In Brief The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic made remote audits a necessity rather than a luxury. CPA firms have adapted to the new environment, but challenges…
Finding Financial Experts for Audit Committees
What Compensation Can CPAs Expect?
In Brief Regulatory and market pressures have led to increased responsibilities for corporate audit committees, as well as greater demand for such members to possess…
The PCAOB requires that registered audit firms adhere to an audit quality control (QC) requirement: A firm of independent auditors has a responsibility to adopt…
In Brief Public health measures taken to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have upended business operations and processes. Auditing is no exception;…
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly impacted the way CPAs plan and conduct single audits. Government-mandated shutdowns forced not-for-profit (NFP) organizations to move to a…
Ensuring Integrity: Litigation and Enforcement Update
Highlights from the 15th Annual Baruch College Auditing Conference
The final session of the conference featured a discussion of litigation and enforcement issues relevant to auditors. The panelists included Ben Campbell, General Counsel, Deloitte;…
A Postimplementation Analysis of AS 3101
Examples of Critical Audit Matters from the Big Four
In 2017, the PCAOB adopted a new auditor reporting standard: AS 3101, The Auditor's Report on an Audit of Financial Statements When the Auditor Expresses an…
Ensuring Integrity: COVID-19 and Client Risk Profile
Highlights from the 15th Annual Baruch College Auditing Conference
The second session of the second day of the conference focused on the impact of COVID-19 on companies' evaluation of risk. The panelists were: Jim…
Ensuring Integrity: Auditors’ Biases
Highlights from the 15th Annual Baruch College Auditing Conference
The first session of the second day of the conference, titled “Auditors' Biases,” covered all manner of conscious and unconscious bias as well as how…
Ensuring Integrity: Critical Audit Matters
Highlights from the 15th Annual Baruch College Auditing Conference
The second session, “Critical Audit Matters” (CAM), addressed this recently implemented requirement, which represents the most significant change to audit reports in decades. The participants…
Ensuring Integrity: Regulators and Standards Setters Update
Highlights from the 15th Annual Baruch College Auditing Conference
The first session, “Regulators and Standard Setters Updates and Panel Discussion” focused on current regulatory issues facing the auditing profession. The participants included Tracy Harding,…
The 15th Annual Audit Conference, hosted virtually by Baruch College on December 1 and 2, 2020, once again brought together auditors, regulators, standards setters, and…
Significant changes are coming to the audit report. The Auditing Standards Board (ASB) issued SAS 134, Auditor Reporting and Amendments, Including Amendments Addressing Disclosures in…
In Brief Performing certain nonaudit services for audit clients can impair independence. Misrepresenting nonaudit services as immaterial and mischaracterizing them as audit services obscures the…
In Brief The history of modern auditing coincides conveniently with the history of The CPA Journal. The 1930s not only saw the NYSSCPA begin publication of what…
In Brief Public health measures taken to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have upended business operations and processes. Auditing is no exception;…