Tammy Whitehouse

The SEC is proposing changes to its auditor independence rules to relax limitations that made compliance with loan provisions virtually impossible.

Auditor tenures are beginning to appear in public company filings, giving investors new insight into how embedded firms are at their various public company clients.

As they file their first 10-Qs under new revenue rules, companies may find their judgments will face a whole new round of scrutiny in the very next quarter.

After some serious blows to its reputation, KPMG has decided to add outside directors to its board.

Investors react when they know the name of an engagement partner on an audit, research suggests, but the reaction may be stronger than expected.

Accountants globally have some revised ethics rules to follow, which should prompt an examination in the United States over whether there are new thresholds to meet.

Of the 100 largest lessees in U.S. capital markets, 76 percent say new lease accounting rules will be material to the balance sheet; 20 percent are still assessing.

Elation morphed into confusion in the first quarter as companies celebrated tax reform, then dug in to figure out what it all means and how to comply.

A brand new slate of audit regulators is looking for some direction as it takes the helm at the PCAOB and establishes a new strategic plan.