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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.

The prevalence of fraud in modern corporations is astounding when one considers the architecture that is in place to eliminate it.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has recognized 207 U.S. college students with $10,000 scholarships.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released two new documents and a video to provide more information to investors and audit committees about the CAMs requirements.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board posted two new pages to its website to help implement some of its standards and amendments that have recently been approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged the firm with changing some of its previous audit work and manipulating results of its internal training tests.

The former COO of the IFRS will be chairing the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board after the previous choice abruptly backed away from taking the post.

A U.S. bill that proposes to delist Chinese firms that don’t open their audit books to American regulators could benefit Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. as companies instead turn to the city’s bourse.

Deputy chief accountant Sagar Teotia will serve as an interim successor.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has published guidance from its staff on how auditors can communicate critical audit matters in their audit reports.

Auditing quality seems to be improving somewhat internationally, although there’s still a lack of consistency, according to a new report.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Auditing Standards Board has posted a group of standards for audit reports and auditing financial statements.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has posted a preview of its inspection staff’s observations from 2018, describing some of the main deficiencies it uncovered for auditing firms, along with ways to improve audit quality.