Enforcement activity against accounting and auditing firms declined sharply last year under the second Trump administration, ...
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is seeing some improvements in audits of internal control over financial reporting, but also some contradictory findings. In a speech last week during the ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am the Jenkins Professor of Accounting at NC State University. A recent study published in Contemporary Accounting Research ...
Reoccurring PCAOB findings with an increasing deficiency rate, in 2020, 2021, and 2022, included revenue, business combinations, and inventory. 2 Critical audit matters (CAMs) and audit committee ...
The PCAOB released a new staff report designed to help audit firms remedy quality control issues cited in inspections. The report features advice for firms facing remediation following findings of ...
Last month, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), released its “Information for Audit Committees About the PCAOB Inspection Process” [PDF] (Release). The purpose of the Release is to ...
A new staff report issued by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) seeks to provide best practices for auditors amid observations of rising deficiency rates related to engagement ...
U.S. audit regulators are set to end yearslong inspection barriers to the work of public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong after the Public Company Accounting Oversight ...