The rapid rise of crypto assets has presented both opportunities and challenges for auditors, with regulators, practitioners, and businesses grappling to establish clear guidelines and procedures. Even though there is no...more
With 2021 now upon us, companies, auditors and audit committees are gearing up for another annual reporting season, coming off of one of the more turbulent years in recent history, which included a significant number of...more
The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA) hosted the 2020 AICPA Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments this past week at which a number of SEC accountants participated, either...more
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) Auditing Standards Board issued Statement on Auditing Standards No. 138 and Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 20 to amend the concept of...more
Among the insights shared at last week’s 2019 AICPA Conference on SEC and PCAOB Developments, held December 9–11, Sagar Teotia, recently appointed Chief Accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission, delivered a...more
In remarks made in December 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Chief Accountant Wesley Bricker reaffirmed that auditor independence remains one of the SEC’s areas of focus. Consultations with the SEC about...more
Capping off a busy year, the annual American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments, held on December 10-12, 2018, revisited many familiar themes from prior years and...more
Always a fertile source of guidance, this year’s American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments, held on December 4-6, was no exception. Discussions during this year’s...more
This year’s American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Conference on SEC and PCAOB Developments, held on December 5-7, echoed several themes from prior AICPA conferences regarding regulatory priorities of interest to...more
In a speech at the end of 2015 to the AICPA National Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments, SEC Chair Mary Jo White emphasized that “it is hard to think of an area more important than ICFR [internal control over...more
Members of the SEC and staff gave various presentations at the 2015 AICPA Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments. Much of it contains practical guidance. Speaking to the new accounting standard on revenue...more
SEC Chair Mary Jo White and a cast of thousands from the SEC’s Office of the Chief Accountant delivered remarks Wednesday before the 2015 AICPA National Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments. ...more
Part of the required audit committee report, set forth in Item 407(d)(3)(i)(B), has a tortured history. As currently written, it requires the audit committee to state whether “The audit committee has discussed with the...more
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board issued its quarterly standard-setting agenda on March 31. The current agenda items, some of which have been pending for some time....more
A recent auditing standard issued by the AICPA’s Auditing Standards Board may result in the inclusion of a new provision in auditors’ engagement letters related to external auditors’ use of the work of internal auditors and...more