Audit standards

Like most financial instruments, special purpose acquisition companies present risks and rewards, and require due diligence from accounting firms to help avoid landmines.

The American Institute of CPAs is proposing to revise its quality management standards to take a more risk-based approach targeted at the types of engagements performed by the CPA firm.

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board has issued a set of three revised standards aimed at improving quality management for auditors across the globe.

Companies discussed taxes, followed by goodwill and/or intangibles, most frequently during their first year of disclosures of critical audit matters, according to a new report from the Center for Audit Quality.

Auditors have taken a number of steps to address pandemic-related issues, according to a new publication from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

PCAOB aligns auditor independence rules with SEC

The board has been making changes to its strategic plans and agenda in response to the pandemic as it sees auditors doing more work remotely.

Investor awareness of critical audit matters is “still developing,” though, according to the PCAOB's interim analysis.

J. Robert Brown criticized recent moves by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to strip down its research and standard-setting agendas without proper consultation.

Companies are continuing to increase the level of audit committee disclosures in their proxy statements, according to a new report from the Center for Audit Quality and Audit Analytics.

The Institute of Internal Auditors has introduced a new framework for the professional development of internal auditors.

A pair of academic studies casts doubt on the value of mandatory rotation of auditing firms and lead engagement partners.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Auditing Standards Board issued an attestation standard for when auditors perform examination engagements with clients.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board imposed a $250,000 penalty on Marcum LLP and its Marcum Bernstein Pinchuk unit over audits of Chinese companies.

KPMG is already starting to use the new standards to improve audit quality globally.

COVID-19 doesn’t seem to be having an impact on such disclosures, according to a report from Ernst & Young.

It doesn’t need to be an oxymoron.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board updated its research and standard-setting agendas.

An inside look at SAS 142, which aims to help bolster this critical tool in the auditor's toolkit.

American Institute of CPAs chief auditor Bob Dohrer and AICPA Auditing Standards Board chair Tracy Harding discussed the AICPA’s progress on some recent audit and attest standards during the Engage 2020 online conference Monday.