Audit standards

The client collapsed after it was discovered to have $100 million in unpaid payroll tax liabilities.

The updates will be effective for audits of financial statements for fiscal years ending on or after Dec. 15, 2020.

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board has called for qualified, senior applicants from around the world to apply by Jan. 31, 2019.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has been pilot testing its upcoming requirements for auditors.

The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority's proposals should succeed in improving the quality of scrutiny while acknowledging a major conflict of interest in auditing.

Megan Zietsman will assume her role with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in early 2019.

Hiring shortfalls and disruptive technologies will be among the main topics of discussion in boardrooms in 2019.

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

The American Institute of CPAs’ Auditing Standards Board voted to issue a long-awaited standard on audits of financial statements of employee benefit plans, although it is still awaiting some details before the standard takes effect.

New research finds that national and regional firms are catching up to the New York giants in terms of technology adoption and deployment in audits.

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

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board has released a revised standard for auditing accounting estimates and several related disclosures.

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

Martin Baumann has been appointed as the new chair of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board.

Grant Thornton's Mike Santay shares what's new at the Auditing Standards Board, and what's to come.

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

The International Federation of Accountants is outlining some possible ways forward to resolve a disagreement with the Monitoring Group of financial regulators over the standard-setting process for global auditing and accounting education.

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

The Center for Audit Quality has published a guide to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s new audit reporting model and the critical audit matters that auditors will be required to start including in their audit reports next year.

The Government Accountability Office has updated its auditing standards guide.