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The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing to limit the requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for audits of internal controls over financial reporting, making them apply to only the largest public companies.

The SEC proposed to free small companies from a Sarbanes-Oxley Act requirement that an auditor sign-off on their internal controls over financial reporting.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has voted to propose a set of amendments to its rules governing the kind of information provided to investors.

In a slow first quarter, the Big Four firm racked up a commanding position.

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.

The Council of Institutional Investors is asking the Securities and Exchange Commission to require companies to explain any non-GAAP metrics used to set executive compensation within their proxy statements.

The senator really hates it when corporations that report billions of dollars in profit pay little or no tax to Uncle Sam.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s 2019 GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy, along with the 2019 SEC Reporting Taxonomy, FASB said Tuesday.

SEC appoints Acting Chief Counsel, Office of the Chief Accountant; Avalara expands executive team; and other recent hires, promotions and personnel news from firms across the country.