Audit

An overwhelming majority of American investors are confident in the integrity of the U.S. capital markets, including audited financial reports and independent auditors, according to a new survey by the Center for Audit Quality.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s recent set of proposed technical corrections to its revenue recognition standard are a sign that more companies are getting serious about implementing them.

The oil and natural gas services company Weatherford International will pay a $140 million penalty to settle accounting fraud charges.

BDO USA LLP has named Christopher Tower as the firm’s new national managing partner for audit quality and professional practice.

Companies are beginning to revamp their financial reports to incorporate sustainability disclosures in response to demand from investors.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Accounting and Review Services Committee has finished the last of the standards it has been redrafting and clarifying as part of the AICPA’s Clarity Project.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board proposed guidance Monday to address a broad set of accounting and financial reporting issues to help state and local governments deal with the implementation and application of certain GASB pronouncements.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has proposed to amend the amortization period for callable debt securities that are purchased at a premium.

The American Institute of CPAs has issued a new report on the growing threat of “executive impersonation,” in which criminals claiming to be corporate executives convince employees to send them sensitive documents and company information.

FASB’s invitation to comment and the duh-preciation elephant

Three former Tesco Plc executives will plead not guilty to allegations of accounting fraud, their lawyers said as the men appeared in a London court for the first time since being charged.

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. said it will cover as much as $15.4 million of taxes and penalties incurred by former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sehat Sutardja when he exercised backdated options in 2006.

PricewaterhouseCoopers wants to show the life of an accountant and auditor isn’t so boring after all, with a new YouTube video.

Lee Klumpp of BDO USA talks in this video about what FASB plans to tackle in the next phase of development of the nonprofit accounting standards.

Exxon Mobil Corp.’s accounting has prompted a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into whether the energy giant should have written down assets as a result of the oil slump, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Lee Klumpp of BDO USA discusses in this video how FASB's new accounting standards for not-for-profit organizations will change how nonprofits disclose investment returns and expenses.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has proposed a set of technical corrections and improvements to its revenue recognition accounting standard.

A startup technology company, AppZen, has introduced new technology that is leveraging artificial intelligence to examine expense reports for signs of fraud.

Lee Klumpp of BDO USA explains in this video how FASB's new nonprofit accounting standards will change how not-for-profits address liquidity.

Financial data extraction platform Validis has released audit working papers specific to nonprofits.