Audit & Accounting

Don’t expect to find these rarely seen accounting movies on Netflix or TCM. They never won more than a cult following, much less an Academy Award, perhaps because of an unfortunate resemblance to previous Oscar winners.

The accounting profession is strongly linked to national economic growth and improved living standards and is estimated to contribute $575 billion annually to the global economy, according to a new report.

Thomson Reuters has released PPC’s Practice Aids for Audits Performed under International Standards, providing audit programs, checklists, confirmations, and auditor’s reports for performing complex audits in accordance with International Standards on Auditing.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board voted Wednesday to proceed to issuing a final standard on its long-delayed project for overhauling the accounting for leases and set the dates for when the new standard will take effect.

Check out the digital edition of the November 2015 issue of Accounting Today.

Finance leaders are under pressure to better manage margins and earnings performance, cash flow and cybersecurity, according to a new survey.

BDO Canada LLP has merged in Majewski Shaler & Co., a Vancouver-based accounting practice.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has released a report on its 2014 inspection of KPMG LLP, finding deficiencies in 28 of the 52 audits it reviewed.

The International Organization of Securities Commissions is encouraging audit firms to be more transparent to investors about their practices by producing a new kind of report.

BDO Canada LLP has acquired H&A Forensic Accounting, a Toronto-based professional forensic accounting and advisory firm.