Comments on: Apples and Oranges http://www.markbaileyco.com/blog/practicemgmt/pricing/apples-and-oranges/ Turning the profession on its head. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:29:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Shane http://www.markbaileyco.com/blog/practicemgmt/pricing/apples-and-oranges/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Shane Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:51:31 +0000 http://www.markbaileyco.com/blog/2008/01/30/apples-and-oranges/#comment-26 Turning valuable professional services into a commodity is truly a sad comment on the views imposed by many audit committees. This is also a downfall of excessive government intervention in a profession that was too reactive instead of proactive about self-regulation. An audit or review is turned into a commodity when the owners or board are just looking for someone to rubber stamp CPA approved at the bottom of their financials, instead of seeking a CPA for the consulting value that can result from an audit. Turning valuable professional services into a commodity is truly a sad comment on the views imposed by many audit committees.

This is also a downfall of excessive government intervention in a profession that was too reactive instead of proactive about self-regulation.

An audit or review is turned into a commodity when the owners or board are just looking for someone to rubber stamp CPA approved at the bottom of their financials, instead of seeking a CPA for the consulting value that can result from an audit.

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