By: Steven Lyons, CPA | Senior Manager, Outsourced Accounting and Advisory Services In addition to providing a more cost-effective alternative to a financial statement audit, compilations and reviews offer businesses and nonprofit organizations a number of important advantages. Perhaps most important, compilations and reviews help your organization prepare for a future financial audit because they…
The annual audit of financial statements is required for many organizations, often becoming a process their accounting staff has come to dread. For a lucky group, a review or compilation of their annual financial statements is adequate and is an attractive and less burdensome alternative to an audit. Understanding the difference can save your organization…