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

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 ...

Enhancements in audit quality and audit firms’ quality-control procedures have the PCAOB considering changes in the focus of its inspection program. Potential changes that the PCAOB is exploring for ...

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 ...

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released a document Thursday describing its main objectives, focus and scope when inspecting audit firms this year. According to the PCAOB staff ...

This is the question posed by Lou Gerstner in his book of the same name. Lou was the CEO charged with orchestrating the business turnaround of IBM. I too have participated in a business turnaround, ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The Louisiana agency responsible for ensuring the state's bridges are safe isn't inspecting spans as often as required by federal guidelines, according to an audit released ...

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 ...