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Technology Enabled Data Analytics: Friend or Foe?

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With the increased availability of useful data, analytical review procedures are becoming more important during the audit process. For example, greater emphasis on analytics encourages and almost demands that the auditor improve the quality of their professional judgment and skepticism. Sometimes this is just human nature.

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Reuters, KPMG Team For Aussie Business Taxes

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Business information firm Thomson Reuters is teaming up with global tax company KPMG to offer Australia businesses a solution to deal with fringe benefits taxes (FBT), Thomson Reuters announced Thursday (Feb. The ONESOURCE FBT software automates the tax calculations necessary to file an FBT return. “As

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What are analytical procedures and their benefits?

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Analytical procedures are beginning to become more prevalent in the audit world. According to the AICPA, analytical procedures consist of reviewing financial information by studying plausible relationships between data and evaluating it for consistency. They can: • Improve the quality of the analytics.

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How Zelle Protects Users Against Scams And Frauds With AI, Analytics

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Meeting this fraud threat will require in-depth knowledge of fraudsters’ techniques and advanced technology and customer vigilance, according to Jamie Armistead , vice president and business line leader for banking app Zelle. “We Venmo users alone lost more than $40 million in 2018. Leveraging AI To Fight Cybercrime.

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The most useful (and rarely used) types of data analytics

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Data analytics are gaining momentum as they are increasingly being used during the audit process. As auditors know, data analytics are required during both the beginning and the end of an audit. However, analytics can also be employed efficiently and effectively as substantive procedures. type questions. type questions.

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How to increase efficiency and minimize risk in the audit process using analytics

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Since leaving public accounting, she has been an internal auditor, a tax preparer and a controller. Analytics can more effectively focus firm resources. Analytics can more effectively focus firm resources. What analytics cannot do is enhance professional skepticism for the auditor.

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From Blockchain To Farming, Newly-Funded Startups Embrace Data Analytics

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But there is a clear common thread among the B2B startups that secured fresh funding this week: data analytics. Read below to explore the ways newly-funded firms are using the power of data analytics for their corporate customers. Blockchain. Thrive Global, based in the U.S.,

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