Audit

The Securities and Exchange Commission is planning to encourage greater cooperation between U.S. and international standard-setters.

Anthony Pugliese of the IIA discusses the new and perennial risks and challenges facing companies, and the new resources the IIA is rolling out to help.

Audit teams with a greater number of women provide higher-quality audits at a lower cost, according to new research.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board imposed a $35,000 penalty on Beckles & Co. for failing to disclose who worked on nine public company audits.

There is plenty of room for more audit committee disclosure, according to the Center for Audit Quality and Ideagen Audit Analytics

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board sanctioned U.S.-based TPS Thayer for failure to reasonably supervise an unregistered firm in China.

Plus, Karbon launches smart tax organizers and binders with Stanford Tax; and other accounting tech news and updates.

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board member Christina Ho plans to resign by the end of January as a shakeup is expected at the board.

Planning around SSI COLAs; holiday business deductions; complex decisions of inheritance; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

A study found that students underestimate the audit profession's attractive aspects and overestimate its less appealing aspects.

Staff have begun working through the backlog of correspondence and messages, and are expected to begin reaching out to tax pros and taxpayers soon.

Plus, Schellman becomes the first U.S.-based body for MTCS certification; Intuit launches partnerships with Cherry Bekaert, Rehmann; and other accounting tech news.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has made a pact with Lithuania's audit regulator to allow the two organizations to cooperate on overseeing firms.

Economic pessimism is on the wane among audit partners, though they're not feeling as confident as last year, according to a CAQ survey.

Clients increasingly view the use of advanced technology as a differentiating factor when selecting their auditors, according to a new survey by BDO USA.

Audit and advisory leaders are working to implement AI solutions, but major hurdles mean that most professionals remain largely dependent on manual processes.

Nasty behavior by individuals at client companies toward auditors is widespread and can negatively affect auditor judgment, according a new academic study.

A new report finds internal audit professionals adjusting to flat and shrinking budgets and the encroachments of artificial intelligence.

The acting chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board outlines his vision for defining audit quality, highlights private equity concerns, and calls for AI guardrails.