PCAOB Issues Second Proposal to Modernize Rules on Audit Confirmation Process
More than a dozen years after the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) issued a rule proposal on audit confirmations, …
With a New Sheriff in Town, Experts Weigh in on Strengthened PCAOB Enforcement
One of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s (PCAOB) new strategic goals under Chair Erica Williams’s leadership is to step …
Audit Deficiencies Increased, 2021 PCAOB Inspections Find
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) said that accounting firms should do a better job of auditing their clients’ …
U.S. Audit Regulator Sanctions Three Foreign KPMG Affiliates
The U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) on Dec. 6, 2022, said that three firms and four individuals affiliated …
Regulator Proposes Sweeping Reforms to Quality Control Standards for Audit Firms
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) on Nov. 18, 2022, voted unanimously to issue a proposal that would impose …
Companies Already Have Implementation Questions on SEC’s New Pay vs. Performance Rule
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance (CorpFin) staff has already been getting implementation inquiries about the commission’s …
SEC Acting Chief Accountant Urges Auditors to Step Up in Detecting Corporate Fraud
Securities and Exchange Commission Acting Chief Accountant Paul Munter issued an Oct. 11, 2022, public statement, urging auditors to do …
A Conversation with PCAOB Chair Erica Williams
Thomson Reuters recently had a conversation with U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Chair Erica Williams during a sunny …
Security Summit Produces Sample Written Information Security Plan for Tax Professionals
The Security Summit—a partnership between the IRS, state tax agencies and the tax industry—has released a 29-page document titled “Creating …
U.S. Income Statement Accounting Rules Could Change to Require Specifics About Labor Costs
The FASB is studying a plan that could require companies to break out more information in income statements about labor …