7 steps: How CPAs can prepare for auditing in the future
(WorldNews France)

Auditors strive to make confident, precise judgements based on the numbers - but when it comes to forecasting the future of the profession, they can`t exactly be blamed for feeling less assured. As breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and machine learning continue at a rapid pace, it`s certain that financial technology (or `fintech`) will play a significant role in the auditing profession. Still, auditors fill one fundamental role that the fastest-counting machines cannot. `If we go back to the Securities Exchange Acts of 1933 and 1934, the franchise we were granted was to provide independent and objective assurance over information others use to make investing decisions,` said Bob...