Audit standards

With the latest AICPA quality management standard, SQMS 1, firms will have to take a more holistic approach to quality.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released staff guidance to help auditors implement Paragraph .10A of AS 1105, "Audit Evidence."

The penalties include a $100,000 fine, and training requirements on communication between predecessor and successor audits.

The internal audit profession has been grappling with a greater array of responsibilities beyond checking up on corporate finances, including vetting companies' cybersecurity and use of artificial intelligence.

The PCAOB staff continues to see deficiencies related to the review procedures required by Attestation Standard No. 2.

The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants posted two new publications from its staff on two of its recent standards.

The American Institute of CPAs has updated its practice aid on digital assets with a new chapter on auditing cryptocurrency lending and borrowing transactions.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board postponed the effective date for QC 1000, "A Firm's System of Quality Control," as well as other standards, rules and forms, by one year.

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board posted new documents to help jurisdictions implement its recent standard on sustainability assurance.

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board chair Erica Williams is departing on July 22, after being pushed out by the new SEC chairman after her agency narrowly avoided an effort to eliminate it.