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The PCAOB is creating two new advisory groups and inviting public comment on their structure and operation. The new groups are the Standards and Emerging Issues Advisory Group and the Investor Advisory Group. The comment period runs through Feb. 28.
The Center for Audit Quality announced a strategic initiative intended to increase diversity of talent coming into the accounting profession while raising awareness of the profession’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
Audit firms may have to change some processes in response to a new standard and pandemic-fueled changes to the environment.
Regulators and standard setters are making ESG disclosures a bigger area of emphasis. But even current standards require ESG-related risks to be considered, and auditors need to know how to audit this information.
A CPA leader shares talks about auditing and accounting related to digital assets — the challenges, the role of skill development, and what’s next in the evolving space.
How familiar are you with AU-C Section 240, which describes an auditor’s responsibilities relating to fraud in an audit of financial statements? Take this quiz to test what you know.
The coronavirus pandemic has created special challenges for practitioners to consider related to fraud. In the current environment, smaller instances of fraud, many times immaterial to an audit, are now becoming significant and need additional attention.
Erica Williams has been named chairperson of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. She will be joined on the board by Christina Ho, Kara Stein and Tony Thompson. Duane DesParte will continue his service on the board and will serve as acting chairperson until Williams is sworn in.
Practitioners can successfully navigate the new standard with special attention to these topics.
In this example walk-through, learn how to use Microsoft’s spreadsheet application to perform several tasks, including sampling.
Some improvement in audit performance was identified during 2020 PCAOB inspections compared with the previous year, according to a board staff report.
A CPA leader, the subject of the October Last Word feature, shares her interest in the Harry Potter book series and why she sought better training for staff at a government agency.
Amid continuing pandemic-related challenges, auditors have opportunities to maintain and improve the quality they deliver to clients and the public.
The AICPA Auditing Standards Board issued a new standard designed to help auditors determine the areas that pose the greatest risks of material misstatement in an audit engagement and spend more of their time performing procedures in those areas.
Advances in technology have resulted in the availability of volumes of new information to companies and their auditors. PCAOB staff guidance discusses the implications of this new information for the audit.
Practitioners can take simple steps to make sure information newly included in auditors’ reports is understandable to investors.
Practitioners are focusing on new standards, processes, and requirements heading into the fourth quarter of an unusual year.
The PCAOB issued a second supplementary request for comment on a proposal designed to enhance the lead auditor’s role in overseeing other auditors outside the firm that issues the auditor’s report.
The Center for Audit Quality has published a resource that describes management and auditors’ responsibilities related to climate-related risk reporting.
In part 2 of a series, hear or read more about the role of audit data analytics in the continuing transformation of auditing.
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