Audit & Accounting

The International Accounting Education Standards Board has begun a new project to improve the relevancy, clarity and consistency of its standards along with their applicability to members and associates of the International Federation of Accountants.

Accounting Today and Accountingfly have announced Advance 2014: The Accounting Career Summit, a week-long event featuring a series of high-profile webinars on recruitment, retention and the accounting job market, culminating in an online job fair.

An Indianapolis CPA firm has settled a lawsuit with Indiana’s Secretary of State for $1.8 million after it served as the accounting firm of a convicted Ponzi schemer.

The Institute of Internal Auditors wants more public sector entities to establish independent audit committees.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has entered into a cooperative arrangement with the Danish Business Authority for the oversight of audit firms in both regulators’ jurisdictions.

ACG New York taps CBIZ as accounting firm of the year, a new firm emerges in Jamaica and more…

Lawmakers who are part of a group of current and former CPAs and accountants in Congress are expressing concern about the possibility of the Securities and Exchange Commission allowing U.S. companies a choice of using either U.S. GAAP or International Financial Reporting Standards.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board voted Wednesday to finalize an accounting and financial reporting standard aimed at increasing transparency and consistency of financial reporting about consolidation.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has proposed a pair of Accounting Standards Updates aimed at simplifying the process of inventory measurement and eliminating the requirements for extraordinary items.

After rebounding sharply in June from months of decline, the Accountants Confidence Index split into two directions this month, with the short-term and mid-term readings heading apart, though both remain positive.