Auditing

Auditing

Curtailing Auditors’ Tax Services For Appearances Brings Higher Rates

The pursuit of perceived auditor independence turns out to be an expensive proposition, a new study reveals.

Vincent Ryan
June 30, 2020
Investor Relations

Anatomy of a Short Attack

The current conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic have created a perfect storm for companies that are subject to an attack by short-sellers.
Auditing

SOX 404 Exemption Pushes Small Companies to Incur Debt: Study

To avoid the auditor attestation required by SOX 404, small companies often incur debt instead of selling stock, a new study finds.
Auditing

U.K. Audit Regulator to Review How Companies Report Climate Change Risk

“Auditors have a responsibility to properly challenge management to assess and report the impact of climate change on their business.”
Auditing

Upgrading the Engagement

The Big Four have developed impressive technology platforms and tools. Here’s how they might improve auditing.
Applications

An Empowered Audit Team Can Be the Ultimate Safeguard

Regtech can improve transparency, but without the right culture even the best technology will fall flat.
Auditing

Audits Are Broken. Here’s a Radical Way to Fix Them.

A certain federal agency should take over all public company audits, suggests a former Big Four auditor and current accounting software company CEO.
Auditing

SEC Planning to Loosen Auditor Independence Rules

On Monday, the SEC proposed changing the rules to keep auditor committees and auditors from spending time on "non-substantive" rule breaches.
Strategy

Start-Up CFOs: Be Ready to Raise Capital, Recap, or Sell

It doesn’t matter if selling the company is or isn’t the ultimate goal — a CFO needs to be prepared to execute all three.
Applications

AI Gets Real in Professional Services

Auditors are developing a level of speed and accuracy that would have been considered superhuman less than a decade ago.
Accounting & Tax

PwC Fined $7M for Audit Independence Violations

The SEC says the firm improperly worked on non-audit services including financial software projects for audit clients.
Auditing

Watchdog Slams PCAOB Oversight of Big Four

“By failing to hold the Big Four accountable [for audit deficiencies], the board is putting all Americans’ financial futures in jeopardy.”
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