The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has proposed a set of significant changes in the requirements for auditing firms' quality control systems, in a major update from the earlier standards in ...

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has adopted a new standard designed to lead registered public accounting firms to significantly improve their quality control (QC) systems. The ...

The PCAOB on Monday adopted a pair of foundational auditing standards with ties to AICPA standards. AS 1000, General Responsibilities of the Auditor in Conducting an Audit, aims to enhance and ...

Yesterday, the SEC approved, by a vote of three to two, a new PCAOB quality control standard, QC 1000, A Firm’s System of Quality Control, and related amendments to its standards, rules and forms.

CAQ CEO Julie Bell Lindsay (left) interviews PCAOB chair Erica Williams and board members Christina Ho, Kara Stein, Anthony Thompson and George Botic at the AICPA Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB ...

In a staff report, the PCAOB discusses the importance of the root cause analysis process in firms' efforts to improve audit quality. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released a staff ...

The top 10 accounting firm will pay a $500,000 fine as part of a Jan. 14 settlement with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board for violating U.S. auditing rules and quality control standards.

The PCAOB released a new staff report designed to help audit firms remedy quality control issues cited in inspections. The report features advice for firms facing remediation following findings of ...

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In response to a confluence of regulatory statements and standard-setting activities, companies, audit committees, auditors and regulators have increased their focus on internal control over financial ...

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