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Data Analytics in Auditing and Consulting – Part II
Part I of this article discussed HeinfeldMeech’s use of IDEA and IDEA Script to perform data analytics. Along with IDEA, the firm has recently been exploring the use of Python programming to enhance our data analytics procedures. Python is an … read more
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Tagged auditing, consulting, CPA firm, data analysis, data analytics, data mining, financial report, machine learning, Python, school district, text mining
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Data Analytics in Auditing and Consulting – Part I
As financial auditing and consulting evolves every year, there seems to be a growing emphasis on utilizing data analytics in new and existing auditing methodologies. Embracing the role that data analytics plays in this aspect, HeinfeldMeech is constantly applying and … read more
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GASB 42 Revisited
As accountants, auditors and consultants, we find ourselves living in a world that seems to change faster than we might be comfortable with. Normally, we focus on the changes that are on the horizon so that we may educate ourselves … read more
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Tagged Arizona, asset impairment, capital assets, CPA firm, financial statement, GASB, government, Jennifer Shields, school district
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Christopher Heinfeld Joins Arizona State Board of Accountancy Advisory Committee
HeinfeldMeech is pleased to announce that Christopher W. Heinfeld, CPA has been appointed to sit on the Accounting and Auditing Advisory Committee of the Arizona State Board of Accountancy. Christopher is an audit partner in HeinfeldMeech’s Tucson office and began … read more
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Auditors Get Audited Too!
It is a familiar occurrence each year when your organization’s audit team arrives for the on-site visit. The on-site audit can be stressful for both you and your staff as the auditors begin to look through your records, ask questions … read more
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Differences between Audits, Reviews and Compilations
Accounting firms can provide a host of different services to organizations. Three types of services that often get confused with each other are compilations, reviews and audits. This quick refresher will provide the core differences between the three services, as … read more
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Maintenance & Repair or Capital Asset?
There are times when it is easy to determine that an asset should be capitalized, such as purchasing a piece of equipment over the capitalization threshold. Other purchases may be more complicated, such as roofing, streets, and add-ons that may … read more
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Tagged accounting, Arizona, asset listing, capital asset, capitalization, CPA, CPA firm, financial statement, GASB, government, maintenance, municipality
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