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High Quality Financial Reporting in an Unusual Year

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

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Blog: How have companies adapted to CAMs?

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In this report, Critical Audit Matters: Public company adaptation to enhanced auditor reporting, Intelligize examines data from a survey, conducted by SourceMediaResearch/Accounting Today, of 171 compliance specialists at...more

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Big 4 Audit Firm Issues First CAM

To my knowledge this 10-K includes the first critical audit matter, or CAM, issued by a Big 4 firm.  The CAM is straightforward and does not reflect negatively on the company or its audit committee or cast doubt on its...more

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PCAOB Provides Guidance on Critical Audit Matters

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On July 11, 2019, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) issued two companion pieces providing “insights” into the PCAOB’s requirements for the presentation of critical audit matters (CAMs) in the auditor’s...more

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Blog: PCAOB offers help for audit committees about CAMs

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The PCAOB has just released a new resource for audit committees about critical audit matters, designed to “inform audit committees as they engage with their auditors on the new CAM requirements.” The new auditing standard for...more

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Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Disclosure Requirements for Foreign Companies Listed on U.S. Exchanges

Recently, a bipartisan bill was introduced in Congress that would require that U.S. listed foreign companies provide U.S. regulators access to accounting records tied to audit reports....more

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Lessons Learned from CAM Dry Runs

In 2017, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) adopted a new standard for auditor’s reports that requires a description of critical audit matters (“CAMs”) designed to provide investors with information that...more

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Blog: CAQ discusses lessons learned from “dry runs” on critical audit matters and related questions for audit committees

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As you may recall, auditors of large accelerated filers will be required to report on CAMs—critical audit matters—in their auditor’s reports for fiscal years ending on or after June 30, 2019 and in auditor’s reports for all...more

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Blog: CAQ publishes new resource on critical audit matters

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In October 2017,  the SEC approved the PCAOB’s new auditing standard for the auditor’s report, AS 3101, The Auditor’s Report on an Audit of Financial Statements When the Auditor Expresses an Unqualified Opinion, which will...more

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Financial Reporting for Foreign Private Issuers Before the SEC

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Under the current rules of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), foreign issuers are allowed to use International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) financial statements in their registration statements and...more

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SEC Approves New PCAOB Auditing Report Standard

On October 23, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) unanimously approved (the “Approval Release”) the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s (“PCAOB”) proposal to adopt a new auditing standard, AS 3101,...more

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