In this case, students gather data to perform an internal audit of travel expenses for Fairfield Inc. Employees have submitted trips for reimbursement that include the address from which the employee left, the address to where they traveled and the employee's self-reported mileage for the trip. Stud...

In this case, students are expected to automate the selection of a sample of expenses for testing for audit purposes based on: (1) a systematic selection of key transactions above or below a specified threshold and (2) a random selection of non-key transactions that do not meet the specified thresho...

In this case, the students help automate the creation of sales reports for Pure Guitar Inc. The case requirements include the completion of the overview case first. We strongly suggest this, although the case can be completed without this requirement. This case does not require the completion of the...

In this case, the students help automate the preparation of tax Form 8805 for each foreign partner from the RiverBend Technologies whose earnings derive from the US and abroad. The case requirements include the completion of the overview case first. We strongly suggest this, although the case can be...

In this case, the students help automate an existing manual process to bill customers for wood products sold by Wood’s Amazing Woods Inc. The case requirements include the completion of the overview case first. We strongly suggest this although the case can be completed without this requirement. Thi...

This case can be completed without covering the overview presentation, although it is not ideal to do so. Select elements of the overview presentation are repeated at a high level and can be reinforced if the presentation has already been covered before beginning the case (definition of RPA; account...

An overview slide presentation provides students initial exposure to RPA and is recommended to cover before asking students to complete any cases. The presentation coverage includes: innovation mindset (definition and importance); RPA foundational concepts (definition, primary uses, evolution, typic...

This case can focus on generative AI and Alteryx as technologies, but the primary focus is the critical thinking involved in thinking about fraudulent data. In Part 1, students take on the role of the client and generate a fake data set. In Part 2, students are asked to design audit tests to determi...

This case has students practice and experiment with different ways to use an LLM to answer relevant tax questions by delving into four different tax scenarios. Students will deepen their understanding of when these LLM tools are useful, but also become aware of their limitations. Students will exper...

Knowing how to work with AI Large Langauge Models( LLMs), called prompt engineering, has become an important emerging technological skill. At its core, prompt engineering is about harnessing the power of language models to perform specific tasks by providing them with clear, concise and effective in...

The Process Mining Event Log Generator (PMELG) tool is a macro-enabled Excel workbook that generates data for the order-to-cash process for use in process mining applications. Process mining uses event logs from an organization's database systems to deeply analyze a process. The PMELG tool allows yo...

This case is Part 2 of a case series that provides an opportunity for students to explore XBRL data from the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system. This case provides an opportunity for students to explore Inline XBRL data from the...