Audit

The XBRL US Data Quality Committee has released an analysis showing big improvements in the quality of filings in Extensible Business Reporting Language format by companies that follow a new set of validation rules.

The International Organization of Securities Commissions has released a new report providing an overview of how audit committees around the world oversee audit firms, with an eye toward improving audit quality at public companies.

Encore: Tax inverters — evaders or avoiders?

Crunching the numbers on Valeant Pharmaceuticals

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. said it’s being investigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over its accounting practices and whether they violate federal laws.

Baker Tilly Virchow Krause's incoming CEO, Alan Whitman, explains in this video how his firm fits into Baker Tilly's international network.

CBL & Associates Properties Inc. fell as much as 12 percent after a published report said the U.S. retail landlord is being investigated for accounting fraud.

Breakthrough innovations in such areas as artificial intelligence, workflow automation and data analytics are enabling auditors to deliver powerful insights that simply weren’t possible before.

Criminals are using technology to perpetrate nearly a third of their frauds, according to a new survey by KPMG, while organizations are lagging behind on the use of technology such as data analytics to detect those frauds.

The number of financial restatements from companies fell nearly 14 percent last year to the lowest number since 2002, according to a new report.

Moore Stephens’ Hong Kong firm won a victory in a New York federal appeals court on a case that could have a far-reaching impact on class-action lawsuits involving audit reports.

The profiles and priorities of CFOs around the world are undergoing a transformation, according to a new report from Ernst & Young.

There’s more cash sitting on company balance sheets than ever before. For the first time since 2012, that’s not enough.

The pace of new engagements was sluggish at the start of the year

When digital forensic experts think of social media, they see a prime place to search during their fraud investigations.

The Financial Accounting Foundation posted its 2015 Annual Report to its website Thursday.

Public companies in the U.S. are doing more to burnish the results they present to investors than ever before. It isn’t working.

The leasing standard that the Financial Accounting Standards Board released in February is going to require some extra training for businesses from their accountants and could lead to some re-evaluations of clients’ leasing obligations.

Auditors face numerous challenges when it comes to helping clients understand financial reporting issues related to accounting for intangible assets acquired in a business combination.

Despite comprising nearly half of our country’s population, women hold significantly fewer positions of leadership than their male counterparts. This is across the board, spanning both the public and private sectors.