Audit & Assurance

Apr 10, 2025, 00:00 AM by Jessica Barboza

Inspection staff at the PCAOB expect significant improvements in aggregate deficiency rates across all categories of inspected firms in 2024, as detailed in a new PCAOB staff Spotlight publication.

Apr 10, 2025, 00:00 AM by Jessica Barboza

In case you missed them, here are some recent interesting financial A&A news items from around the web.

Apr 4, 2025, 00:00 AM by Jessica Barboza

GASB has completed a study of the utilization of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) by state and local governments in the U.S.

Apr 4, 2025, 00:00 AM by Jessica Barboza

In case you missed them, here are some recent interesting financial A&A news items from around the web.

Mar 28, 2025, 00:00 AM by Jessica Barboza

The SEC has accepted the 2025 GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy (GRT), the 2025 SEC Reporting Taxonomy (SRT), and the 2025 GAAP Employee Benefit Plan Taxonomy (EBPT). FASB also finalized the 2025 DQC Rules Taxonomy (DQCRT) and the 2025 GAAP Meta Model Relationships Taxonomy (MMT), which together with the GRT, the SRT, and the EBPT are collectively referred to as the “FASB Taxonomies.”

Mar 28, 2025, 00:00 AM by Jessica Barboza

In case you missed them, here are some recent interesting financial A&A news items from around the web.

Mar 21, 2025, 00:00 AM by Jessica Barboza

GASB has published a Post-Implementation Review (PIR) report on the Board’s fair value standard.

Mar 21, 2025, 00:00 AM by Jessica Barboza

In case you missed them, here are some recent interesting financial A&A news items from around the web.

Mar 6, 2025, 00:00 AM by Natalie Rooney

As a former Big 4 auditor, Peter Zender, CPA, has seen a few things. His presentation at the OSCPA’s 2025 Employee Benefit Plan Audit Conference focuses on helping other CPAs identify how they can make their employee benefit plan audits go more smoothly.

Mar 6, 2025, 00:00 AM by Natalie Rooney

If you lead an accounting and auditing practice, your firm already has resources that can be scaled to develop a peer review practice, increasing your overall value and solutions provided. Is peer review a great fit for you and your firm?

Feb 28, 2025, 02:00 AM by Natalie Rooney

While challenges persist in areas such as talent, communication, audit quality and risk management, audit committees are increasingly focused on cybersecurity, according to Deloitte and the Center for Audit Quality’s most recent Audit Committee Practices Report.

Feb 28, 2025, 02:00 AM by Natalie Rooney

In case you missed them, here are some recent interesting financial A&A news items from around the web.

Aug 23, 2023, 12:00 PM by SEO National

The four-step process to auditing cashless transactions is a guide for auditors to use as they navigate their client’s many pathways of cashless transactions.

Aug 18, 2022, 11:05 AM by Sonya Guthrie

In June, the AICPA issued new quality management standards that will become effective Dec. 15, 2025.

Jul 31, 2020, 13:01 PM by Jessica Salerno Shumaker

Here's how the OSCPA Accounting and Auditing Committee answered a question from a member on a GAAP exception for new revenue recognition and lease standards.

Jul 31, 2020, 13:01 PM by User Not Found

A new group of audit reporting standards proposed in November by the AICPA Accounting Standards Board aims to increase the transparency of the auditor’s considerations in issuing an opinion.

Jul 31, 2020, 13:00 PM by User Not Found

In April the CPA exam will undergo a change meant to prepare new CPAs for a world focused more on application, analysis and interpretation.

Jul 31, 2020, 12:59 PM by User Not Found

Rob MacKinlay, CPA, CGMA, has, as he calls it, a “weird brain.”

Apr 2, 2020, 11:00 AM by Jessica Salerno Shumaker

Companies across the world are increasingly interested in sustainability reporting.

Aug 21, 2019, 00:00 AM by User Not Found

Audit reporting standards are changing, and an expert says CPAs must understand what the changes are, train staff and communicate with clients.