ARTICLES - Auditing - BEST PRACTICES FOR AUDIT EFFICIENCY - Some accounting firms have found that working smarter can help them maintain, and even improve, audit quality as well as save time and increase profits. A new survey puts a spotlight on these practices so other firms can learn from them

ARTICLES - Practice Management - THE DOWNSIDE OF GOOD TIMES - One practitioner found that some small business clients were letting their internal controls slip as a result of the strong economy. His firm used that discovery to create a new practice niche.

Dennis, Anita, (2000)

ARTICLES - The Century Timeline, Part 1 - TAKING ACCOUNT: KEY DATES FOR THE PROFESSION, 1887-1988 - What was the first school of accounting? When was the first professional standard created? What early court cases defined the breadth of accountants' liability? Get answers to these questions and follow the profession's path through the first nine decades of the 20th century.

Dennis, Anita, (2000)

ARTICLES - The New Century - "NO ONE STANDS STILL IN PUBLIC ACCOUNTING" - What was the accounting profession like when business travel was primitive or when casual dress was career suicide? Some snapshots from the profession's past offer a perspective on the present and the future

Dennis, Anita, (2000)