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How to Prepare for a Financial Audit

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Embarking on your first financial audit can be nerve-wracking. This article includes small business accounting tips to prepare for an audit while minimizing its expenses and findings. An audit evaluates: Compliance with accounting standards (GAAP or IFRS.) Do not expect to walk away from an audit with zero findings.

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Top 5 Mistakes Caught in a Nonprofit Audit

The Charity CFO

Does the idea of an audit from the IRS leave you with sweaty palms? Most nonprofit leaders aren’t accountants and the thought of getting audited is a sizable fear. Luckily, being prepared can help you avoid accounting mistakes that could come up in a nonprofit audit. The investment now will save you in the future.

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3 Types of Invoice Fraud and How to Prevent it

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The three most common types of AP fraud are: Fake vendors and invoices fraud Check fraud Expense reimbursement fraud Fake vendor invoice fraud Fake vendor fraud can be perpetrated by your internal accountant or an external con artist. Fake vendor invoice fraud varies in sophistication.

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5 Steps to Prepare your Organization for a Financial Audit

E78 Partners

Audits, while essential for maintaining the integrity and trustworthiness of an organization’s financial reporting, can be a daunting task. This is not just because of the intricacies and specificities required by the auditing standards but also due to the numerous challenges faced by organizations in the run-up to an audit.

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Winning The Battle Against ‘Invoice Leakage’

PYMNTS

To that end, Ajay Agrawal , CEO and founder of SirionLabs , told PYMNTS, “invoice leakage” occurs when firms do not have the ability to review invoices from their suppliers on a “granular level,” which leads to missed opportunities to spot discrepancies.

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How Continuous Auditing Drives Corporate Spend Optimization

PYMNTS

Usually, the auditing workflow involves looking at expense reports filed by employees, with a focus on identifying potentially erroneous or even fraudulent transactions. It’s now more likely that two employees working from home will accidentally pay the same invoice twice, for example. The Value Of Automated Analytics.

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How Better Invoice Data Extraction Leads To More Efficient AP Management

PYMNTS

Against that backdrop, Aavenir recently announced an update to the Invoiceflow application that is geared toward making automatic invoicing even speedier through artificial intelligence (AI)-based invoice extraction. The updates, the company said, will speed invoice processing by 10 times and cut processing costs by 80 percent.