Audit Services

Freed Maxick & Battaglia, CPAs, Western New York's largest public accounting firm, conducts audits acorss Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  An audit can be used to identify ideas to help improve decision making, reduce waste, tighten controls, improve efficiencies and spot trouble before it occurs.  Audits act as a communication tool, providing clear, consistent and credible information to banks, regulatory agencies and potential investors.

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We have excellent relationships with local lenders and attorneys to further assist you with your long term business planning. At Freed Maxick & Battaglia, we meet with our clients on a consistent basis throughout the year.  We provide objective counsel for management and serve as advisors, addressing problems and identifying opportunities.

Our Approach to Audits

An audit shouldn’t interfere with business operations.  Thorough planning and proper staffing are imperative to delivering timely results and avoiding costly delays.  We further promote efficiency and cost effectiveness in our audit process through the use of the latest technology.

Our approach to the conduct of the audit requires that we obtain an in-depth understanding of the company.  The audit is tailored to the specific company’s needs and objectives.  This “tailoring” requires knowledge of the goals; major operating policies, regulatory environment and information requirements.  Our audits are performed in accordance with a risk-based approach, which is assessed at the engagement level and at the account level.  The scope of substantive tests of account balances is determined based upon the interaction between the assessed risk and our planned reliance on internal controls and calculated materiality levels.  In addition, through the utilization of data extraction software, we are able to flag financial information from your computerized accounting records to maximize audit efficiency and error detection.  This ensures that audit time is utilized most efficiently to render our audit report on the financial statements as a whole.  Our audits are performed in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America.

Quality and Integrity:

Freed Maxick & Battaglia has developed broad industry knowledge through years of experience serving entrepreneurs and closely held businesses.  Our clients represent most sectors of the economy and out audit teams have developed the industry knowledge and experience to support their business needs.  In addition, we are subject to a rigorous peer review every three years to ensure the quality of our work is in accordance with professional standards.  Our most recent peer review was an unqualified opinion with no letter of comments, a rating that less than 15% of all firms obtain.

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Freed Maxick & Battaglia, CPAs is Western and Upstate New York's (NY) largest public accounting firm and a Top 100 firm in the U.S. Freed Maxick provides, audit, tax and consulting services to private and public (SEC) companies in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany New York. Freed Maxick & Battaglia, CPAs is also affiliated with RSM McGladrey, the 5th largest accounting firm in the U.S., Freed Maxick has vast national and international resources to help your business expand nationally and internationally.

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