethics and public interest have long been the basis of an accountant's work, and ongoing regulation changes globally call for increased accountability, transparency and independence.
To reduce the spread of the coronavirus or COVID-19, governments have placed restrictions on the movement of people to and from certain areas and countries. Here we look at the impact on reporting entities and auditors and how authorities are responding.
There is an enormous opportunity in solving the challenge of how to design simpler standards for the audit of less complex entities.
Auditors are under scrutiny in Australia and the UK, but where does their responsibility lie in preventing fraud and company collapse?
The auditing profession is under pressure due to changing expectations, technological shifts and increasing competition; but could these pressures be the catalyst for audit's reinvention?