All auditor's report articles

  • Blog

    Report calls out gender disparity among engagement partners

    2018-09-18T15:45:00Z

    As audit firms disclose who performs public company audits, gender diversity is emerging as the first major concern regarding audit engagement leadership.

  • Blog

    CAQ: Control deficiencies not CAMs, but could be tied to one

    2018-07-24T16:00:00Z

    A significant deficiency in internal control over financial reporting will not automatically constitute a critical audit matter that auditors will have to disclose under a new auditing standard, but it could suggest auditors will disclose a CAM related to the underlying accounting, said the Center for Audit Quality.

  • auditdisclosure
    Article

    CAM discussions may drive new corporate disclosures

    2018-06-18T11:15:00Z

    Audit committees may soon reconsider certain areas of corporate disclosure to get ahead of “critical audit matters” that will begin appearing in audit reports in 2019.

  • Blog

    SEC seeks comment on PCAOB’s ‘critical audit matter’ rule

    2017-07-31T15:00:00Z

    Companies with any lingering worries about the impending effects of a new audit report have one last opportunity to appeal for change.

  • Blog

    Expanded auditor report: take two

    2016-06-01T10:45:00Z

    The PCAOB has issued a reproposal to amend and expand the auditor’s report, keeping in mind a similar proposal from the United Kingdom’s Financial Reporting Council. Columnist Robert Herz says the U.K. proposal has been well received and signals a fundamental change in auditor reporting across the world.