Where Audits Go Awry, Internal Control Audit is Faulty Too, Analysis Shows
Image: Big 4 firms exhibited problems in 35 percent of all audit engagements inspected in 2014, and a whopping 84 percent of those deficient audits involved problems with internal control over financial reporting, according to an analysis by Dan Goelzer, a former member and acting chair of the PCAOB. The ...
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