Audit & Accounting

Becker Professional Education has introduced seven new Professional Certification Programs for CPAs and other financial professionals.

The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, also known as COSO, has introduced an Internal Control Certificate Program.

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board has issued provisional sustainability standards for renewable energy companies.

Rutgers Business School and the American Institute of CPAs announced the creation of the Rutgers AICPA Data Analytics Research Initiative.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board adopted new rules during a meeting Tuesday to provide investors with more information about who is participating in public company audits, including the name of the engagement partners and any other firms that participated in the audit.

Akebono Brake Industry Co. has become the latest addition to a series of corporate scandals in Japan, cutting earnings forecasts and executive pay after confirming problematic accounting of sales to distributors.

Robert Stewart, senior vice president of public affairs at the Financial Accounting Foundation, died unexpectedly early last Saturday in his sleep at the age of 62.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Accounting and Review Services Committee has issued three proposed Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services, or SSARS, related to prospective and pro forma financial information.

The U.K. accounting regulator should re-examine its decision not to investigate the auditing of now-defunct HBOS Plc by KPMG if it wants to restore public confidence in the audit process, according to U.K. lawmaker and Treasury Committee Chair Andrew Tyrie.

Bloomberg BNA has released two new reports on the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s and the International Accounting Standards Board’s revenue recognition standard.