Audit

The Internal Revenue Service would be legally mandated to annually audit the president and publish the results under legislation passed by the House.

Plus, the Institute of Internal Auditors expressed serious concerns about a recent board proposal on audit confirmations.

As 2023 comes into view, the specter of 87,000 new IRS employees has gotten the attention of accountants and bookkeepers — as well as small and midsized business owners.

The move caps a three-year legal saga initiated by Democrats to obtain and release the former president's closely held financial documents.

The new standard for audit confirmations would replace an interim standard that hasn't changed for two decades.

The board released its latest inspection reports on Deloitte & Touche, PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG and Ernst & Young, plus BDO USA and Grant Thornton.

A recent study found that using machine learning in tax audits can significantly increase evasion detection as well as delinquent tax collection.

Michael Burry, the investor who foresaw the housing market crash in 2008, is skeptical about today's proof-of-reserve audits.

The accounting firm Mazars Group halted work for Binance and other crypto firms on reports that are meant to demonstrate that the companies hold the necessary reserves.

The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission selected Lucia Wind, vice president of internal audit at the technology company Unisys, as its next board chair, succeeding Paul Sobel, for a three-year term starting Jan. 1, 2023.

Mazars Group has halted all work for crypto clients, dealing a blow to an industry seeking to shore up confidence in the wake of FTX's collapse.

The board voted yesterday that local authorities are not obstructing its ability to conduct inspections in the mainland and Hong Kong.

A proof of reserves report, based on a snapshot review by Mazars, showed the exchange having sufficient crypto assets to balance its total platform liabilities, but acknowledged limitations.

Traders move to take custody of their tokens despite a proof of reserves audit amid revelations that rival FTX may have misused customer funds.

The board is stepping up its enforcement activities with a mostly new slate of board members.

In this edition of the Frontier, Marcum's CIO talks about how the audit solutions market may evolve in response to recent trends.

As PCAOB inspections in China move forward, U.S. auditors should use caution in engagements with Chinese-based companies.

Auditing firms have been relying increasingly on outside specialists for audit engagements since the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board unveiled a new standard governing their use.

Business executives are anticipating a number of risks in 2023.