PCAOB

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board has called for qualified, senior applicants from around the world to apply by Jan. 31, 2019.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has been pilot testing its upcoming requirements for auditors.

The $273.7 million budget represents a 5 percent increase from last year.

Megan Zietsman will assume her role with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in early 2019.

The new publication aims to help auditors deal with the CAMs section that will soon be required under a new auditing standard.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, with a new set of board members this year, approved a strategic plan for 2018-2022 on Thursday, along with a fiscal year 2018 budget.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is planning extensive changes in how it inspects firms and interacts with financial statement preparers.

Johnson Lambert and EisnerAmper hire leads of new service offerings; KPMG names principal-in-charge of the Washington tax practice; and other recent hires, promotions and personnel news from firms across the country.

The official passed along confidential lists of which audit clients would be scrutinized.

The firm relied on technical reports done by an affiliate during three consecutive audits of a Canadian gold-mining company.