Audit preparation

Big Four firm KPMG signed 17 new SEC audit engagements, followed closely by Deloitte, CBIZ and Carr Riggs & Ingram.

In its 2025 annual report, the PCAOB found that 60% of registered firms did not perform issuer, broker-dealer or substantial-role audits.

The International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators released a report summarizing its annual survey of inspection findings from audit regulators around the world.

Ideagen Audit Analytics' annual report on the audit landscape shows the market share landscape remaining much the same.

Canada's top securities regulator alleged that KPMG failed to properly value the loans held within funds, harming investors.

The case may reveal how far auditors can be held accountable for their work on insolvent companies accused of fraudulent accounting.

The number of accounting-related securities class action filings plummeted 40% last year, according to a new report, but the total settlement value rose 40%.

Big deals for CBIZ and Baker Tilly put them at the top of the league tables for new public company audit engagements for all of 2025.

The Audit Practitioner Fellowship Program will allow auditors to share their expertise with PCAOB staff.

The Canadian Public Accountability Board published individual auditing firm inspection reports for the first time, marking a significant milestone.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has reached a deal with the Cyprus Public Audit Oversight Board.

HTL International netted the most new Securities and Exchange Commission engagements in the third quarter of 2025, followed by CBIZ and KPMG.

Audit teams with a greater number of women provide higher-quality audits at a lower cost, according to new research.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board imposed a $35,000 penalty on Beckles & Co. for failing to disclose who worked on nine public company audits.

There is plenty of room for more audit committee disclosure, according to the Center for Audit Quality and Ideagen Audit Analytics

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has made a pact with Lithuania's audit regulator to allow the two organizations to cooperate on overseeing firms.

Nasty behavior by individuals at client companies toward auditors is widespread and can negatively affect auditor judgment, according a new academic study.

A new report finds internal audit professionals adjusting to flat and shrinking budgets and the encroachments of artificial intelligence.

The acting chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board outlines his vision for defining audit quality, highlights private equity concerns, and calls for AI guardrails.

No matter what internal audit gets called to do, there will always be a cadre of misguided executives and board members who think internal audit is just an extension of the finance function.