Audit & Accounting

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released a report Monday on its inspections last year of auditors of brokers and dealers, indicating a continuing high number of audit deficiencies overall, albeit with fewer independence violations than in previous years.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board released a proposed accounting standards update Monday to amend the transition requirements and scope of the credit losses standard that it issued in 2016.

A group of CPAs is stepping up its efforts to force the American Institute of CPAs to change its decision about opening the Accredited in Business Valuation credential to non-CPAs.

For KPMG, another week, another rebuke from U.K. accounting regulators.

These long-lasting schemes can wreak havoc on a business.

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted Friday to simplify some of its disclosure requirements that have become outdated, duplicative or overlapping because of changes in the information environment or U.S. GAAP, or because of other SEC disclosure requirements.

President Donald Trump brought a long-simmering debate on Wall Street to the surface Friday when he prodded regulators to look into scaling back how often publicly traded companies report financial results.

Running a corporation or LLC is different than running a sole proprietorship — and your client’s legal obligations don’t end after filing the formation paperwork.

CPAs often talk about becoming strategic partners to help drive business decisions, and food safety is a real-world problem with a real-world impact.

The developer of cloud-based auditing software has finished a second round led by Battery Ventures.