Audit

Megan Zietsman will assume her role with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in early 2019.

The publication contains five key components and addresses the impact of artificial intelligence and robot process automation.

Hiring shortfalls and disruptive technologies will be among the main topics of discussion in boardrooms in 2019.

Private company audit fees grew by more, but at a slower pace.

Technology is creating a future where assurance and advisory go hand in hand, the CPA.com chief says.

The auditor that shed clients and staff hopes to reestablish its business in the country.

Outgoing CAQ chief Cindy Fornelli also shared her plans for retirement.

The new publication aims to help auditors deal with the CAMs section that will soon be required under a new auditing standard.

‘We aren’t guaranteed our space,’ the AICPA chief says.

The news comes exactly a year after the disclosure of accounting irregularities and the resignation of its CEO threw the company into crisis.

Auditors such as KPMG LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP must do better when it comes to compiling a key part of companies’ annual reports, their U.K. regulator warned.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Auditing Standards Board voted to issue a long-awaited standard on audits of financial statements of employee benefit plans, although it is still awaiting some details before the standard takes effect.

The megamerger would create a powerful rival to the Big Four in the British audit market.

The auditing firm new CEO is expected to replace Nhlamulo Dlomu, who will be taking up a global role May 1.

The Center for Audit Quality has made its 11th annual call for independent research topics focused on the auditing profession.

The U.S. will see big growth in tech-related roles in industries such as finance, consulting and retail, according to a new forecast.

Accounting is facing a slow-moving existential crisis, says institutional investor Jon Lukomnik.

Colombia’s bribery saga — in which a key witness and his son both suddenly died in the past week — has taken another turn.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, with a new set of board members this year, approved a strategic plan for 2018-2022 on Thursday, along with a fiscal year 2018 budget.

Samsung Group’s biotechnology unit is facing a potential criminal investigation and delisting after South Korea’s financial regulator said that the company “intentionally” violated accounting rules surrounding an initial public offering.