Audit

Preliminary results of an ongoing survey suggest the types of accountants who are ready to leave the profession, and the types of firms they're leaving.

The U.K.'s accounting watchdog is investigating Deloitte LLP's work on Glencore Plc and a U.K. unit, amid corruption scandals involving the commodity giant.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board sanctioned Centurion ZD CPA & Co. and Chan Kam Fuk, permanently revoking the firm's registration and permanently barring the owner.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has tapped George Botic as acting chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board after Erica Williams' departure.

Erica Williams is stepping down Tuesday as chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and spoke Monday with Accounting Today about her time at the PCAOB.

The IRS's progress in improving tax compliance in recent years has been threatened by cuts in funding and hiring, according to a new report.

One of the biggest challenges facing internal auditing and accounting is recruiting the next generation of workers to each respective profession.

The Institute of Internal Auditors presented its updated competency framework for internal auditors during its international conference this week in Toronto.

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board chair Erica Williams is departing on July 22, after being pushed out by the new SEC chairman after her agency narrowly avoided an effort to eliminate it.

A major merger between two billion-dollar firms put CBIZ at the top of the list for new Securities and Exchange Commission Engagements.

Deloitte said its auditors will now have enhanced agentic AI capacities within Omnia, the firm's global cloud-based audit and assurance platform.

The Internal Revenue Service's plan under the Biden administration to audit high-income taxpayers appears less likely after staffing and budget cuts.

Wolters Kluwer announced a version of CCH Validate that is now entirely in the cloud.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board today sanctioned Goldman & Company, CPA's, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton, and PWR CPAs.

Plus, Abacus announces $6.6 million seed funding for agentic AI assistants; and other news and updates from the accounting tech arena.

Auditors selected and paid by the companies they inspect can't affirm the credibility of the projects they assess, according to a research paper.

The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants and the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board set up technical groups for their standards.

Auditors with uncommon first names tended to take a divergent approach to the rules, reducing earnings comparability, according to a new study.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board sanctioned CPA firm Michael Coglianese for quality review failures for 17 audit and attestation engagements.

The Financial Reporting Council is probing several audits carried out by Deloitte and U.K. accounting firm Azets Holdings between 2017 and 2023.