PCAOB

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 ...

December 22, 2020 

Burns has more than 25 years of experience in public accounting, serving and supporting small, medium and large clients. Previously, Burns was a partner in Deloitte’s national office of Audit and Assurance practice.

December 21, 2020 

Rebekah Brown, CPA – 2020 40 Under 40 Honoree Director of Development,Maryland Association of CPAs and The Business Learning Institutehttps://www.macpa.org/  Career highlights: Three years in public accounting before leaving to work on behalf of CPA profession at MACPA/BLI Eight years at MACPA/BLI, moving from Firm Learning Consultant, to Membership Manager and now a member of...…

December 3, 2020 

The CAQ has released a new report with data and analysis on the first year that critical audit matters (CAMs) were included in auditor reports. Consistent with the requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the ...

November 23, 2020 

Certain companies, specifically organizations with the wrong tone at the top, improper incentives, confusing cash flow trends, and siloed departments, are more susceptible to fraud than others. Pick up on weak signals and take steps to ...

September 24, 2020 

Drawing on publicly available data, the AJPT study employs a novel method to focus on the years immediately preceding and following mandated partner rotations. Joining Prof. Whited as co-authors in the AJPT’s current issue are Huan Kuang and Matthew G.

June 30, 2020 

As a new study in the journal Accounting Horizons observes, regulatory actions have likely "created an atmosphere that motivated companies to reduce or eliminate tax fees paid to audit firms to bolster the appearance of independence in ...

February 28, 2020 

Professionals on the Move is a round-up of recent promotions and hires.

December 5, 2019 

The purpose is to align the materiality concepts discussed in AICPA Professional Standards with the description of materiality used by the U.S. judicial system, the auditing standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board...

December 2, 2019 

The plan addresses the current global economic environment, and the way entities conduct their business and activities, while also considering the views of all stakeholders including preparers, users and auditors.

November 13, 2019 

The accounting and business advisory firm Marcum LLP gained 19 publicly registered company clients during the third quarter of 2019. Also in the third quarter, Marcum’s market share of IPO audits exceeded three of the Big Four accounting firms and led all non-Big Four firms. Marcum ended the July-September period with 12 new SEC client...…