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Tammy Whitehouse2019-07-08T12:33:00
The SEC has approved final standards issued by the PCAOB giving auditors new requirements for auditing estimates and relying on the work of specialists.
2020-01-02T18:57:00Z By Lori Tripoli
A proposed update to auditor independence rules relaxes restraints on affiliate relationships and initial public offerings.
2019-09-20T14:10:00Z By Tammy Whitehouse
SEC Chairman Jay Clayton has instructed staff to follow up on concerns raised in public comments with respect to auditor independence requirements.
2019-07-01T20:35:00Z By Tammy Whitehouse
The PCAOB says it found fault with 39 percent of the audits inspected at BDO USA in 2017 – the firm’s first time with a deficiency rate below 50 percent since 2011.
2025-10-15T19:16:00Z By Ruth Prickett
Auditors are supposed to keep businesses honest, but how much regulation is the optimum for the auditors – and how onerous and punitive should the enforcement regime be? A new consultation by the U.K. regulator, the Financial Reporting Council, opened on Oct. 1 and has put the vexed question of ...
2025-10-07T20:32:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
Emerging technologies, like artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced data analytics, can improve audit quality in significant ways. As the regulatory overseer of public-company audits, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has a critical role to play by ensuring that its audit standards evolve as the audit profession evolves.
2025-07-21T14:13:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Continuing a Trump administration practice of firing independent regulators, the head of the Public Accounting Oversight Board has been sent packing.
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