by Dave Thomas | Nov 24, 2017 | Societies and Charities Articles
2010 Article, updated November 2017 Definitions – Audits and Reviews According to the (former) New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants website in 2011, an audit is an engagement: where an independent expert, the auditor, provides an opinion on “a...
by Dave Thomas | Nov 24, 2017 | Societies and Charities Articles
2010 Article, updated November 2017 What societies and charitable trusts should do when mistakes are alleged or identified was discussed in We Made a Mistake. This article looks at the reverse side of that discussion. Despite the best of intentions (but...
by Dave Thomas | Nov 24, 2017 | Societies and Charities Articles
2010 Article, updated November 2017 Errors in governance and administration are inevitable, and in voluntary organisations those governing and administering the entity often lack the skills to know what, who, how, and when to do things. The previous article,...