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 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 ...

As a former audit committee chair for several public companies, I’ve been delighted to see the great increase in educational materials made available to those committees by the Public Company ...

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.

The PCAOB released new guidance featuring illustrative examples to help audit firms implement AS 1105, Audit Evidence. The guidance applies to requirements in paragraph .10A of Audit Evidence that ...

A new staff report issued by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) seeks to provide best practices for auditors amid observations of rising deficiency rates related to engagement ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am the Jenkins Professor of Accounting at NC State University. A recent study published in Contemporary Accounting Research ...