SEC approves new audit rules on estimates, specialists
By 
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.
Related articles
-
ArticleSEC plans to ease auditor conflict-of-interest rules
A proposed update to auditor independence rules relaxes restraints on affiliate relationships and initial public offerings.
-
ArticleSEC explores possible new rules on auditor independence
SEC Chairman Jay Clayton has instructed staff to follow up on concerns raised in public comments with respect to auditor independence requirements.
-
ArticleBDO shows improvement in latest PCAOB inspection
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.
More from Accounting & Auditing
-
ArticlePCAOB’s Christina Ho: How emerging technologies could improve audit quality
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.
-
News BriefPCAOB chair Williams latest independent official pushed out by Trump
Continuing a Trump administration practice of firing independent regulators, the head of the Public Accounting Oversight Board has been sent packing.
-
News BriefPhoto gallery: Compliance Week Third-Party Risk Management Summit
Nearly 200 attendees gathered at the Hotel Zaza in Austin, Texas for Compliance Week’s 2025 June 3-4. This year’s conference brought together compliance professionals from across the globe to discuss how rapidly shifting politics, policies and supply chain realities are affecting their jobs, and share best practices to respond.