Audit

PricewaterhouseCoopers has been focusing on auditing under a new PwC US assurance leader, Deanna Byrne, who began the job in July.

The U.S. Defense Department failed for the seventh straight year to score a clean financial audit, highlighting the challenge of tracking the finances of a sprawling organization that has some $3.8 trillion in assets and $4 trillion in liabilities.

Bush & Associates, Barton, Crowe Hussain Chaudhury, KPMG India and RSM Brazil settled sanctions for violating PCAOB reporting requirements.

In a bid to stay listed, the company appointed BDO USA as its independent auditor after EY resigned.

Audit committees are bringing on more directors with experience in cybersecurity and sustainability, according to a new survey.

Facing a backlash about its proposal to toughen standards for failing to detect noncompliance with laws and regulations, the board is putting off action on the standard.

The rule change addresses situations in which a firm has ceased to exist, is nonoperational or no longer wishes to remain registered.

Board members face the likelihood of a deregulatory emphasis under the incoming Trump administration and probable changes in board composition.

The server maker has seen more than $50 billion of its market value wiped out over concerns about its accounting.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board issued a staff publication amid controversy over its proposed NOCLAR standard.