Audit preparation

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.

A new survey by the Center for Audit Quality shows some signs of slippage in public attitudes toward audits and investing.

They were the lead engagement partner on only 15 percent of S&P 500 audits, according to a CFA Institute report.

Technology is critical to the changes in this core service -- but so are people.

For KPMG, another week, another rebuke from U.K. accounting regulators.

The developer of cloud-based auditing software has finished a second round led by Battery Ventures.

The AICPA's Chuck Landes looks both back and ahead to track where this core service has been -- and where it's going.

The Big Four firm netted almost three times as many new engagements as any other auditor.

The accountancy profession, and the role of audit, have responded to an increasing pace of change in our society, economy and capital markets.

The International Federation of Accountants has released an updated reference.

The U.K. accounting watchdog is ramping up misconduct fines after being called useless and toothless by lawmakers irate at the failure of the accounting industry to prevent several high-profile corporate collapses.