Audit & Accounting

A long-awaited regulation from the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 requires companies to disclose the ratio of the CEO’s compensation to the median pay of employees and could prove to be effective in restraining the growth of CEO pay, according to a new study.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is considering proposing new requirements for an auditor’s use of other auditors.

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board has completed its work on writing provisional sustainability accounting standards for 79 industries in 10 sectors and is now embarking on the next phase of the standards development process.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is conducting a post-implementation review of its Engagement Quality Review standard and is looking for feedback on the effectiveness of the 2009 standard.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Auditing Standards Board has issued a new auditing interpretation on audit reports.

The American Institute of CPAs' Auditing Standards Board has completed its Clarity Project by issuing its final standard.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released a report Tuesday indicating that the vast majority of audit firms were doing a good job of complying with a recent standard on communications with their client’s audit committees.

Thomson Reuters has introduced a new service covering all aspects of financial management and controllership, including accounting and financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, cost and cash management, business combinations, and internal controls and risk management.

One time I had a client who became his company’s CEO. At one meeting I asked him how he spent his days and how he managed the transition to CEO.

Thirty percent of companies reported experiencing some form of fraud in their supply chain, according to a new poll.