EXECUTIVE SUMMARY : THE INDEPENDENCE STANDARDS BOARD issued an exposure draft for a conceptual framework for auditor independence containing the concepts and basic principles that will guide the board ...

<TAB>A study of company proxy statements is challenging the notion that accounting firms that earn consulting fees from companies they audit have a built-in conflict of interest.<@SM><@SM><TAB>In ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY : THE SEC’s NEW AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE RULES could have a significant effect on some tax practitioners.The SEC includes tax among the non-audit services CPA firms provide. AS PROPOSED, ...

Passage of a forthcoming European Union directive that would tighten auditing standards - but which does permit, under specified conditions, the European profession to supply customers with some other ...

Under the auditor independence rules prior to today’s amendments, if Company X registers with the SEC (e.g., by conducting an initial public offering), Audit Firm A would not be independent of ...

"IESBA seeks input on auditor independence in CIVs and pension funds audits" was originally created and published by The Accountant, a GlobalData owned brand.

Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick's office said the Independence School District audit was not prompted by citizen complaints, but selected because of its four-day school week and because ...

Experts say best practices include auditor independence. A 2017 report from the Council of Great City Schools, which Smith contributed to, ...