Critical Audit Matters
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ArticleCAMs are coming, and companies should warn investors
Audit reports are about to get a lot longer, and companies would be wise to give financial statement users some advance warning to head off any knee-jerk reactions.
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CAMs may drive more management disclosure, dry runs reveal
A pending requirement for auditors to disclose critical audit matters in their reports may compel management to take a closer look at their own disclosures.
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Changes to PCAOB inspections will begin in 2019
A new approach to audit inspections will begin in 2019, with changes intended to focus on prevention and deterrence, new PCAOB chairman says.
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Report calls out gender disparity among engagement partners
As audit firms disclose who performs public company audits, gender diversity is emerging as the first major concern regarding audit engagement leadership.
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PCAOB issues more guidance on new audit disclosures
The PCAOB has issued more guidance to auditors about how they should comply with requirements to add new information to audit reports.
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CAQ: Control deficiencies not CAMs, but could be tied to one
A significant deficiency in internal control over financial reporting will not automatically constitute a critical audit matter that auditors will have to disclose under a new auditing standard, but it could suggest auditors will disclose a CAM related to the underlying accounting, said the Center for Audit Quality.
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Auditor tenure is ‘reference point,’ SEC's Bricker says
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.
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Reporting improves with KAM disclosures, study says
After a year of reporting “key audit matters” in audit reports abroad, financial reporting has improved, says a study by a global accounting group.
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Auditors get guidance on altering audit report
Auditors have some new guidance from the PCAOB about how to begin revising their audit reports to reflect new requirements that take effect this year-end.
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Auditors will start listing, describing critical audit matters in 2019
Auditors have been dispatched by the PCAOB and the SEC to begin listing and describing in audit reports where they had the most difficulty in each audit.
