All Public Company Accounting Oversight Board articles – Page 8
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PCAOB to auditors: better document independence issues
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board issued guidance to auditors to explain how they should handle communication with audit committees under Rule 3526.
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PCAOB inspectors find recurring problems, but evidence of effort
Auditors are still struggling with many of the same issues that have appeared prominently in inspection reports the past several years—but many firms are taking steps to address recurring problems, audit regulators say.
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Audit committees advised: be cautious if PCAOB calls
The PCAOB wants to engage more directly with audit committees, but they may get a cool response from some audit committee members wary of the risks.
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CAMs 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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PwC shows uptick in audit deficiencies in latest report
Audit regulators issued their 2017 inspection report on PwC, showing an uptick in the percentage of audits with deficiencies.
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Grant Thornton earns record low deficiency rate
Grant Thornton earned a record low deficiency rate on its newest audit inspection report, the first major firm to deliver a rate in the teens since 2009.
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Charts: Exclusive analysis of audit inspection reports
See how the big accounting firms compare in terms of audit deficiency rates for 2009 through 2016 and internal control deficiencies for 2016 based on PCAOB inspection report results.
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How audit firms are polishing their images
Audit deficiencies are just part of the picture when it comes to the reputational damage suffered by nearly every big firm. Jaclyn Jaeger looks at how the big audit firms are tackling bad marks from the PCAOB.
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Transparency a game-changer for auditor evaluations
Under rising pressure to be more transparent about how they oversee auditors, proactive audit committees are raising their games when it comes to evaluating all aspects of their audit.
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Special report: Building a better audit
Various initiatives on producing audit quality indicators give audit committees some questions to ask or data points to consider in assessing their audits and their auditors.
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PCAOB advises auditors to expand view of CAMs
After reviewing implementation activity, the PCAOB is advising auditors to think a little more broadly about how they identify and describe CAMs.
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PCAOB stokes audit committees on inspection engagement
Audit committee chairs at companies whose audits are selected for regulatory inspection might have an opportunity to interact with PCAOB inspectors firsthand.
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Former KPMG, PCAOB leaders convicted on fraud counts
A former KPMG audit leader and a former inspections leader at the PCAOB have been convicted of wire fraud in a scheme to subvert the inspections process.
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PCAOB disciplines former, current Grant Thornton partners
The PCAOB has delivered an enforcement action to a former partner and current partner at Grant Thornton over an audit dating back to 2013.
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Defense requires auditors to disclose disciplinary actions
Audit firms are only days away from facing a U.S. Defense requirement to provide information on disciplinary proceedings as a condition of winning audit contracts.
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IOSCO report gives marching orders to audit committees
Securities regulators globally have banded together to call on audit committees to take a fresh look at their role in promoting and supporting quality audits.
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PCAOB releases KPMG's 2016 report, 3 others
The PCAOB has published its report on KPMG’s scandal-ridden 2016 inspection, along with three other reports, describing high levels of audit deficiencies and mismanagement of quality.
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Former PCAOB Director of Enforcement joins Akin Gump
Claudius Modesti, former Director of Enforcement at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), has joined Akin Gump as a partner in its white-collar defense and government investigations practice in Washington, D.C.
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EY forms independent audit quality committee
EY has joined the rest of the Big Four in seeking independent consult on audit quality, forming a committee of outside experts to advise firm leaders.
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When earnings precede audit, auditors cave, study finds
Absent a strong audit committee, management can get an upper hand over auditors when it releases unaudited earnings results to the market, a new study says.