Back in December, Stinson’s Steve Quinlivan spotted the first CAM. Now we owe him another hat tip for finding the first few CAMs in audits issued by the “Big 4” accounting firms – see page 93 of Microsoft’s Form 10-K and page 107 of Open Text’s Form 10-K. Both companies had a CAM relating to revenue recognition. Steve noted in his blog:
The CAM is straightforward and does not reflect negatively on the company or its audit committee or cast doubt on its financial reporting. If anything, it most likely reflects an attitude by the auditor that “we have to find something to protect us in the case of a PCAOB inspection.” I think revenue recognition CAMs are going to become somewhat boiler plate and not likely to attract a lot of attention absent special circumstances.
–Liz Dunshee, TheCorporateCounsel.net August 6, 2019
