Audit standards

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.

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.

The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants and the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board set up technical groups for their standards.

Auditors with uncommon first names tended to take a divergent approach to the rules, reducing earnings comparability, according to a new study.

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board has revised its standard on the auditor's responsibilities relating to fraud.

The American Institute of CPAs' Auditing Standards Board is looking for feedback on a proposed standard updating auditors' responsibilities related to fraud.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board sanctioned the firm Michael T. Studer CPA and Michael Studer for repeat violations related to a 2019 audit.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board sanctioned Heaton & Co. and one of its partners, Kristofer Heaton, for failing to properly document five audits.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is making plans in case it inherits the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's duties if the tax bill passes.

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board released information on its new standard, while the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board has an exposure draft on materiality.

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