A global survey of audit inspection findings released Thursday shows modest improvement over past years in the percentage of engagements with at least one inspection finding, but continued ...

IN BRIEF In the course of fulfilling its mandate to protect investors, the PCAOB has conducted inspections of public firm ...

As of late December, the Public Company Accoun- ting Oversight Board had published on its Web site the results of some 173 inspections of audit firms.The purpose of this article is to attempt to ...

Q: We are revising our audits and inspections programs and wanted some advice on best practices. How can we limit the number of on-site audits or inspections? A: Companies need to find the right ...

The PCAOB’s inspections of audit firms in 2020 will continue to focus on areas that have been challenging for firms in recent years, George Botic, CPA, the PCAOB’s director of Registration and ...

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published its Annual Review of Audit Quality which covers the inspection and supervision results of the Tier 1 audit firms,(BDO, Deloitte, EY, Forvis Mazars, ...

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has issued a release to provide information to audit committees about its inspection process and how they might use the inspection reports to question ...

As part of its transparency and outreach initiative to its stakeholders, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB” or “Board”) continues to issue staff briefs to better inform the public ...

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has released new and enhanced datasets related to its inspection reports, offering stakeholders improved access to detailed audit information.

A watchdog agency for the accounting industry says it’s found numerous flaws in how some firms audited securities brokerages. The five-month inspection by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ...