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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In an effort to help audit committees make informed decisions, the PCAOB on Wednesday released a 26-page report describing how its inspections of audit firms work and how to gather information from ...

A new audit slams the oversight of Baltimore City employees who are supposed to inspect businesses for proper licenses.The audit finds questionable accounting of the actual numbers of daily ...