Assuming audits are the most complex and expensive, why would a company consider having an audit? First of all, audit engagements are painful by nature. Most clients enjoy them about as much as going ...

Technology has wrought many a change in your average accounting firm — completely revamping tax prep and bookkeeping — but it has had much less impact on the audit function over the past two decades.

In the early days of computers, many people were suspicious of their ability to replace human beings performing complex tasks. The first business software applications were mostly in the domain of ...