Posts Tagged ‘Audit’

Accounting & Audit Alert- Benchmarking financial performance

You already may have reviewed a preliminary draft of your company’s year-end financial statements. But without a frame of reference, they don’t mean much. That’s why it’s important to compare your company’s performance over time

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Six Edelstein Team Members Pass the CPA Exam

Edelstein is proud to announce that in 2019, six of our team members passed the CPA exam. The following people worked tirelessly towards this goal and it has a great impact on our firm. We

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Accounting & Audit Alert- Employee benefit plans: Do you need a Form 5500 audit?

Some benefit plans are required to include an opinion from an independent qualified public accountant (IQPA) when filing Form 5500 each year. The IQPA examines the plan’s financial statements and schedules to ensure they’re presented fairly

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Accounting & Audit Alert- Nonprofits: Are you ready for the new contribution guidance?

When the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) updated its rules for recognizing revenue from contracts in 2014, it only added to the confusion that nonprofits already had about accounting for grants and similar contracts. Fortunately,

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Accounting & Audit Alert- Year-end accounting recap

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) hasn’t issued any major new accounting rules in 2019. But there have been some important developments to be aware of when preparing annual financial statements under U.S. Generally Accepted

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Accounting & Audit Alert- Risk assessment: A critical part of the audit process

Audit season is right around the corner for calendar-year entities. Here’s what your auditor is doing behind the scenes to prepare — and how you can help facilitate the audit planning process. The big picture

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Accounting & Audit Alert- The art and science of goodwill impairment testing

Goodwill shows up on a company’s balance sheet when the company has been acquired in a business combination. It represents what’s left over after the purchase price in a merger or acquisition is allocated to

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Accounting & Audit Alert- Manage your working capital more efficiently

Working capital is the difference between a company’s current assets and current liabilities. For a business to thrive, its working capital must be greater than zero. A positive balance enables the company to meet its

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Accounting & Audit Alert- Close-up on pushdown accounting for M&As

Change-in-control events — like merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions — don’t happen every day. If you’re currently in the market to merge with or buy a business, you might not be aware of updated financial

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Wendy McSheffrey quoted in Society for Human Resource Management Article

On November 8, 2019, Audit Manager, Wendy McSheffrey, was quoted in the Society for Human Resource Management article, ‘Correct Retirement Plan Mistakes Before They Soar out of Control.’ The piece explained how documenting steps taken

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