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The legislation would create a whistleblower program similar to the one at the SEC, offering protection to accountants and auditors, and others who know of accounting fraud.

A rule requiring audit firms to disclose the names of engagement partners who participated in an audit may not be having much of an impact on audit quality.

The initial batch of audit reports for large accelerated filers describing critical audit matters don’t necessarily provide a whole lot of illuminating information.

A former KPMG partner was sentenced for his role in eliciting confidential information from the U.S. audit regulator to boost the firm’s annual inspection results.

Marcum and Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk plugged some of their clients at investor conferences in violation of auditor independence requirements.

Pilot tests at public companies suggest the new reporting requirements may take more time than expected.

Amendments are being added to three sets of standards for special-purpose, single and summary financial statements.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board issued four documents explaining the new rules.

The move comes amid worries that firms are letting their clients off the hook too readily.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has released its latest yearly report on its inspections of firms that audit broker-dealers and found deficiencies remain at a high level.