Audit & Accounting

The commission’s proposed rule would involve accountants and auditors more heavily in their clients’ efforts to provide assurance on sustainability reporting.

Employment growth at small businesses moderated slightly in March, but wages continued to increase, according to payroll giant Paychex.

The board issued an accounting standards update aimed at better aligning hedge accounting with an organization’s risk management strategies.

Professional accountants have an important role in driving better tax education.

Over three-quarters of the audits conducted by the Internal Revenue Service under its centralized partnership audit regime resulted in no change in taxes, according to a new report.

Overall new client additions – and departures – are up from 2020.

SOX compliance risks are multitudinous and may present themselves across all aspects of the corporate financial process, including month-end reconciliation.

A report from the PCAOB finds that audit committees are neither bearish nor bullish on technology, reporting great enthusiasm for it, while remaining wary of risks.

The board said Thursday that it is still meeting with Chinese authorities to discuss the ability to inspect auditing firms in that country.

The competing sustainability standard-setters have come under increasing pressure in recent years to do more to align their sometimes conflicting standards.