Audit

The audit assistance provider aims to provide CPA firms with access to on-demand audit talent.

The add-on aims to help manage downstream risks from third parties.

The board aims to modernize standards, enhance inspections, strengthen enforcement and improve organizational effectiveness.

Gary Gensler has been encouraging the PCAOB to update more of the standards to take into account the way firms are working today.

The inspections add to the challenges facing the Shenzhen-based company at the center of China's real estate crisis.

Republicans and Democrats have been sparring over whether the extra funding will be used to audit low-income and middle-class taxpayers.

Five of China's largest state-owned companies announced plans to delist from U.S. exchanges as the two countries struggle to come to an agreement allowing American regulators to inspect audits of Chinese businesses.

Companies can get a "reasonable" level of assurance on their internal controls.

The U.K. telecom giant was hit by massive fraud at its Italian unit.

Erica Williams is throwing cold water on a workaround that’s been floated as a way to avoid delisting of Chinese companies from U.S. stock exchanges.

Some very important work is often given to an entry-level person instead of a much more experienced accountant.

A 61% majority of ESG assurance services were performed by accounting firms, but there was substantial variation among different countries.

The board's chair, Erica Williams, said the PCAOB is working on updated auditing standards and stricter enforcement and inspections.

Regulators from the two countries have been locked in negotiations over granting U.S. auditor watchdogs complete and open access to the audit work papers of about 200 Chinese companies.

The PCAOB is being urged to update older standards more quickly.

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board plans to bolster the International Sustainability Standards Board’s proposed standards with its own.

The Big Four U.K. firm, one former partner and four former employees faced sanctions over auditing problems at two clients.

The AICPA and NASBA are laying the groundwork for a major overhaul, with some content moving to new sections.

The Institute of Internal Auditors unveiled new research during its annual international conference in Chicago this week pointing to changes in the internal audit profession worldwide.