Clearly the perception of risk has grown for auditors--and they want to be paid for it.
Many auditors, especially the inexperienced ones we first deal with are not experts in IT.
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Originally, many companies and external auditors tested every process and control, even at the transactional level.
Darren Millar AM introduced a motion to appoint auditors to the accounts of the auditor general.
The best cap on auditors' liability would be one linked to the size of each client.
AlgoSec sells to three groups of customers large enterprises, managed service providers, and auditors.
Government auditors would determine whether a worker misclassification triggers the health-care law's employer mandate.
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Its auditors judged that if the transaction went ahead the company would become technically insolvent.
He makes all capital expenditure decisions and sends auditors to each division several times a year.
It has been widely reported that audit committees are expecting auditors to agree to fee reductions.
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But higher prices are by no means the most serious danger reform poses for auditors' clients.
The offices along its marble hallways are filled with very cautious people they're auditors.
On March 30, 2003, auditors from the Comptroller of the Currency showed up in Blanchardville.
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But the judge would not allow them to pass the buck to the auditors.
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The Department of Homeland Security says they have 60 auditors on hand reviewing FEMA's purchases.
Auditors identified a series of weaknesses in the way finances were managed and business conducted.
Auditors PwC said the council would require clear leadership and commitment to tackle the issues.
We have seen it in accounting scandals where auditors were more concerned about contracts than credibility.
Lastly, auditors found that procedures for securing a firearm after a discharge were not adequate.
The European Court of Auditors was established in 1975, and audits the accounts of EU institutions.
When will the courts or Congress call the auditors to account for investor losses?
Quite obviously it becomes the management that the auditors have to please, not the shareholders.
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The investigation ordered by Swiss National Bank (SNB) was carried out by auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
Already, regulators worry that there are too few auditors for the industry to be competitive.
Mr. Robinson says the auditors ultimately found that his 30-year-old family business, TRC Staffing Services Inc.
It is also never a good sign when auditors are distancing themselves from the books.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte pointed to studies casting doubt on whether changing auditors improves financial reporting.
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Auditors helped the financial companies forestall reporting problems, which led to a bigger meltdown later on.
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It tightened the guidelines so that auditors must now hold on to documents for seven years.
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Then real life auditors from big accounting firms tried the experiment, and logged similarly biased results.
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