Audit preparation

As with 2018, mergers made a major difference for many auditing firms – but not all.

The International Federation of Accountants has released a set of recommendations for achieving high-quality audits as regulators around the world push for more thorough audits to avoid accounting scandals.

Financial revisions and restatements are indicators of audit quality, but they are far from the only ones.

Auditors need to provide value beyond the compliance function.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released a video Monday discussing how to comment on its recent concept release on potentially revising quality control standards for audit firms.

Average audit fees increased 4.25 percent from 2017 to 2018, according to a new report.

Technology is less a threat to the audit than a tremendous opportunity, experts say.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has released a document providing information from its conversations with nearly 400 chairs of audit committees.

Erik Asgeirsson describes the new audit tools and many other developments coming out of CPA.com and the American Institute of CPAs.

The year-long review recommends a number of sweeping changes to the profession.

CCH Axcess Knowledge Coach still allows for auditor professional judgement in the audit process.

Technology is ready to disrupt this core service of the profession, and that's going to require a serious response from auditors, according to Alan Anderson of Accountability Plus.

The Center for Audit Quality believes auditors should go beyond financial statements and vet other forms of corporate reporting that typically aren’t audited.

Deloitte is making use of robotic process automation to help its auditors and clients with their financial statements.

CAMs are upon us, and the early results are in!

Technology is not only making auditors more efficient, says Jeff Gramlich of Validis -- it's offering them the opportunity to significantly enhance quality.

Three organizations share their experiences applying different applications to auditing

Remote audits are an alternative that can make the experience easier and more efficient for the audited company as well as the audit team.

Thomson Reuters has released Checkpoint Engage PCR, a new product in its Checkpoint suite of research and guidance products for tax and accounting.

On #AuditorProud Day, Wolters Kluwer’s Cathy Rowe looks at the next five years in auditing.