Audit & Accounting

The Center for Audit Quality has selected five new academic research proposals for funding.

No one understands your organization as well as you do -- which is why you have to help them navigate it.

Grant Thornton CEO Stephen Chipman discusses major issues in accounting regulation and standard-setting.

CEO Stephen Chipman discusses the major issues facing the accounting profession.

Recent anniversaries, awards and more at accounting firms across the country.

Recent promotions, new hires and more at accounting firms across the country.

While most observers are reluctant to forecast any tax legislation prior to the November elections, there is legislation pending in Congress that, if enacted, would be a boon to small business and help jumpstart the economy.

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Chairman James Doty discusses the need for regulating the audit profession internationally, including in China. He also discusses the concept release on mandatory audit firm rotation, and why even the new category of emerging growth companies in the JOBS Act should be subject to audits. He was interviewed at the PCAOB offices by AccountingToday.com editor-in-chief Michael Cohn after the AICPA's Spring Meeting of Council in Washington, D.C.

The Institute of Management Accountants has thrown its support behind the Financial Accounting Foundation’s plan to establish a Private Company Council to improve the process of setting accounting standards for private companies.

The Professional Accountants in Business Committee of the International Federation of Accountants has proposed guidance to help accountants improve their business reporting processes.