Auditing November 3, 2025
Since Paul Atkins was sworn in as chair of the SEC in April and Erica Williams resigned as PCAOB chair in July, enforcement actions against audit firms have dropped considerably, according to a new report.
September 30, 2025
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Accounting July 27, 2022
Gary Gensler said updating outdated auditing standards and strengthening auditor independence rules are still works in progress.
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Accounting July 5, 2022
Each year the PCAOB gives audit firms, investors, and public companies a heads up on what areas of the audit inspectors will be placing a greater emphasis on during its upcoming inspection cycle, in the hopes of improving audit quality.
Accounting June 28, 2022
EY will have to pay a $100 million fine after it was revealed today that hundreds of the Big Four firm’s auditors had cheated on mandatory ethics exams ...
June 22, 2022
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) voted unanimously to amend current auditing rules and introduced a new standard on June 21 pertaining to an audit firm’s use of so-called “other auditors” who lend a hand during the course of an audit.
June 22, 2022
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) voted unanimously to amend current auditing rules and introduced a new standard on June 21 pertaining to an audit firm’s use of so-called “other auditors” who lend a hand during the course of an audit.
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June 8, 2022
As new generations of accounting professionals aspire to leadership roles in the profession, it is inspiring to look to those who have attained those ranks ahead of them. The AICPA and CPA Practice Advisor partner each year to honor ...
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May 5, 2022
The PCAOB’s approach to advancing audit quality through standards, interpretations, and other guidance prioritizes select standard-setting projects. Specifically, through the standard-setting agenda, the PCAOB expects to strengthen auditing, quality ...
November 22, 2021
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November 19, 2021
The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced the appointments of Erica Y. Williams as Chairperson, and Christina Ho, Kara M. Stein, and Anthony (Tony) C. Thompson as Board members of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB).
October 10, 2021
Professionals on the Move is a round-up of recent hiring and promotion announcements in the profession.
April 9, 2021
Is your firm one of the hundreds waiting for the issuance of a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) inspection report? You are in good company as more firms join this group weekly. Since peaking at 344 inspection reports in 2011, the PCAOB’s pace for issuing inspection reports slowed to a trickle of only 46...…
March 29, 2021
Armanino LLP, one of the 25 largest accounting and business consulting firms in the U.S., is teaming with NightDragon, a dedicated cyber, security, safety and privacy (CSSP) platform that helps scale companies from incubation to IPO, to launch a ...