Audit & Accounting

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… there was more than likely fraud and payment errors in accounts payable processes within the Death Star.

Internal auditors with advanced levels of education, training and certification are seeing bigger salaries, according to a new survey.

The Anti-Fraud Collaboration introduced a free set of online self-study courses Tuesday for corporate ethics training that can provide continuing professional education credit.

Three former top executives of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP avoided potential prison terms after a Manhattan jury failed to agree on whether they lied to investors in the run-up to the largest law-firm bankruptcy in history.

The International Federation of Accountants expressed support for a United Nations agreement on climate change as the U.N. works to reduce carbon emissions.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board issued a report Thursday warning about significant deficiencies it is seeing in auditing firms’ assessment of risks in their clients.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has proposed new guidance to help state and local governments that participate in certain multiple-employer pension plans meet the reporting requirements of GASB’s pension standards.

An overwhelming majority of corporate board directors oppose the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposal to require mandatory disclosure of communications between audit committees and auditors, according to a new survey.

Ernst & Young LLP took Bernie Madoff at his word when it signed off on audits of a fund that helped feed the biggest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history.

The number of accountants who belong to professional accounting organizations that are members of the International Federation of Accountants grew 16 percent from 2.4 million to 2.8 million between 2009 and 2013.