Auditor?
I just met her?
SOC it to me!
Taxes and Death
KPI WHY?
XBRL and other eXtra Financial Nonsense
100

You get notified that there was an issue with the three-way match for a recent cash disbursement.  When you go to check it, there wasn't actually an issue.  This is an example of a (an)

False Positive

100

You want a report to see if financial reporting controls are designed and operating effectively for the fiscal year 2021....what kind of report do you need!

SOC 1 - Type 2 Report

100

I'm a subsection of a Data Warehouse that allows you to look at only the pertinent tax data you need for tax analytics!

Tax Data Mart

100

Define two of the four items that must be defined in a company's strategy!

1.Defining the market 

2.Defining the customer 

3.Identifying the critical internal processes 

4.Determining the individual and organizational capabilities 

100

XBRL....what does it stand for?

eXtensible Business Reporting Language

200

Aging of Accounts Receivable is considered this type of analytic

Descriptive

200

You want to see if there are controls around confidentiality that are designed effectively as of June 30th, 2021

SOC 2 - Type 1

200

Name two red flags that may trigger an audit!

Unreported Income or Information mismatch or related exams or part of a tax scam

200

Name two of the types of measurements that must be balanced on a balanced scorecard

1.Short term and Long term

2.External and Internal

3.Leading indicators and Lagging indicators

4.Objective measures and Subjective measures

200

XBRL...Who has to use it?

All publicly traded companies

300

If you are auditing a company with five different types of ERPs, it is considered this type of ERP system

Heterogenous

300

You want to see if there are privacy controls that have been designed and are operating effectively for January 1st through March 30th, 2021.

SOC 2 - Type 2

300

Tax planning is a huge part of tax analytics.  What type of analytic (best type) would help you determine which new market to enter into

What-if Analysis

300

I'm a KPI concerning whether or not you passed your training on the new analytics software.  Which category of the balance scorecard do I fall intor?

Organizational Capacity

300

A tiny graph (typically line chart)....I mean tiny, shows up in one Excel cell with no Axis is called what?

Sparkline

400
Classification is considered this type of analytic

Predictive

400

You want to see if the controls around financial reporting are designed effectively as of October 31st, 2021.

SOC 1 - Type 1

400

I'm the algorithm that the IRS uses to determine who gets audited....aka, your worst nightmare!

Discriminant Function Algorithm

400

If you have a KPI measurement value....how do you know if its good or not?

Need a benchmark!

400

What is the collection of tags within XBRL referred to as?

Taxonomy

500

Drill Down analysis is considered this type of analytic

Diagnostic
500

You want to see if processing integrity controls have been designed effectively as of December 31st, 2021.

SOC 2 - Type 1

500
You are Tesla....you just made a huge profit on capital gains...how can you avoid paying taxes on it (part of a 2018 law)

Opportunity Zones

500

I'm a KPI measuring the number of complaints you've received for your products in the past three months.  Which part of the balanced scorecard do I fall on?

Customer

500

What type of ratio (one of the four generic categories) am I going to use to see if I'm going out of business

Solvency