Audit preparation

Private company audit fees grew by more, but at a slower pace.

Technology is creating a future where assurance and advisory go hand in hand, the CPA.com chief says.

Outgoing CAQ chief Cindy Fornelli also shared her plans for retirement.

The new publication aims to help auditors deal with the CAMs section that will soon be required under a new auditing standard.

‘We aren’t guaranteed our space,’ the AICPA chief says.

Auditors such as KPMG LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP must do better when it comes to compiling a key part of companies’ annual reports, their U.K. regulator warned.

The Center for Audit Quality has made its 11th annual call for independent research topics focused on the auditing profession.

Accounting is facing a slow-moving existential crisis, says institutional investor Jon Lukomnik.

The Top 100 Firm’s July combination with Texas’ GBH CPAs brought 21 new clients.

Audit committees are providing company investors with more information about their oversight of auditing firms, according to a new report.

The Top 100 Firm has picked the Integrated Audit Approach system to service clients in its 26 offices.

A study suggests that a background in audit can be a double-edged sword in the C-suite.

The changes to the financial statement audit will be shaped by four factors: technology, methodology, standards and skills.

The goal of the tech initiative is to create a Dynamic Auditing Solution.

The official passed along confidential lists of which audit clients would be scrutinized.

The firm relied on technical reports done by an affiliate during three consecutive audits of a Canadian gold-mining company.

The auditors had fallen behind, according to the commission, and falsified their documentation to make a deadline.

A competition watchdog started investigating the industry a day after another regulator said it was considering banning firms from doing consulting work for the companies they audit.

The bank was allegedly being used to launder billions of dollars in dirty money through its Estonian unit.

As technology infiltrates the auditing process, auditors must be sure to maintain and cultivate this core attribute.