More than 1,500 attorney-client privileged calls were recorded by the Douglas County Jail’s phone system since 2010 due to human error, but only seven of those were ever accessed and they weren’t ...

Even as auditors reported their lowest overall haul of new clients in almost four years, BDO USA topped the charts with a strong number.

Nasty behavior by individuals at client companies toward auditors is widespread and can negatively affect audit quality and auditor judgment, according to a recent academic study. Processing Content ...

As turnover of auditors increases, an accounting firm’s ability to deliver timely, accurate and effective audits declines — and so does overall client service — according to new research from the ...

Deloitte was the only Big Four audit firm to net positive in new public company clients in 2022, while Marcum saw the largest overall gains a year removed from losing 110 clients, according to the ...

Lordstown Motors Corp., a manufacturer of electric vehicles focused on the commercial fleet market, settled SEC charges for “misleading investors about the sales prospects of Lordstown’s flagship ...

Auditors’ assessments and responses to risks of financial statement misstatement and fraud are critical to audit quality. Risk assessments in the current environment are unlike any others, as clients ...

Audit partners’ professional skepticism varies from high to low as the relationship between the partner and the audit client continues year after year, according to a study available at ssrn.com.

THE PASSAGE OF SARBANES-OXLEY LEFT MANY TAX practitioners wondering where they fit in under these new rules. The act did not list most tax services as one of the prohibited nonaudit services but said ...

THE FUTURE OF AUDIT IS NO LONGER THEORETICAL. IT IS ALREADY INFLUENCING HOW UK FIRMS DELIVER ASSURANCE ENGAGEMENTS. --------- ...