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The commission is starting to implement a tough law passed at the end of the Trump administration, aimed largely at Chinese stocks.

Audit committee chairs may not be fully able to grasp certain detailed comments from the PCAOB or respond appropriately on behalf of the company.

The American Institute of CPAs is proposing to revise its quality management standards to take a more risk-based approach targeted at the types of engagements performed by the CPA firm.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released its annual inspection reports Tuesday for the Big Four firms, along with eight other firms that are inspected each year.

The chairs of corporate audit committees want to hear more regularly from auditors, but they’re also concerned about “over-auditing” and “over-documentation,” according to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

Financial executives feel that the requirements for documenting their organization’s internal controls are getting to be too much and many of them are behind the curve when it comes to applying technology for internal control over financial reporting, according to a new report.

PricewaterhouseCoopers released an update Tuesday to its annual audit quality report for the firm, pointing to improvements on inspection results from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board said Tuesday that board member J. Robert Brown will be leaving the PCAOB at the end of this month, the latest in a string of high-profile departures in recent years.

Over one-third of U.S. public company audits rely on at least one audit firm abroad, according to new research.

President Donald Trump on Friday signed legislation that could kick Chinese companies off of U.S. exchanges unless American regulators can review their financial audits, a move likely to further escalate tensions between the two countries.

The board's spending is expected to increase only slightly next year, thanks to the pandemic.

Hong Kong has received the first access to financial audits from mainland Chinese companies, an issue that has vexed relations between the U.S. and China and threatens to lead to the delisting in New York of giants such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

The impact of the coronavirus will be a major focus in the coming year.

The former Maryland senator radically reshaped the world of auditing with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Companies discussed taxes, followed by goodwill and/or intangibles, most frequently during their first year of disclosures of critical audit matters, according to a new report from the Center for Audit Quality.

The legislation is in reaction to U.S. regulators being unable to review the companies' financial audits.

Auditors have taken a number of steps to address pandemic-related issues, according to a new publication from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

The House is set to vote on bipartisan legislation that would impose restrictions on Chinese companies listed on U.S. exchanges, including requiring certification that they’re not under control of a foreign government.

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