Regulation
The latest news on accounting standards, developments at FASB, IASB, IFAC, and the PCAOB, along with government regulations from agencies like the SEC, FTC, and international bodies.
SEC Pays First Award under New Whistleblower Program
The Securities and Exchange Commission is paying nearly $50,000 to a whistleblower who helped prevent a multimillion-dollar securities fraud, in the first award paid under a new whistleblower program. Read more »
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PCAOB Exposes Further Problems with Ernst & Young Audits
May 23, 2013The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has made public previously confidential quality... Read more »
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Transparency in Fraud Fighting
May 17, 2013Fraud fighters today face many of the same challenges as they did at the start of the last... Read more »
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FASB Suggests Changes to GAAP Taxonomy
May 16, 2013The Financial Accounting Standards Board is looking for comment on proposed structural changes to... Read more »
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FASB, IASB Propose Major Changes to Lease Accounting
May 16, 2013The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board have... Read more »
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Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Costs on the Rise
May 14, 2013Compliance costs for Sarbanes-Oxley and external audit fees both increased last year, according... Read more »
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CAQ Advises PCAOB on Audit Quality Indicators
May 13, 2013The Center for Audit Quality has written to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to... Read more »
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Study Examines Role of Auditors in Financial Fraud
May 9, 2013A new academic study funded by the Center for Audit Quality scrutinizes the role of the external... Read more »
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Pennsylvania Town Settles Fraud Charges with SEC
May 7, 2013The City of Harrisburg, Pa., has settled securities fraud charges with the Securities and... Read more »
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PCAOB Revises Proposed Standard for Related Parties
May 7, 2013The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has reproposed for public comment its... Read more »
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PCAOB’s Hanson Concerned about Auditor Hours
May 3, 2013Public Company Accounting Oversight Board member Jay Hanson spoke about some of the challenges... Read more »
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The Spirit of Accounting: The Roots of All Evil in Financial Reporting
May 1, 2013Arrogance and ignorance remain major drives of unethical behavior in accounting and financial... Read more »
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PCAOB’s Lewis Ferguson to Chair International Audit Regulator Group
April 30, 2013Public Company Accounting Oversight Board member Lewis Ferguson has been elected chair of the... Read more »
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Implications of the KPMG Insider Trading Case for Companies and Auditors
April 30, 2013The announcement of civil and criminal insider trading charges earlier this month against Scott... Read more »
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Senators Re-introduce Bill to Make PCAOB Disciplinary Proceedings Public
April 26, 2013A pair of influential senators have re-introduced legislation to make the Public Company... Read more »
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Women in Accounting: Breaking the Mold
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A continued conversation with Marcum’s Nanette Lee Miller and Janis Cowhey McDonagh about the obstacles women in the accounting profession face when trying to make their way into leadership positions.
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Tax Season by the Numbers
May 22, 2013
The IRS recently released statistics covering the year to May 10, 2013.
Top 10 Tech Initiatives -- 2013
May 5, 2013
The AICPA's annual list of IT priorities for accounting firms.
Common E-mail Security Mistakes
April 23, 2013
These five bad habits can make your confidential information -- and that of your clients -- easy to steal.
