Labor Department leadership says the update is designed to expand retirement plans’ access to highly qualified auditors and audit firms. The U.S. Department of Labor has issued new guidance for ...
Kurt Hohl, who became the securities regulator’s chief accountant in July, talks about his plans for oversight.
This has been a tumultuous year for the concept of auditor independence. Several major, aggressive enforcement actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission have pushed towards the outer limits of ...
The Securities and Exchange Commission voted Friday to adopt amendments to its longstanding auditor independence requirements, relaxing restrictions on relationships between auditors and their clients ...
Auditor independence has long been a foundational element of audit quality, and recent findings from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) underscore the importance of auditor ...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted changes that relax some conflict-of-interest rules for companies and audit firms, making it easier for them to avoid violating auditor independence ...
On Oct. 16, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules amending the auditor independence requirements of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X. The SEC noted that amendments to ...
Audit claims are document-intensive and often involve the use of experts to assess the CPA firm’s adherence to the standard ...
Amendments adopted by the SEC this week are designed to aid in the determination of whether an auditor’s lending relationship with certain shareholders of an audit client impairs the auditor’s ...
Independence School District Central Offices on Forest Avenue in Independence, Missouri. Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick's office said the Independence School District audit was not prompted ...
Washington, D.C.--(Newsfile Corp. - October 16, 2020) - The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it adopted final amendments to certain auditor independence requirements in Rule ...