Audit & Accounting

The Top 10 Firm is taking steps to improve its audits, including hiring a former official from the PCAOB and creating an Audit Quality Advisory Council.

The Internal Revenue Service has been auditing fewer taxpayers since 2010, according to a new report, but audit rates have been plunging the most for higher-income taxpayers.

The state society honored eight individuals at its annual CPA Celebration for their contributions to the accounting industry.

The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board issued a consultation paper on natural resources on Monday to consider various issues relating to recognition, measurement and presentation of natural resources by public sector entities.

Jennifer Wilson, the leader of Convergence Coaching, says that technological advance combined with changing client demand will lead the remote audit to become the norm.

Organizations need to be ready to face these five challenges to environment, social and governance disclosures.

Columnist emeritus Paul Miller returns for another installment of “The Spirit of Accounting” to ask if standard-setting should be taken out of accountants’ hands.

The board voted to add a project to improve the accounting for and disclosure of certain digital assets, such as cryptocurrency.

Assurance delivered by trusted auditors — who are independent and objective — is a cornerstone for the health of our financial and capital markets.

A recent report from the Big Four firm says audit committee members can no longer afford a "set it and forget it" approach to security.