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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.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board may begin asking auditors to look at cybersecurity when assessing risks at the companies they audit.

The Securities and Exchange Commission and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board finalized 45 enforcement actions involving accountants in 2018, marking a significant decrease from 2017.

AICPA chief auditor Bob Dohrer dives deep into the new requirement for reporting critical audit matters in the auditor's report, including recent guidance.

An adviser to union pension funds is calling on General Electric to change audit firms after investor confidence in the one-time blue-chip company has been rattled.

Three pieces of guidance outline new requirements for companies to disclose CAMs in their audit reports.

The board is giving companies an overview of some of the key areas it will be looking at during upcoming audit firm inspections.

The two were found guilty of sharing confidential materials ahead of a planned inspection of the Big Four auditing firm.

FAF announces new board members; Armanino expands privacy services practice; and more CPA news.

Both positions are brand-new additions for the board.

The Defense Department will soon force accounting firms it hires to disclose investigations they face.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's 2017 report on the Big Four firm shows a number of continuing deficiencies.