PCAOB

Deloitte's member firm in China agreed to pay a $20 million penalty to settle charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission that the firm asked its audit clients to do their own auditing work.

Switching accounting firms had been seen by some companies as a way to satisfy a 2020 law that threatens to remove businesses from the NYSE and Nasdaq if U.S. officials can't inspect their audit work papers.

The board is asking for public input on modernizing standards, which is one of the key goals for its draft strategic plan.

Just days after American officials arrived in Hong Kong to review the audit work papers of Chinese companies, Washington's watchdog has a stern warning for Beijing: U.S. inspectors must get full access.

EY Americas vice chair John King discusses the impact and history of one of the most influential pieces of financial legislation of the past 50 years. 

Some of the standards were inherited two decades ago from the AICPA and don't take into account ever-changing technology.

PCAOB inspections will take place in Hong Kong under a preliminary agreement reached between American and Chinese regulators to avoid delisting.

Schellman opens new office; Bennett Thrasher appoints chief information officer; and more CPA news.

After a decades-long impasse that led to a threat to kick about 200 Chinese firms off New York stock exchanges, PCAOB inspectors may soon get their first look under the hood of some of China's largest corporations.

PCAOB sanctions Canadian firm over noncooperation with inspections