Accounting Standards August 31, 2026
Internal Audit Foundation Awards $280K+ in Grants and Scholarships
The 2026 awards reflect The IIA’s continued investment in strengthening the next generation of practitioners.
Accounting August 25, 2026
AICPA Updates Digital Assets Practice Aid
The August 2026 additions to the practice aid include guidance on accounting for stablecoin issuers, auditing mining revenue arrangements, and updates for recently effective auditing standards.
Auditing August 20, 2026
AICPA Auditing Board OKs New Standard Clarifying Auditors’ Role in Detecting Fraud
A new standard that clarifies and enhances auditors’ responsibilities for identifying fraud or suspected fraud in a financial audit statement was approved by the AICPA's Auditing Standards Board on Aug. 20.
PCAOB August 18, 2026
PCAOB Provides Q&A for Auditors on QC 1000 Implementation
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board posted a new staff resource for auditors on Tuesday that provides answers to questions about the implementation of the audit regulator's new quality control standard.
Auditing July 6, 2026
AuditFile Launches E-Signatures, the Newest Addition to Its Agentic Audit Suite
AuditFile Launches E-Signatures, the Newest Addition to Its Agentic Audit Suite Engagement letters and rep letters now go from draft to signed, certified, and filed in the binder — without anyone leaving the platform.
Technology June 9, 2026
MindBridge Expands Audit and Assurance Platform
The new capabilities are designed to help audit and assurance professionals modernize risk assessment, focus audit attention more effectively across full-population financial data, and scale analytics-driven workflows across increasingly complex engagements.
Taxes May 20, 2026
Michigan Tax Audits Skipping Over Out-of-State Big Businesses, Whistleblowers Say
Despite out-of-state taxpayers historically contributing the majority of tax revenue, out-state auditing operations for Michigan have been under "serious erosion," the state House Oversight Committee was told.
Technology May 8, 2026
Grant Thornton U.S. Launches In-House Audit Transformation Platform
The top 10 accounting firm announced Thursday the launch of its audit transformation platform called "gtap"—a proprietary audit infrastructure that Grant Thornton says will redefine how it performs audits.
Technology May 7, 2026
Fieldguide Earns AIUC-1 Certification
Fieldguide, an agentic AI-native platform for audit and advisory, announced May 6 that its AI agents, Field Agents, have achieved AIUC-1 certification from the Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company.
Technology April 29, 2026
Rippling Rolls Out Automated Compliance Tool for SOC 2 Audits
Workforce management system Rippling has launched an automated compliance tool that the San Francisco-based company says dramatically simplifies SOC 2 audits.
Auditing April 16, 2026
The IIA Enhances CIA Challenge Exam Program, Expanding Access Through New Pathway Pilot
The Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) is the only globally recognized certification for internal auditors.
Technology April 7, 2026
EY Rolls Out Agentic AI in Assurance Across Its Global Network of Accounting Firms
Big Four accounting firm EY said Tuesday it has launched enterprise-scale agentic AI in assurance, part of a multibillion-dollar commitment to audit quality, technology, and its people.