A small business's internal control system can only be as strong as the rules, policies and procedures put in place to detect fraud, waste or abuse and protect its financial and physical assets.

A semi-annual or annual internal audit allows you to gauge the effectiveness of your business's internal control system. Unlike an external audit, which focuses on determining whether financial ...

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is seeing some improvements in audits of internal control over financial reporting, but also some contradictory findings. In a speech last week during the ...

State says South Bend schools errors "can diminish overall confidence in ... financial management." Local officials say many issues already addressed.

If, through an internal financial audit, issues are uncovered or the information a company is able to provide is not the specific, higher-level information needed, it will delay the audit process, ...

As the cost of compliance continues to increase, risk managers are finding that collaboration across the three lines of defense can achieve an integrated risk management solution that optimizes ...