Appeals, contestations, audit cost (both provider and insurer driven), reconciliations, contract loading, software license costs, as well as general administration, network development, marketing, commissions and profit all are major factors why private insurance administrative costs are higher.
Based on what I've seen and heard from fellow CEOs and business leaders, if organizations with more than 1, 000 smartphones or smart devices in use do not enforce mobility audit and cost management strategies and solutions, they can be sure their mobile communications costs will rise sharply, and so will the risks associated with device and data losses.
Because of the work that is already done to certify accurate payments as well as the additional cost of setting up the program and the cost of the audit, recovery audits may not be cost-effective at a low threshold.
Where internal audit can identify cost savings and improve processes, we think this is a positive contribution in addition to providing assurance on controls.
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In other words, Conservatives, as the Audit Commission said, cost you less and give you better services, and that is the key message.
The IRS arms its auditors with a Cost Segregation Audit Techniques Guide. (You can read it at the "Businesses" section of IRS.gov.) As the guide notes, there have been many (and sometimes conflicting) court decisions on the classification of property.
The changes that will have to occur to bring the audit firms, and their clients, in line may mean not only consolidation of audit firms that can not deliver audit-only services cost effectively and per the standards, but also consolidation of broker-dealers who do not want hire competent accounting and systems professionals in-house or pay for it separately from a firm other than their auditor.
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Of course, if accountants are barred from selling other services to their audit clients, then the cost of audits may well go up.
In December, the National Audit Office calculated a "significant cost to the taxpayer".
The BBC can reveal a review by the Northern Ireland Audit Office raised questions about the cost to the public.
Did we make any progress in changing attitudes about control value of internal audit, as a very necessary cost of doing business, in the last seven years?
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While larger local authorities with bigger budgets may find it easy to adapt to the changes, the committee is concerned that the 9, 800 smaller bodies, including parish councils and internal drainage boards, which have been entitled to low-cost services from the Audit Commission, will struggle to cope.
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But only a part of this cost is directly attributable to the audit.
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But the audit is reportedly not going to include a cost-benefit analysis, owing to the difficulty of quantifying such aspects of EU membership as foreign affairs influence.
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Hulse then evidently told the company that there had been "significant" cost overruns on the fiscal 2002 audit, "no doubt caused by the massive reconstruction necessary to correct PwC's own errors, " the suit says.
Shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy said Mr Cameron should now apologise for the government's "incompetence", saying that the prime minister had ignored warnings from the Public Accounts Committee and the National Audit Office about the "high risk and high cost" of opting for the F-35C.
An audit has found that EU-funded energy efficiency projects are not cost-effective in EU member states.
Audit Scotland said the planned structural reforms of the college sector may create cost pressures.
The internal probe followed an independent audit carried out by East Sussex County Council (ESCC) into the cost increases.
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The National Audit Office reckons that negotiations and lawyers added around 1.5% to the cost of the deal.
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Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit Office, said more emphasis needed to be placed on quality, attainment and cost-effectiveness.
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The Audit Commission - which monitors local government spending - said it did not impose inflexible rules, it merely recommended cost-effective practices.
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