Accounting

The Center for Audit Quality wants the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to postpone sending two of its newly approved standards, on quality control and auditor responsibilities, to the SEC for final approval.

The long-time head of the AICPA — and one of the foremost leaders of the profession — will step down on Dec. 31

Large companies are bolstering their adjusted earnings per share by excluding items such as litigation expenses and amortization of intangible assets from their net income.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board is getting ready to roll out new rules and proposals for state and local governments.

"If we don't diversify, we're not going to have enough CPAs," said INCPAS president and CEO Courtney Kincaid.

The Audit Reform Lab published a report analyzing Britain's audit industry after high-profile corporate collapses and criticism.

While being a camp counselor is a rite of passage for many college students, it's not an obvious prerequisite for a career in audit. But it should be!

The Illinois CPA Society's "Re-Decoding the Decline" report shows that time is the top barrier to CPA licensure, not the 150 credit-hour rule.

The American Institute of CPAs' Auditing Standards Board voted to approve a set of revisions to the rules for attestation engagements to align them with the AICPA's quality management standards.