Audit

The FRC fined the Big Four firm and partner Anthony Sykes over its 2010 audit of the carmaker, the latest in a long list of audit scandals surrounding the firm.

The committee is looking for a new chairperson as its current chair, Paul Sobel, plans to depart at the end of the year. 

The Big Four firm will pay more than $17.1 million over misconduct on major work it carried out for collapsed Carillion Plc and data services company Regenersis.

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The Top 10 Firm is taking steps to improve its audits, including hiring a former official from the PCAOB and creating an Audit Quality Advisory Council.

The Internal Revenue Service has been auditing fewer taxpayers since 2010, according to a new report, but audit rates have been plunging the most for higher-income taxpayers.

Jennifer Wilson, the leader of Convergence Coaching, says that technological advance combined with changing client demand will lead the remote audit to become the norm.

Assurance delivered by trusted auditors — who are independent and objective — is a cornerstone for the health of our financial and capital markets.

A recent report from the Big Four firm says audit committee members can no longer afford a "set it and forget it" approach to security.

The board named the members the Investor Advisory Group and the Standards and Emerging Issues Advisory Group, and scheduled their initial meeting dates.