Audit & Accounting

Regulators in some Asian countries are getting tougher on auditors after landmark defaults, in an increasingly high-stakes game as investors call for earlier warning signs amid expectations for debt failures to mount.

Accountants need a strategy to make them stand out from their competitors.

Seventy-six percent of internal audit groups are undertaking some form of innovation, but only 31 percent have a roadmap in place.

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.

Olympus Corp. lost a U.K. lawsuit that tried to block the pension of former head Michael Woodford after he blew the whistle on an alleged $1.7 billion accounting fraud and 13-year cover-up at the firm.

Repeat tax debtors and their tax pros should use tax season to clear up past balances.

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

Building the firm you want starts with figuring out 'What,' 'Who' and 'How'

Richard Chambers, president and CEO of the Institute of Internal Auditors, has produced an updated edition of his memoir and advice book, “The Speed of Risk: Lessons Learned on the Audit Trail, 2nd Edition.”

Truth in Accounting wants pension and retirement benefit costs included in state and local government reporting.