The AICPA’s Auditing Standards Board (ASB) is asking members to complete a survey to help inform the board’s response to the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) Invitation to Comment: Improving the Auditor’s Report (ITC). On June 22, the IAASB released its ITC, seeking input on potential changes to
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PwC: Internal audit has to play a more substantial role in information security
Most companies fail to adequately monitor and update their defenses against cybercriminals, raising the risk of costly data security breaches, according to PwC. Fortifying Your Defenses: The Role of Internal Audit in Assuring Data Security and Privacy, a PwC white paper, asserts that the increasing frequency and sophistication of hacker
PCAOB adopts rules on communication between audit committees, external auditors
A new auditing standard approved unanimously Wednesday by the PCAOB is designed to encourage two-way, effective communication between external auditors and audit committees during public company audits. With the aim of improving audit quality, the PCAOB approved Auditing Standard (AS) No. 16, Communications With Audit Committees, and amendments to other
The week ahead: PCAOB considers audit committee communications standard
An auditing standard on communications between auditors and audit committees that has been under development for more than two years will be among the most-watched items in the accounting profession this week. The PCAOB will consider the reproposed standard for adoption during an open meeting of the PCAOB at 9:30
ASB to vote on whether to propose amendments to two clarified auditing standards
The AICPA Auditing Standards Board (ASB) will vote Aug. 16 on whether to issue an exposure draft to propose amending two clarified standards that take effect Dec. 15. In response to member requests for further clarity, the ASB plans to propose Omnibus Statement on Auditing Standards—2012. This proposed statement on
Auditing Standards Board issues Statement on Auditing Standards No. 126
The AICPA’s Auditing Standards Board (ASB) issued Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 126, The Auditor’s Consideration of an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern (Redrafted), as a result of its Clarity Project to supersede SAS No. 59, The Auditor’s Consideration of an Entity’s Ability to Continue as
Four steps to formalize internal audit’s strategic impact
Internal audit isn’t just about compliance anymore. Increasingly, the function’s role is being incorporated into the broader business strategy – from mulling over major capital projects to advising on mergers and acquisitions. But executives say they need to do a better job of formally describing the role internal auditors will
PCAOB gives audit committees guidance on inspections of audit firms
In an effort to help audit committees make informed decisions, the PCAOB on Wednesday released a 26-page report describing how its inspections of audit firms work and how to gather information from audit firms about those inspections. PCAOB inspection reports are partly public and partly private. In the release, Information
Proposed revisions clarify responsibilities for preparers
In accordance with recently proposed revisions to professional standards, CPAs who prepare financial statements for clients would consider that a nonattest bookkeeping service and would no longer be required to perform a compilation service with respect to those financial statements unless engaged to do so. The changes, proposed in June
Auditing / Compilation and review
The AICPA issued technical guidance on emphasis paragraphs in the auditor’s reports and on independence impairment in compilation reports. Technical Inquiry and Reply (TPA) 9160.28 regards combining going-concern emphasis with another emphasis-of-matter paragraph. This TPA explains that although AU Section 508, Reports on Audited Financial Statements (AICPA, Professional Standards), does
Lawmakers reflect on Sarbanes-Oxley’s effect on corporate culture
Former U.S. Sen. Paul Sarbanes and former U.S. Rep. Michael Oxley say the regulations they sponsored and saw signed into law a decade ago are not perfect, but led to changes in the corporate culture in the United States and abroad. Sarbanes, a Maryland Democrat, and Oxley, an Ohio Republican,
PCAOB to conduct joint audit inspections with Spain’s regulator
The PCAOB, which has been working to establish international partnerships for the purposes of conducting joint audit inspections, has entered a cooperative arrangement with the Accounting and Auditing Institute of Spain. The partnership will allow joint inspections in the oversight of audit firms subject to the jurisdictions of both regulators.
Private and public companies report rise in audit fees in 2011
Total external audit fees paid by companies rose in 2011, according to a poll of more than 270 executives. Private companies reported a 7% increase, and publicly held companies reported a 5% increase in external audit fees paid, according to the 2012 Audit Fee Survey, which was conducted by the
Corporate governance best practices 10 years after SOX
You could hardly go to a Washington hearing related to an accounting or auditing issue this spring without someone singing the praises of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). At a House subcommittee meeting on accounting and auditing oversight, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., said SOX has
Highlights of audit research
Editor’s note: This article is part of a series that samples accounting research and distills key findings for busy practitioners and preparers. The summaries explain the implications of a wide range of research and give CPAs an opportunity to apply results to their day-to-day activities. Readers interested in more detail
PCAOB invites additional comments on audit firm rotation
The PCAOB is soliciting further public comment on its concept release on auditor independence and mandatory audit firm rotation in anticipation of a public meeting on the issue Thursday in San Francisco. The comment period for the concept release was reopened Monday and will be extended through July 28. The
GASB considers proposals on reporting unfunded pension liabilities
State and local governments would be required for the first time to report unfunded pension liabilities on their balance sheets if GASB approves two proposed standards Monday. Governments would be required to disclose a net pension liability that equals the difference between the total pension liability and the value of
TPAs provide guidance on issues in auditor’s reports, compilation reports
The AICPA has issued technical guidance on emphasis paragraphs in the auditor’s reports and on independence impairment in compilation reports. Technical Inquiry and Reply (TPA) 9160.28 regards combining going-concern emphasis with another emphasis-of-matter paragraph. This TPA explains that although AU Section 508, Reports on Audited Financial Statements (AICPA, Professional Standards),
Leaders from large accounting firms bullish but monitoring regulation, complexity, human capital
Complexity and competition in the public accounting profession will rise as businesses demand more, better, faster, and cheaper. Working in teams and harnessing data will become more critical. Services in areas of assurance, audit, tax, and advisory work will remain the core, while emerging international markets will open up risk
Going concern evaluations, auditor’s reporting model on the week’s agenda
Auditors’ going concern evaluations and the auditor’s reporting model project will be among the topics discussed Thursday at a meeting of the PCAOB’s Standing Advisory Group (SAG). Established in 2003 to advise the PCAOB on the development of standards, the SAG includes auditors, investors, public company executives, and others. The
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