Public company audit partners are trusted as watchdogs of the capital markets. A forthcoming study by the authors of this article finds that audit partners'…
In the past year at the PCAOB, we've had a lot of change. At the beginning of the year, and for the first time since…
ICYMI | Auditors’ Increased Responsibilities Under the PCAOB’s New Audit Reporting Standards
Communicating Critical Audit Matters
In Brief For more than 70 years, the auditor's report has remained virtually the same, following a simple pass/fail template. Recent changes issued by the…
The panel featured Douglas Bloom, JD, director of the cybersecurity and privacy and financial crimes unit at PricewaterhouseCoopers; Chris Halterman, CPA, executive director of advisory…
The PCAOB as Third-party Payer
A Proposal to Address Concerns over Public Company Auditor Independence
The idea of introducing a third-party payer into the auditor-client relationship has received some attention from regulators, academics, and accounting firms in recent years. Years…
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FASB, PCAOB News
FASB News Board Backs Staff’s Convertible Instrument Disclosure Improvements FASB has backed a series of improvements to convertible instrument disclosures, including the format in which…
Improving Audit Quality
Highlights from the 13th Annual Baruch College Audit Conference
The 13th Annual Audit Conference, hosted by Baruch College in New York City on December 4, 2018, once again brought together auditors, regulators, standards setters,…
For the first time since the [PCAOB's] creation in 2003, we have a completely new board. Its new strategic plan, which was approved on November…
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Tax & Accounting Update is provided by Thomson Reuters and based on material published on Checkpoint, its online news and research platform. The Update is…
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FASB, IASB, PCAOB News
FASB News Proposal Would Offer Transition Relief for Credit Losses Standard On February 6, FASB issued a proposal intended to offer transition relief to businesses…
Tax & Accounting Update is provided by Thomson Reuters and based on material published on Checkpoint, its online news and research platform. The Update is…
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FASB, PCAOB, GASB News
FASB News Examination of Complex Liabilities/Equity Accounting to Begin In early 2019, FASB plans to take its first official steps on a significant project to…
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FASB, PCAOB News
FASB News Board Takes its Time on Performance Reporting Project FASB is mulling big changes to the information companies provide in their income statements, but…
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FASB, IASB, PCAOB News
FASB News Banks to Air Concerns on Credit Losses Standard at January Roundtable In January, FASB plans to hold a roundtable with bankers, auditors, and…
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FASB, AICPA, PCAOB News
FASB News No Standards Setting Action Expected on Cryptocurrencies While digital currencies such as Bitcoin may generate headlines, companies do not use them enough to…
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FASB, PCAOB, IASB News
FASB News Input Sought on Complex Liabilities, Equity Accounting Guidance FASB wants to hear ideas from members of two advisory panels on how to sharpen…
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FASB, PCAOB, IASB News
FASB News Investors Call for More Detailed Note Disclosure on Cash Taxes As FASB prepares to draw up a new slate of income tax disclosures,…
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FASB/PCAOB News
FASB News No New Guidance Planned for Financial Reporting Effects of Tax Reform Between guidance from the Big Four accounting firms, technical inquiries to FASB’s…
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FASB/PCAOB News
FASB News Kroeker: Banks Need to Implement Credit Loss Standard on Schedule Despite pleas from banks, trade groups, and some lawmakers for FASB to delay…
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FASB/IASB/PCAOB News
FASB News More Bankers Push Regulators to Delay Credit Losses Standard The American Bankers Association and 50 state bank associations appealed to the Financial Stability…
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FASB/PCAOB/GASB News
FASB News Banks Pressure Federal Regulators for Changes to Credit Losses Standard On October 17, a trade group representing large U.S. banks requested that financial…
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FASB/PCAOB/SEC News
FASB News Banking Regulators to Finalize Rule Offering Capital Relief On September 18, federal banking regulators said they plan to finalize a rule to ease…
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FASB/PCAOB News
FASB News National Standards Setters Decry European Plan for Local Changes to IFRS National accounting standards setters, accounting organizations, and professional groups oppose a European…
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ICYMI | How Many Engagement Inspections Is Too Many?
Streamlining the Scope of Quality Control Inspections
The inspection process is a critical part of any audit firm's accounting and auditing quality control (QC) system. The lack of precise guidance in the…
Brown began the panel by talking about the PCAOB's current status and objectives following the installment of an entirely new board by the SEC at…
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FASB/PCAOB News
FASB News Final Version of Amended Debt Classification Guidance Approved At its August 22 meeting, FASB agreed to publish a final version of its amended…
Much has changed since the PCAOB began its inspection program in 2004. In just the last 10 years, the number of auditing firms registered with…