Tammy Whitehouse

Technology is permeating internal control over financial reporting, and one of its pioneers says the transition is possible even without a tech background.

Amid reports that KPMG is drawing a firmer line between audit and non-audit services in the United Kingdom, the firm has no similar plans in the United States.

A sizable chunk of Rite Aid’s shareholders has told the board it would like to dismiss Deloitte and hire a new audit firm.

Regulators expect companies to raise their game in protecting the corporate jewels from online hackers, especially in schemes that are not exactly novel.

FEI’s corporate reporting group has developed its own guides for preparers on how to assure sound controls with major new accounting adoptions.

As companies get closer to their first annual disclosures under new revenue recognition rules, staff members at the SEC are stocking up on red pens.

More than 15 percent of public companies surveyed in late October had not yet begun implementing the new lease accounting standard that takes effect Jan. 1.

As turmoil over the British exit from the European Union deepens, the Securities and Exchange Commission is looking for public companies to start disclosing more about how they’ll be affected.

Amid calls for a delay or changes to CECL, the SEC’s chief accountant is defending the rulemaking process under FASB and its independence.