PCAOB August 4, 2026
Ex-PCAOB Chief Auditor Hired By Consulting Firm BRG
Barbara Vanich has joined the global consulting firm's Financial Institution Advisory practice as a managing director in its Washington, D.C. office.
Auditing April 29, 2025
PCAOB Adds New Datasets for Audit Firm Inspection Reports
The new downloadable datasets, which contain public inspection information from reports on audit firms going back to 2018, are machine-readable and can be used to analyze PCAOB inspection findings.
Auditing April 28, 2025
AICPA Comments on Proposed Defunding of PCAOB
The House Financial Services Committee has released draft language to defund the PCAOB and transfer its activities to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Staffing April 28, 2025
CAQ Releases Updated Research Exploring Key Trends in Accounting Career Pipeline
The Center for Audit Quality released a new report exploring shifts in student perceptions of accounting and identifying messaging strategies to attract the next generation of accountants.
Auditing April 28, 2025
AuditBoard Launches New Regulatory Compliance Solution
RegComply is a new solution for regulatory compliance management to help organizations stay on top of changing regulations and manage their compliance programs with integrated risk insights.
Auditing April 23, 2025
PCAOB Punishes NYC-Based CPA Firm and Managing Partner For ‘Substandard Audit Work,’ QC Violations
Accounting firm Adeptus Partners was fined $75,000 and managing partner Howard Krant was sanctioned $50,000 on April 22 for breaking the rules during the audits of two technology companies.
Accounting April 23, 2025
AuditFile Launches New AI Audit Agents Feature
The AI Audit Agents autonomously plan, execute, and follow up on audit tasks, while keeping the human auditor in control with real-time approvals and feedback.
Auditing April 22, 2025
PCAOB Adds New Resources on Quality Control Standard
The new set of staff presentation videos are designed to help audit firms implement four components of their quality control system under QC 1000, A Firm’s System of Quality Control.
Accounting May 19, 2025 Sponsored
Archived Webcast: Emerging Technology for an Efficient Audit
Emerging technologies are rapidly changing auditing. From enhanced accuracy to streamlined workflows, these innovations are transforming the way CPAs and auditors work. But how can you harness the potential of these tools to stay ahead of the curve?
Accounting April 15, 2025
Auditors Once Feared AI Would Take Their Jobs, Now They Need it to Save the Profession
The widespread growth of GenAI-powered tools for audit firms has made it possible to scale quickly. For firms that have not yet committed to adapting, however, the performance gap with firms that have will soon start to reveal itself.
SEC April 10, 2025
Wall Street Consultant Paul Atkins Confirmed to Head SEC
The U.S. Senate confirmed Paul Atkins as chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, ushering him into the role only a week after President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs unleashed market turmoil.
Financial Reporting April 9, 2025
EY Invests $1B to Integrate AI into Accounting and Audit Platform
The capabilities include EYQ Assurance Knowledge, which uses generative AI (GenAI) to help with detailed searches and summarization of accounting and auditing content.
Accounting April 8, 2025
After $1.8B Accounting Error, South Carolina Looks to Change External Auditor
South Carolina lawmakers want to move on from outside independent auditor CliftonLarsonAllen after a 20-year relationship.